3IS Battery Drain (merged threads)
09-30-14, 07:16 PM
#301
The pursuit of F
Can you guys confirm something? Do you leave your headlights switch on "Auto" or completely off when you park your car? I went through the changes with the dealer's tech on what I made to the car before the battery drained this weekend. The only thing I could think of is that I left the lights switch on "Auto" instead of normal off when I parked the car.
10-05-14, 07:16 PM
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Lead Lap
10-09-14, 09:30 AM
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10-09-14, 12:25 PM
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Lead Lap
According to Lexus, I should just call roadside assistance from inside the car....with a dead battery.After the third person said that, I started being a wise ***. I asked, "oh, the phone still works when the battery is dead?" Silence.
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10-09-14, 04:49 PM
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If you're going to take a chance on a newly designed turbo engine you wll have much more to be concerned with than a battery drain issue.
10-09-14, 11:01 PM
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I am glad I leased the car. I like it a lot, but if they can't resolve this, they are getting the car back.
10-11-14, 12:21 PM
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This happened to my 2014 IS250 (with only 11k miles) last Monday after not driving over the weekend. I had to call AAA and they jumped it then tested the battery and said its fine but something might have drained the battery?? Not sure what though??????
I usually don't drive it on weekends and it starts fine on Mondays. I've even left it as long as a week during business trips.
I usually don't drive it on weekends and it starts fine on Mondays. I've even left it as long as a week during business trips.
10-16-14, 04:44 AM
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Hello everyone. I have a 2014 IS250 with about 7200 miles on it. since i have had the car it has been having little problems like the hd radio will cut in and out about 10 times during one song and every once in awhile when driving down the road the navigation screen will go completely out for about 30 seconds only to come back on and say it is rebooting. just recently i had trouble starting my car when i got off work. i pushed on the button to start it and it didnt do anything so i pressed it again and it started but once i started to pull out of the parking spot my check engine light came on so i took the car home and put it in the garage. then a day later on sunday i went out to get in the car to go somewhere and tried to start it again for it only to once again not do anythine while i was pressing the button. this time the third time i hit the button all the light inside and outside the car started going crazy and you could see a litte smoke coming from around the center vents and smell something eletrical burning. i quickly got my family out of my car and my house because the car was in my garage. i then called lexus and they have picked up the car and are trying to tell me that even though the car was dead in the water nothing is wrong with it but they are not sure what made it go crazy and smoke or even make the whole car loose power. I now do not feel safe or comfortable even parking the car in my garage and lexus is refusing to do anything about it but say if it does it again bring it back in. i was also told by a representative of lexus not to worry because it it would have caught fire and burned my house down that my car insurance would have covered everything. this is my first lexus i have owned and i am thinking it will be my last.