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Old Oct 19, 2019 | 12:00 PM
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Looking for the fuse. I put a call into the dealer, but they're 200 miles away. I looked at the engine bay fuse box, but I see no A/C fuse. Or anything obviously blown. I'll check near the battery in the trunk next. Any help will be appreciated!

I was resetting my number 3 driver's door personal settings switch before this happened, if that is any clue. I use setting number 3 to move the seat back to exit.
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 05:11 AM
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Looking for the fuse. I put a call into the dealer, but they're 200 miles away. I looked at the engine bay fuse box, but I see no A/C fuse. Or anything obviously blown. I'll check near the battery in the trunk next. Any help will be appreciated!

I was resetting my number 3 driver's door personal settings switch before this happened, if that is any clue. I use setting number 3 to move the seat back to exit.
Look in the passenger side instrument panel fuse box, there are two of them. 7.5A A/C NO.1 and 10A A/C NO.2. If everything else is working these two fuses are dedicated to the A/C system.
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 08:52 AM
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Look in the passenger side instrument panel fuse box, there are two of them. 7.5A A/C NO.1 and 10A A/C NO.2. If everything else is working these two fuses are dedicated to the A/C system.
Thanks for the help. Both fuses look good. Someone at Lexus mentioned an A/C controller, so maybe that's gone bad and has to go back to the dealer.
Crap!
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 10:41 AM
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Did you try disconnecting the battery for a half hour or so?
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 10:53 AM
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Did you try disconnecting the battery for a half hour or so?
I did about 15 minutes. Not long enough?
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 11:44 AM
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Whoo hooo! 1/2 hr did it! Thanks.
With our Vettes, 10 minutes was all we needed to reset the computer. Good to know it's more like 1/2 hr with the LC.
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by hoonose
Whoo hooo! 1/2 hr did it! Thanks.
With our Vettes, 10 minutes was all we needed to reset the computer. Good to know it's more like 1/2 hr with the LC.
Glad it did it. Probably just something that needed a hard reset.....

Is this your screenname on CD forums btw?

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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Glad it did it. Probably just something that needed a hard reset.....

Is this your screenname on CD forums btw?

Lol if so, we interact on there, too.
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 03:24 PM
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 06:36 PM
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AAARGH! Spoke too soon!

The A/C only blows cold on the passenger side, and now the check engine light is on!

I expect my dealer to call me tomorrow.
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Old Oct 20, 2019 | 10:15 PM
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Try unplugging it again, couldn't hurt in the meantime.
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Try unplugging it again, couldn't hurt in the meantime.
Thanks again. I did, and now both sides blow cold. But the check engine light remains on. I'm going to see if Lexus will let my local Toyota dealer check that and maybe I can avoid the flat bed.
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 04:30 PM
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So there's oxygen sensor codes. So Lexus says everything should be fine and drivable. The codes may go away on their own within a week or so of driving. Or I can go to Auto Zone where the codes were read, and they have a $35 gizmo to read and delete the codes. My choice.
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 10:37 PM
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^^^^Or you can buy the "gizmo" and read and clear the codes yourself. I have two of the "gizmos" a traditional one that I keep in my truck, the other, a wireless one, is always plugged in, in my LC. That one reads to my phone. By the way the "gizmo" is called an OBD Scan Tool. IMHO, everyone who owns a car built after 1996 needs one:

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