MelYW

What was the outcome here I8?

I sometimes park my GS for the weekend. On the Monday morning start up, I get the grinding noise. I wonder if the oil sinks down and doesnt stay in the chambers?

This cant be good for the engine regardless. I will need to drop the car off on a FRI so it can sit for them over the weekend to ensure they hear what I am hearing.

What is the TSB and what is involved?

skyyos

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minimal solution that I do = press start botton twice w/o stepping on the brake. Put your gear into N and step on the ebrake incase the car is parked onthe hill. start your engine. This will reduce its problem and this is only from my observation.

lkapimp216

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Just dropped mine off today to see if they can reproduce the issue and resolve it, its ridiculous that lexus knows this issue exists and know how to fix it but chose to give the consumer a hard time when they want their luxury vehicle to start up with out sounding like an old mitsubishi!

BinaryJay

This sounds familiar to me. :|

ingoodtime

Dealer told me they heard a grinding noise and that it was
the servo motor for the air distribution flaps for the
climate control. Replaced under extended warranty.

slk_dds

Guys, bad news...

They performed TSIB EG020-07 about a year ago, yet my toy had just went under knife again for the same problem.

Now I am wondering what happen once the warranty runs out, are they still going to repair it under the warranty... It is going to be costly if we have to pay out the pocket, b/c this repair take over 6 hours to perform.

Still it seems like they have not yet find the solution...

P.S. I have addressed this issue to Lexus' HQ, I will let you know once I get a response from them.

I8ABMR

I had mine done and all is well so far ........good point though. Let us know what they say

mr3gs300

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah no not another tsib

TriniGS

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I'm having the same issue but I'm also out of warranty now. Did they fix it for you?

TriniGS

iTrader: (2)

Is there a TSB number for this cam gear problem. Trying to knock-off all my issues the next time I go to the dealer. Since I'm out of warranty, I'm not too sure how they would handle the TSB's.

My understanding is that TSB's are covered during the warranty period. Is that accurate?

MelYW

Yes, TSB's should be covered under warranty.

My question...if you had it fixed once before under TSB and the problem happens again outside of the warranty, then what?

This is especially important if this issue has the distinct potential of creating premature wear and tear. Starting an engine without sufficient lubrication is not a trivial deal.

BinaryJay

I wonder why some cars would have this problem and others not? You would think that it's a design issue and they are replacing the parts with something that is designed to work differently.

I wonder what the difference is between car A and car B which have both been started X amounts of time give or take and only one of them has the problem. I've never noticed anything with my car, but I bought it second hand and for all I know it has already had this fix applied to it in the past. It doesn't seem that this history is available to me.

ingoodtime

Remember, lexus is Toyota and we all know Toyota
has been "accused" of being less than forthcoming about the
runaway accleration issues. Maybe they need some bad press
regarding their practices of selling known F Sport sway bars
with inferior bushings etc.

rjacket

Wouldn't this be covered under the longer powertrain warranty?

In any case it is worrying. Can anybody describe the noise more? Is it very noticeable. Ideally could somebody record the sound?

vladbph

Here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBsVeesr9Y0