addienicho

Anybody have serious issues with their car before? Had my car since June 29, 2013.

SnappyLPW

Did you drain the battery somehow? These electronic start cars are completely unresponsive if the battery is dead. My 2013 Charger got drained one night when I was having in car camera issues(police car) and killed itself one night and it would do absolutely nothing when I got in it, no dash lights at all. A quick jump start saved the day.

Skinnyfats

Toyota / Lexus have been known to have **** batteries. It has plagued the company for years.

TimboIS

That's BS. My original Toyota battery lasted 10+ years, and my IS battery lasted 6+ years (in 120F summers).

With all these 3IS battery issues, it appears to be more of a car fault (wiring, electronics drain, etc).

T4Fun

agreed. my toyotas never drained battery. Infiniti, nissan however does drain battery.

corradoMR2

I had to jump start my CT, my 2RX 330, and 3RX all once. In each case, I got carried away with the sound system on (engine off) while washing the car. All it took was 30 mins or so to drain the battery in each case and the irony is each time I was conscious of the previous jump start... I learned my lesson now and with the IS I haven't had the radio on for more than 10 minutes without the engine on.

I recall the day growing up when washing my dad's Toyotas in the late 80s and 90s where I would listen to the radio for 1.5 - 2 hrs without ever draining the battery. Those days are long gone. It seems the battery capacity in today's cars have not kept up with the electronic demands of today's high-drain cars. There are just so many more electronics in play running in the background beyond what we see and hear. It's time manufacturers put higher capacity batteries.

addienicho

thanks guys. I got my baby fixed now it was the battery but still no clue to why my battery drained. But now I'm ten times more careful. And yeah batteries tend to last. Now 120F weather is different. I lived overseas and both of our lexus GX and GS had to have a new battery each year because of the heat.

TimboIS

120F is killer, but I do have A/C controlled garage, and the 12C battery is LiPo.

addienicho

TimboIS are you from the states? i would never think 120F in the US. i mean i had 110-120F from May to end of August every year.