What’s everyone’s experience with this?? I am willing to purchase selonoid packs & do the labor myself. My grandpa is a retired mechanic & he believes this will save me money. But I’m worrying I’m going to throw money in one place when it would have been better going to a different fix.

We’re going to inspect the fluid and check for “ metal in the pan” ourselves. I took the car to a transmission shop the first week I purchased it & was told they were going to drop my pan change my filter and fluid, n when I picked it up was told everything was fine... “no metal”. Car drove great for about 4 months other than once where it kind of stalled at a stop light ( something I’ve also read is common with these cars ) check vsc light started coming on week later check engine light. I was taking a 900 mile trip soon , so I checked this at the tranny shop I went to just to be safe. Get a call back saying the engine code was the 5th gear selonoid & when they dropped the pan it “looked like motor oil & was full of metal”. I was not going to pay them 3000 to replace it because I just couldn’t believe my car went from prime condition to needing a new tranny in 4 months... got second opinions they all said the same thing. My grandpa is the only one wanting to do selonoid replacement. I held off for another few months finally my car stops shifting past 4th.

I’ve read mixed things. Some people say changing selonoids worked some people said even replacing the tranny didn’t work... also I’ve read somethings about resetting the computer “reflashing” it I think.. is the only place I can do this is the Lexus dealer??

Id also like to mention my car was wrecked in the front when I purchased it( clean title luckily & my interior isn’t melting as bad as I’ve seen many that’s why I’m determined to save her ). I’ve seen many people having electrical issues after wrecks. This is another reason I’m worrying changing selonoids or tranny won’t stop the check engine / vsc light.

I never saw them myself , no. My grandpa & I are planning on droppin the pan this weekend to see n I can let you know the results. I never noticed the tranny slipping jerking or anything indicating the tranny was goin out until it stopped shifting past 4th , the tranny mechanic that said “metal was in the pan” took it on a test drive said it was almost unnoticeable but the car was getting “stuck” in 5th.

My car has 157k now. I’m going under it to drop the pan , isn’t that also where I can access the selonoids?? That’s what makes me think it’s worth a shot to try at least testing the selonoids kill two birds with one stone while I’m under there. I’ve read other 250 owners experiencing tranny problems around 150k also... is that just what I need to expect in the replacement trans?

That being the case the best option would be replacing the whole tranny?

I’ll post an update when we’re finished.

Right... I learned my lesson on that one if a shop can’t show me there’s a chance they’re trying to pull one over on me. That’s why I’m at least interested in seeing what it looks like with my own eyes , lol. I’m on mobile too & am having a hard time finding them. Hey I did read my check engine codes & it’s saying p2724. Google’s telling me “pressure control e stuck on”... what does this have to do with the fifth gear selonoid as the mechanic called it??

!! lol strange but I feel silly for not being able to put that together on my own , thanks.

It’s been rainy here so we haven’t dropped the pan yet, but I do have an update. I found another shop that specializes in trannys that was about 5 minutes from my house this whole time.... stopped in for a new opinion. This man plugged in this computer now my check engine light is off AND my car is shifting into all of its gears ( it was only going to fourth before this ). That’s leading him to think it’s not the selonoid & something in the computer.