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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 06:36 PM
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On the road today and out of no where I see the 2 lights on.

So I get home and find the port for the scanner. plug it in and retrieve the P0037 code.

I cleared the code and I'm hoping it will not come back.

What exactly does the code mean? What might I be looking at in my near future?

Car has 109K and I have not had it serviced since 85K except oil changes. I use shell 93 octane gas. car sees lots of highway when I'm using it. 2004 RX 330 AWD.

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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 06:45 PM
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See link

http://www.obd-codes.com/p0037
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 06:58 PM
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Very nice read. Thank You

I'm glad to see that it is most likely the sensor and not the Catalytic convertor.

Now I just need to find out which side bank #1 is and where sensor #2 is on the exhaust system.

The read also said something about a voltage fluctuation could be the cause. I recently started using my heated seat for the first time. lol

My battery is over 3 years old and might be needing replacement as well.

Problem is it is so F(^King cold here right now. Not want to climb under the car right now. I do suppose I could throw the load tester on the battery though.

I also hate just blindly changing parts without true conformation.

Has anybody received this code and change out the sensor while solving the problem at the same time?

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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 08:03 PM
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Here is a previous discussion on P0037:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...628-p0037.html
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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 05:10 AM
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Also make sure the sensor has not come loose. The reason I'm saying this is my sensor was loose from the threading and it was throwing codes. This was a relief when I got the news after dropping the vehicle off
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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 05:35 PM
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Bank 1 is firewall side, sensor 2 is the one after the cat that is attached to the manifold...
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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 08:19 PM
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This morning I made it 2 miles and it threw the same 2 lights.

Thanks to all the help I have received in this thread it looks like I will have no problem fixing this issue. Thank you so much for your helpful advise and links.
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