Navigation Drive Bad?
Navigation Drive Bad?
I was trying to change my disk from 12.1 to 13.1 in my 2008 GS 350 AWD so I ejected the disk via the screen, took it out and put the new one in. Started making a continuous clicking sound and then took the disk half-way out then in then totally out. I was like, WTF. Ok, maybe a bad disk so I tried to put 12.1 back in and same thing happened. Ok now I tired the orignal disk that came with the car. Same thing. Very odd. It worked fine up unitl the second I took it off. Any thoughts?
Last edited by illini19; Jan 11, 2015 at 08:32 PM.
Wow that sounds bad. Yea sounds like its bad, sounds like a cd player head unit when its bad. Try to see if you can find a used one and do it yourself before you try the dealership, also try spraying of the duster air could just be some dust in there. I was gonna say let it sit a little and restart car but this is three days now so sure that won't work. I would say try your dealership see if they can pinpoint the problem then do it yourself.
Wow that sounds bad. Yea sounds like its bad, sounds like a cd player head unit when its bad. Try to see if you can find a used one and do it yourself before you try the dealership, also try spraying of the duster air could just be some dust in there. I was gonna say let it sit a little and restart car but this is three days now so sure that won't work. I would say try your dealership see if they can pinpoint the problem then do it yourself.
Thanks DrexLex, I plan on taking it apart as best I can and see if anything stands out before I go out and purchase anything. Very odd that is was working fine and no issues and all I did was eject the disk and try inserting the new one and then the issues. Ughhhh
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I was trying to change my disk from 12.1 to 13.1 in my 2008 GS 350 AWD so I ejected the disk via the screen, took it out and put the new one in. Started making a continuous clicking sound and then took the disk half-way out then in then totally out. I was like, WTF. Ok, maybe a bad disk so I tried to put 12.1 back in and same thing happened. Ok now I tired the orignal disk that came with the car. Same thing. Very odd. It worked fine up unitl the second I took it off. Any thoughts?
Here's my saga (exact same issue as you):
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-a-dealer.html
Your DVD drive is dead. Replacement of it is dramatically expensive since its a Auto Temp rated product if you can even find one, Denso seems to have them on lockdown. Had the same thing happen to me. You aren't going to fix it, its the plastic gears inside the DVD are kaput.
Good news though, if you can get a new nav ECU its about 1 hour to replace it in the glovebox.
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Here's my saga (exact same issue as you):
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-a-dealer.html
Your DVD drive is dead. Replacement of it is dramatically expensive since its a Auto Temp rated product if you can even find one, Denso seems to have them on lockdown. Had the same thing happen to me. You aren't going to fix it, its the plastic gears inside the DVD are kaput.
Good news though, if you can get a new nav ECU its about 1 hour to replace it in the glovebox.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-a-dealer.html
Your DVD drive is dead. Replacement of it is dramatically expensive since its a Auto Temp rated product if you can even find one, Denso seems to have them on lockdown. Had the same thing happen to me. You aren't going to fix it, its the plastic gears inside the DVD are kaput.
Good news though, if you can get a new nav ECU its about 1 hour to replace it in the glovebox.
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If it looks like this inside, no picnic to fix the mechanism. Denso link. But there is a chance that you could help the disc get seated into the drive, and it could work, until someone pushes the button again.
Last edited by DrexLex; Jan 15, 2015 at 12:15 AM.
If it looks like this inside, no picnic to fix the mechanism. Denso link. But there is a chance that you could help the disc get seated into the drive, and it could work, until someone pushes the button again.
THe label is up. Just hard to tell from the video. It's a backup copy that I made but I tried the original disk that came with the vehicle as well as others that worked along the way. All the same result.
Had a buddy give me a new ECU he had ecept it's model 86841-0E030 which is from the RX I think. he said it would work and all I needed to do is take off the plastic face cover.
So after I figured out how to get that stupid glove box out, which is not easy since you have to take pretty much everything apart, I replaced and he was right, it does work well except for the fact the new unit has a slider on the top of the ECU to eject the disk where my orignal 86421-33040 has the eject built into the nav screen. The eject button is no longer available on the nav screen so if I want to update the disk, yup, everything has to be taken apart again.
Not really a big deal as I have 12.1 in there now and they are one 14.1 so it should be fine for a while. Mission accomplished I guess to a certain extent.
So after I figured out how to get that stupid glove box out, which is not easy since you have to take pretty much everything apart, I replaced and he was right, it does work well except for the fact the new unit has a slider on the top of the ECU to eject the disk where my orignal 86421-33040 has the eject built into the nav screen. The eject button is no longer available on the nav screen so if I want to update the disk, yup, everything has to be taken apart again.
Not really a big deal as I have 12.1 in there now and they are one 14.1 so it should be fine for a while. Mission accomplished I guess to a certain extent.
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Funny DrexLex, I just took the thing apart and after staring at it for a couple minutes, put it back together not touching anything. I was thinking about seeing if someone who had more expertise wouuld want to try to take a shot at perhaps seeing where it failed and fixing it for me and if it was not worth it, no biggie. Worth a try. If you want to take a shot at it let me know. I would make it worth your efforts.
