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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 03:43 PM
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I was able to go back to the shop today and get my AFS light situation fixed.

The problem in my case was not fixed by simply moving the bolt to the top position as found in this thread https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...light+blinking

But it was fixed by moving an "arm" horizontally. My "arm" was pitched down, making a "V". This is not correct. I guess during the install when the suspension is loosened (pulled down) this gets knocked out of place. Those that were lucky who did not run into the AFS light problem were Im guessing, fortunate that when the suspension was tightened back up the "arm" folded back horizontally.

Anyways, I attached a picture below. Check to make sure everything on your car looks identical to this. Especially the angle of the "arm."
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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for some reason I cannot upload the picture. But the arm I am talking about is on the picture in the link above. The "arm" is on the left side of the picture, it is black and about 5 inches long. It is connected to the bolt that people have been moving to the top position.
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 10:38 PM
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I would really like to see the pictures so that I can fix the AFS light on my car. Please email me or post the pictures to the photo gallery thanks in advance.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 12:11 AM
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yeah i'd like to see the pic too...
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 08:14 AM
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Ok, here it is.

Make sure your suspension looks IDENTICAL to this picture, especially the angle of the "arm" that I circled!!!!!! It is the same picture posted in the link in the first thread. leave the bolt that the red arrows are pointing to in the stock(middle position).

Need more help, just ask.

Good Luck
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 08:41 AM
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wow you guys are pro!
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 09:04 AM
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so how do you adjust that arm?
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 02:10 PM
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so all you do is move the arm circled in yellow to a straight horizontal position?

and how do you move it?
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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Click here.

The procedure to set this correctly is shown in the factory service manual. The link provides the page numbers. Just have the Lexus tech refer to those pages, or if the mods don't mind, we can post an extract from the manual on how to do it. There's a lot of guesswork in what I've read about doing this. The service manual removes all doubt about what works and what doesn't.
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 07:55 PM
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Lobuxracer, thanks for clearing everything up. I didn't think there were any real threads about this, tried using search but AFS is only 3 letters.
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