Dr C

Yesterday, the red triangle with the exclamation point came on along with the check engine light and a VSC picture. Dropped it off with the dealer immediately - within 5 minutes or so..

Today picked it up. Service advisor said it was a "ECM Malfunction. Excessive gas in oil. Lexus is aware of this concern. No known fix at this time. Changed Oil." (this is right from the warranty claim.

Anyone else had this happen?

Doesn't sound real good. Service advisor said that there would probably be a recall on it once Lexus figures out a fix for it.

Absolutely nothing unusual about my driving. Probably easier than most.

Kamikaze2b

I don't remember if it was this site or another, but somebody recently had the exact same problem. Do a few searches and I think you'll find it. Keep us posted on the situation.

carlos

iTrader: (1)

how many miles did you have when it happened?

Kamikaze2b

By the way, how many miles do you have now?

carlos

iTrader: (1)

beat you to it

Kamikaze2b

LOL, barely. I wonder if this is a problem only on the 250s?

accelerate

Also sounds like there could be engine damage from this when that happens.

pinoychris

Same warning happened to me on thursday. Dropped it off yesterday (Friday). They said it was a Fuel Cap Pressure Sensor Error and then they said they'd fix it right away. I got my car back today and everything is fine.

Dr C

I have about 1850 miles on it.

Everything seems to be OK since I picked it up but, even when the warning lights came on there was no discernible difference in the car.

I presume that they changed the oil as a precautionary measure. I doubt that I drove the car 10 minutes between the time that the warnings came on and when it was in the dealership (which was lucky).

Dr C

Any one else have this or are there just a couple of us?

mmaniaci

I had the exact same thing happen to mine.... I started a post about it a while back... they did the same thing ( changed oil ) and told me the exact same thing ( ...no problems since but it still bothers Lexus is aware of this concern. No known fix at this time. Changed Oil. )

Definitely can't be good for the engine

Mike

ahohnstein

There's a few posts about this floating around. Seems I remember someone w/ a GS having this same problem. Let's stay on top of this. As a matter of fact, when I picked my car up from tinting a few weeks back I had 'Check VSC' come on when I started up to leave. I shut the car off, restarted and haven't had it since. I thought it had something to do with the tint guys playing around w/ shutting off VSC/VDIM but maybe not. If I see it again I'll take it to the dealer and have the codes pulled.

IS2Sav

well guys i was one of the people that had this problem, first it happened at 250miles and now i hit 600 it happened again..
Same ol bull**** cel, check vsc, and red exclamation light came on. How ever took it to lexu s once again and they said that the ecu has a problem and throws a code when its started from a cold start. Supposedly they are lookin for a cure for this, but i dont believe it this is baloney.

dang_is250

Dealer said that because the car is a direct fuel injected vehicle, fuel builds up in the oil over time. Usually, the fuel will burn when the car is at a nice operating temperature. However, if you take a lot of short trips and don't let the car reach operating temp. before shutting off the engine, fuel will build up. When the car detects fuel in the oil, it throws the CEL light. This explanation made sense to me. For the last month I have been taking many short trips as I drive 5 mi. each way to the bus stop to get to work in 10 degree CO weather. Anyways, I was wondering if anybody else who has been having this problem has been taking short trips in their IS.

ahohnstein

Yes, 8 miles each way to work and back. most days I head out for a quick lunch. I'll have to keep that in mind. I've been checking the dash each time I start up hoping I won't get this problem. Even if this IS the reason, it sounds like they need to fix whatever is causing it.