02 es300 with very low idle

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Feb 3, 2020 | 05:58 PM
  #16  
Quote: Once the car has turned on the procedure calls for the parking brake to be on so when you put your vehicle in Drive the Parking Brake should "hold" the vehicle in place and your vehicle should eventually adjust the idle so the RPMs are back to normal. Hope this helps.
Done this when I replaced my starter in the past before.
Thank you I will try this I have taken off the TB completely and cleaned it out. Also was wondering if I turn key to about how many times I am supposed to take key from the office position to fully start?! For example (how many times do I cycle through #1-#4)
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Lock #1 Acc#2 On#3 Start#4
I must advise that the battery has been out for longer then 1 week. One new alternator and battery later, the check engine code I was getting for can shaft sensor bank 1 has not come back. Vehicle also idles at 1000rpm at start up then after warming up idles down to near 450 and sits without stalling. Over 200k on vehicle.
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!!!!UPDATE!!!!
Reason its sitting at 450rpm w/o stalling is b.c of the altitude here just needed to drive it around to reset idle. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE LINK AN ADJUSTMENT FOR MY TP SENSOR!!! Its a 4 pin sensor, need to adjust to put back in place to remove p0122 code.
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Feb 3, 2020 | 09:36 PM
  #17  
Edited my instructions
Quote: Once the car has turned on the procedure calls for the parking brake to be on so when you put your vehicle in Drive the Parking Brake should "hold" the vehicle in place and your vehicle should eventually adjust the idle so the RPMs are back to normal. Hope this helps.
Done this when I replaced my starter in the past before.
Sorry I didn’t proof read my instructions.
I edited my post.

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Nov 7, 2020 | 02:48 PM
  #18  
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Works on toyotas and Lexus from 2003ish-present.

I drive 2003 Lexus ES 300

Step 1: turn key all the way forward without starting car twice.
Step 2: turn car on
(To be clear in step 1 & 2) turn forward, turn back, turn forward, turn back, turn car on.
Step 3: put car in drive.
Step 4: push down the emergency brake
Step 5: leave car in drive, release your foot break and wait.

Mine took a little over 5 minutes suddlenly idle was relearned.
THIS IS the best solution , IF you did connected battery then reconnect and idle comes down to zero and engine stalls. This is very unorthodox solution. (not sure if engine stalls due to idle control valve problem etc.). Mine is 2003 ES300. I disconnected battery and reconnected and engine stalls when foot off pedal. I haven't driven this for 2 weeks so though battery died so I drove around neighborhood for 15 minutes to recharge battery but same problem. So googled it found this solution from Gustavo87. It worked exactly as he said. Now it idles at around 750 and does not stall. Very unorthodox solution to "make it re-learn" to idle. Thanks Gustavo. You saved me several hundred dollars taking to repair shop.
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Jan 4, 2022 | 01:02 PM
  #19  
Quote: I had that IDENTICAL problem with my 2002 es when i first purchased it used... It got to the point where it was in the shop for almost 3 weeks and no one could figure out what was wrong with it. I had like 5 mechanics look at it. and afterwards finally Lexus had it fixed. $1100 later. But that was a year ago and now it's running smooth!
Did u find out what was wrong with it? What cost u 1100 bucks?
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Sep 24, 2023 | 08:28 PM
  #20  
Low idle problems too
Gustavo87: i’m having the same problems with the low idle. My car was working just fine, but recently my battery went dead. I took the battery to AutoZone. They diagnosed it as a good battery checked the alternator and that was the problem (by the way, that was an original alternator it lasted 21 years) after replacing the alternator with one from Napa Auto parts I turned the car on, and the idle is running really low 😞. I am definitely going to try your technique. I’ll let you guys know if that works.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 11:33 AM
  #21  
Quote: THIS IS the best solution , IF you did connected battery then reconnect and idle comes down to zero and engine stalls. This is very unorthodox solution. (not sure if engine stalls due to idle control valve problem etc.). Mine is 2003 ES300. I disconnected battery and reconnected and engine stalls when foot off pedal. I haven't driven this for 2 weeks so though battery died so I drove around neighborhood for 15 minutes to recharge battery but same problem. So googled it found this solution from Gustavo87. It worked exactly as he said. Now it idles at around 750 and does not stall. Very unorthodox solution to "make it re-learn" to idle. Thanks Gustavo. You saved me several hundred dollars taking to repair shop.
Quote:
Works on toyotas and Lexus from 2003ish-present.

I drive 2003 Lexus ES 300

Step 1: turn key all the way forward without starting car twice.
Step 2: turn car on
(To be clear in step 1 & 2) turn forward, turn back, turn forward, turn back, turn car on.
Step 3: put car in drive.
Step 4: push down the emergency brake
Step 5: leave car in drive, release your foot break and wait.

Mine took a little over 5 minutes suddlenly idle was relearned.
this is a good procedure and worked like a charm. I just replaced the alternator on my 03 es 300. Battery was disconnected for a few days waiting for parts. Alternator changed successfully and no battery light was present however it was idling extremely low, 200 rpm or less. And stalling on occasion. Voltage across the terminals was very low, 12.5 V or so while idling but popped up to 14.5 V when revved to the normal idle at around 700 rpm. I figured it was related to the sensor data and the ecu when I came across this post. I believe the trick is having it in drive with ebrake on to reset everything. I watched the rpm slowly increase over 10 min or so to the correct idle.
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