Hey guys can someone help me out here please. I have a 2000 gs300 with the aristo swap and I'm trying to get the e-shift to work. I followed the instructions on this post
ISX50 Steering Wheel With Paddle Retrofit DIY https://www.my.is/forums/showthread.php?t=479993.

now when I put the shifter to the manual mode it just blinks the M on the cluster. Any advice or suggestions on what might the wrong?
thanks in advance

 

 

yes I have a is350 steering wheel in my car

 

Looks like there was a rather extensive process to swap steering wheels, including cutting of the wire harness and re-wiring in the correct order. Plenty of room for error there. There are a lot of questions here - was e-shift working before for you, etc. that if you fill in the whole story you might be able to get a little bit more help. The simple truth is e-shift is a pretty simple process. It's grounding either a shift up or shift down pin whenever the transmission is in manual mode. Given what little we know about your situation, it's difficult to diagnose.

 

I have a 2000 gs300 it didn't come with e-shift. I did an aristro swap that has e-shift in the ECU. I have everything wired up and changed out the gauge cluster to one that has e-shift. When I put the shifter in the d3 position that suppose to but it in manual mode it just blinks the M on the cluster

 

Sorry I can't help here - I wired mine up with e-shift and it works just fine if you follow the instructions. I have no idea what your problem is, but remember it's pretty simple. By grounding the terminals of either SFTU or SFTD pin on the ECU plug (assuming you're in factory cluster gear indicator '3') then it works. The fact that you have wired up a different wheel / clockspring, etc. does complicate matters. Not to say you can't solve it, but you'll probably need to do some trouble shooting because most folks don't use a late model IS wheel on the GS300 due to it being a dual stage airbag and having a lot more complicated clock-spring setup than is needed for the 98-00 GS 300's.

 

When it's blinking M then there's something wrong with the transmission. You'll need to pull codes to determine what's causing it. Do you have any speed limit defender wired up to it?

 

There's not any blinking in his GS300, because prior to 01, they didn't have e-shift as an option. So once you swap in a transmission that is capable of e-shift, unless you do incremental wiring and cluster swaps, you'll have no visual indication of the mode you're in or the gear you're in while utilizing the e-shift capability.

 

I was able to do it but I did not change the cluster. Mine works fine unless the car goes into limp mode.

 

E shift is not determined strictly by the transmission with the capability. It's build into the ECU. You can plug in a GTE ECU and e shift thru the 4 gears on the stock 5 speed auto without starting the vehicle. Can't drive with that ecu past 3rd gear tho.

Any cluster can be used to display gear position as long as the odometer LCD is swapped to the type with the shift position indicator.

As a matter of fact, all clusters are interchangeable between the 2nd gen, including right hand drive and left hand drive vehicles. Including the TRD and TOMs with 320kmh from the Aristo. Only issue is tach is calibrated different for the v8 vs I6 and will cause the vehicle to not rev over a certain RPM.

Using a 2001+ facelift cluster on a prefacelift will cause the air bag warning light to come on as the prefacelift did not have air bags on the a pillars.

To complete the e shift retrofit of e shift on a GTE swap or any pre 2001 GS300, a steering wheel with e shift buttons or shift paddles is needed. A clock spring from GS400 or 01+ GS300, the LCD odometer with gear position, two wires long enough, with pins to go from clockspring to ECU in engine bay. And of course, a ECU to match the gear box you have.

 

My mistake. I missed the information where he mentioned he also swapped the cluster. Thanks for sharing some knowledge. Wish there was a simple way to not lose my original odometer and gain visibility to my e-shift position.

 

Which means if you take LCD from a cluster with the shift position and plug it into one without it, it will display the gears. You would also need to move the plastic holder for the LCD. This would involve removing the needle from the motor.