IS350 F Sport powered off while driving
07-06-15, 11:17 PM
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IS350 F Sport powered off while driving
Was driving through a parking lot at around 10MPH today, when the car shut itself off. Zero power to the wheels, steering lost all power, and the electronic screens went blank momentarily. While the car was coasting to a stop, a message appeared in the center "information display" that read something to the effect of "Place your car in N and hit the start button to restart your car." While I was still coasting to a stop I did, and the car fired back up.
Not gonna lie... Kinda pissed me off. Just over 8 months and 9K miles on the car, and I'm hoping it's an anomaly. For the next 10 miles, I was just wating for the damn thing to power off at 65MPH on the freeway with my daughter in the car with me.
I did a forum search but nothing came up about the car powering itself off while driving. Any ideas on what might cause it? I have my 10K service sometime this month, and I'll ask the dealer to run some tests, but I sure as hell don't want to get stranded somewhere.
Not gonna lie... Kinda pissed me off. Just over 8 months and 9K miles on the car, and I'm hoping it's an anomaly. For the next 10 miles, I was just wating for the damn thing to power off at 65MPH on the freeway with my daughter in the car with me.
I did a forum search but nothing came up about the car powering itself off while driving. Any ideas on what might cause it? I have my 10K service sometime this month, and I'll ask the dealer to run some tests, but I sure as hell don't want to get stranded somewhere.
07-06-15, 11:38 PM
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IS350 F Sport powered off while driving
Originally Posted by elevenb
Was driving through a parking lot at around 10MPH today, when the car shut itself off. Zero power to the wheels, steering lost all power, and the electronic screens went blank momentarily. While the car was coasting to a stop, a message appeared in the center "information display" that read something to the effect of "Place your car in N and hit the start button to restart your car." While I was still coasting to a stop I did, and the car fired back up.
Not gonna lie... Kinda pissed me off. Just over 8 months and 9K miles on the car, and I'm hoping it's an anomaly. For the next 10 miles, I was just wating for the damn thing to power off at 65MPH on the freeway with my daughter in the car with me.
I did a forum search but nothing came up about the car powering itself off while driving. Any ideas on what might cause it? I have my 10K service sometime this month, and I'll ask the dealer to run some tests, but I sure as hell don't want to get stranded somewhere.
Not gonna lie... Kinda pissed me off. Just over 8 months and 9K miles on the car, and I'm hoping it's an anomaly. For the next 10 miles, I was just wating for the damn thing to power off at 65MPH on the freeway with my daughter in the car with me.
I did a forum search but nothing came up about the car powering itself off while driving. Any ideas on what might cause it? I have my 10K service sometime this month, and I'll ask the dealer to run some tests, but I sure as hell don't want to get stranded somewhere.
07-07-15, 04:22 AM
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Was driving through a parking lot at around 10MPH today, when the car shut itself off. Zero power to the wheels, steering lost all power, and the electronic screens went blank momentarily. While the car was coasting to a stop, a message appeared in the center "information display" that read something to the effect of "Place your car in N and hit the start button to restart your car." While I was still coasting to a stop I did, and the car fired back up.
07-07-15, 10:18 AM
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It stalled I guess. Stalling on automatics sounds like a big problem at least back then. I don't know about now but at least you got it to start right away which is a good sign.
07-08-15, 05:52 PM
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Was driving through a parking lot at around 10MPH today, when the car shut itself off. Zero power to the wheels, steering lost all power, and the electronic screens went blank momentarily. While the car was coasting to a stop, a message appeared in the center "information display" that read something to the effect of "Place your car in N and hit the start button to restart your car." While I was still coasting to a stop I did, and the car fired back up.
Not gonna lie... Kinda pissed me off. Just over 8 months and 9K miles on the car, and I'm hoping it's an anomaly. For the next 10 miles, I was just wating for the damn thing to power off at 65MPH on the freeway with my daughter in the car with me.
I did a forum search but nothing came up about the car powering itself off while driving. Any ideas on what might cause it? I have my 10K service sometime this month, and I'll ask the dealer to run some tests, but I sure as hell don't want to get stranded somewhere.
Not gonna lie... Kinda pissed me off. Just over 8 months and 9K miles on the car, and I'm hoping it's an anomaly. For the next 10 miles, I was just wating for the damn thing to power off at 65MPH on the freeway with my daughter in the car with me.
I did a forum search but nothing came up about the car powering itself off while driving. Any ideas on what might cause it? I have my 10K service sometime this month, and I'll ask the dealer to run some tests, but I sure as hell don't want to get stranded somewhere.
Give us an update after the dealer services your car.
07-08-15, 08:19 PM
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Sounds like Toyota's Smart Stop Technology kicked in (perhaps incorrectly since I was under the impression it simply reduced engine power instead of shutting it off completely). Any chance that you could have had both the brake pedal and accelerator depressed at the same time?
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