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IS250 not locking or starting (depress brake pedal)

TomHartogs on Dec 5, 2025

Dec 20, 2025 06:17 AM
by Protholl

2

980

IS - 2nd Gen (2006-2013)

2002 Lexus ES300 Starting Issues

brian726 on Nov 15, 2025

Nov 16, 2025 09:31 AM
by LeX2K

7

407

ES - 1st to 6th Gen (1990-2018)

01, 300, car, cloud, es300, exhaust, gs300, lexus, pipe, sc300, smoke, smoking, start, starting, tailpipes, white

White Cloud of Smoke after Start Up???

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alphaxcrx on Jul 24, 2009

Feb 25, 2025 07:25 AM
by 11Es350Lex

19

28,803

GS - 3rd Gen (2006-2011)

brake, break, car, engine, foot, hen, lexus, pedal, press, pressed, pressing, release, start, starting, starts

Starting engine without foot on brake pedal

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jstjohnz on Feb 5, 2010

Jun 4, 2024 03:12 PM
by evansj

36

29,613

LS - 4th Gen (2007-2017)

97, car, ect, gasket, gs300, head, lexus, overheated, prevented, replace, sc300, sensor, start, starting, wont

sc300 wont start after overheating!?

schef300 on Oct 25, 2011

Apr 25, 2024 09:27 AM
by 1997Soarer

6

6,754

SC - 1st Gen (1992-2000)

1993, 1995, belt, bmw, finished, lexus, running, sc, sc300, smoke, start, starting, startup, temp, till, timing, vents, white, x5

For anybody experiencing white smoke at startup check this out!

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socal72 on Jan 3, 2011

Feb 6, 2024 11:34 AM
by MetaPat

23

19,564

SC - 1st Gen (1992-2000)

back, car, cut, difficult, firing, floods, fueling, lexus, makes, mx, problems, refuel, refueling, rx300, start, starting, vehicle

Problems starting car after refueling...

static88 on Oct 17, 2012

Jan 19, 2024 02:31 PM
by naluloa

8

6,094

GS - 2nd Gen (1998-2005)

2005, 2005ls430, 2008, 450, es350, key, keyless, lexus, ls, ls430, problem, problems, start, starting, working

2005 ls430 keyless start not working

arusii on Nov 28, 2011

Apr 20, 2023 10:48 AM
by BigBoomer

9

11,010

LS - 3rd Gen (2001-2006)

2006, 350, 98, car, clublexus, es, gs300, lexus, ls430, missing, repairmy, sputter, sputtering, starting, stop

sputtering problem

LADavidGS on Jun 3, 2012

Apr 4, 2023 01:43 PM
by ibidu1

13

11,623

GS - 3rd Gen (2006-2011)

camshaft, clatter, direct injection, eg02007, eg7027, engine, fix, gs, gs350, lexus, noise, problems, rattle, sound, starting, tsb, tsib

GS350 Clatter Noise Upon Engine Start

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CCM_GS350 on May 26, 2009

Jan 25, 2023 10:29 AM
by bdot03

159

148,139

GS - 3rd Gen (2006-2011)

350, es, es350, forum, lexus, ls430, manual, manually, manualpdf, online, owners, pdf, service, starting, user

ES350 manual in pdf?

twister on Jul 1, 2006

Dec 31, 2022 10:42 AM
by AdvocateJD

11

28,905

ES - 1st to 6th Gen (1990-2018)

03, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 1mz, 1mzfe, 2000, 2002, 2002 es300, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 300, 3mz, 3mzfe, 3vzfe, 430, 87, 91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, acura, additive, camry, cel, club, clublexus, connect, ct200h, ecu, engine, es, es3, es300, es330, es350, ex300, fe, florida, forum, fuel, gas, gasoline, grade, gs350, gx460, high, hot, knock, legend, lexus, ls, ls460, make, middle, minimum, mixing, motorvac, necessary, octane, octanes, performance, pinging, premium, pressure, put, rating, reccommended, recommended, regular, require, required, requirement, requirements, reset, run, rx300, sc430, silver, smell, smells, starting, tire, toyota, type, v6, worth

Premium, middle grade or regular? (merged threads)

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fallabel on Aug 12, 2002

Jul 18, 2022 09:34 PM
by nrb2603

394

314,480

ES - 1st to 6th Gen (1990-2018)

400, activated, car, close, is250, jump, lexus, manually, nucklehead, raise, release, sc, sc430, starting, top, trunk, turned, vehicle

I did a knuckle head thing.

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golfxx on Jun 20, 2008

Jan 17, 2022 11:00 PM
by NZBruce

28

23,086

SC430 - 2nd Gen (2001-2010)

2008, 460, 55000, beep, checkup, engine, jump, key, lexus, lockunlock, ls, ls400, ls460, make, mile, problem, start, starting

LS460(L) Start-up Problem...Please Help

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Dude1951 on Aug 24, 2012

Aug 30, 2021 02:26 PM
by asa2019hh

40

54,865

LS - 4th Gen (2007-2017)

1uz, 91, car, engine, fe, lexus, ls400, lx400, reaches, rises, shuts, shutting, starting, stops, temp, temperature

1UZ Engine Shutting off when temperature rises to half

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MattLS400 on Aug 14, 2013

Mar 18, 2021 03:28 PM
by avhart

190

74,758

LS - 1st and 2nd Gen (1990-2000)

2010, car, is250, is350, lexus, lsb006811, piston, ring, shakes, shaking, started, starting, tsb, violently, warranty

Violent Shaking When Starting the Car

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Nuckingfut on Nov 27, 2011

Mar 1, 2021 04:45 PM
by MaryPoppin

15

16,565

IS - 2nd Gen (2006-2013)

132, 32, a123, amps, batt, batteries, battery, build, cells, diesel, drain, lifepo, lifepo4, lithium, ls600h, motorcycle, single, starting, volt

What you guys think of my 3.5 pound battery?

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ToothDoc on Sep 19, 2009

Jan 15, 2021 10:08 PM
by Desecate

120

48,502

IS F (2008-2014)

2005, bad, car, distance, drive, driving, engine, hawaii, hum, is300, lexus, long, low, miles, noise, short, small, speed, starting, wait, warm, warmed

Poll

How long do you warm up your engine?

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jimmyjazz on Oct 22, 2006

Dec 4, 2020 03:49 PM
by 2013FSport

294

74,819

IS - 2nd Gen (2006-2013)

1st, 2nd, 300, 94, automatic, es, gear, is300, lexus, ls400, sc300, sc400, shifting, starting, starts, transmission

transmission starts in second gear need help!

hondamatic on Jun 19, 2007

Sep 16, 2020 08:38 PM
by Stilloem

5

5,794

SC - 1st Gen (1992-2000)

1992, 300, forum, fuel, injector, issues, kills, lexus, performance, problem, problems, sc, sc300, starting, whats

Problem With My 1992 Lexus SC300

Lex1992 on Jun 24, 2012

Jul 15, 2020 12:57 PM
by Kehl5k

10

5,852

SC - 1st Gen (1992-2000)

2jz, 2jzgte, 99, coils, coolant, engine, fluid, gs300, high, impedance, injector, intake, lexus, plugs, spark, spraying, standalone, start, starting, temp, wiring, wont

2JZ-GTE swapped engine not getting spark!

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VIP_LEX on Apr 5, 2011

Mar 7, 2020 07:14 PM
by mitchlanee

27

26,857

SC - 1st Gen (1992-2000)

No Crank No start when car is hot

DCMCAggie on May 26, 2019

May 26, 2019 01:32 PM
by DCMCAggie

0

3,969

Maintenance

300, battery, ecu, engine, es300, gs, gs300, lexus, removing, replacing, reset, sc300, start, starting, wont

gs300 won't start after replacing battery

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Ice1213 on Apr 15, 2011

Aug 11, 2018 12:05 AM
by TW99GS300

17

36,713

GS - 2nd Gen (1998-2005)

12v, 1jz, 1jzgte, 400, 93, aristo, car, ecu, fuel, injectors, lexus, sc, sc400, start, starting, turning, write

1JZ Not start (no fuel?) help me out. long

MrFairlady on Jun 8, 2010

Jul 3, 2018 02:02 PM
by megamax

5

7,049

SC - 1st Gen (1992-2000)

2000, 92, corolla, engine, gear, hard, hesitate, hesitates, jerks, lexus, low, rx300, shifting, starting, toyota, www

hard shifting with delay and hesitation

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bchehab on Apr 21, 2011

Jun 13, 2018 09:03 PM
by salimshah

34

47,805

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

dash, drive, park, starting, transmission

2006 is250 park, drive, neutral all lit

pj141407 on Mar 14, 2018

Mar 18, 2018 06:03 PM
by Nitrous23

5

3,635

IS - 2nd Gen (2006-2013)

2013 Dead Battery after 3 wks parked

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hziemba on Feb 18, 2018

Feb 22, 2018 08:48 AM
by Superman60

17

4,565

GS - 4th Gen (2013-2020)

cluster, instrument, lexus, rattle, starting

instrument cluster problem (not a rattle as usual, but other problem)

Matus on Apr 4, 2010

Jan 30, 2018 11:49 PM
by Matus

2

1,247

IS - 2nd Gen (2006-2013)

91 LS 400 strange problem starting

pacerdonfl on Jan 18, 2018

Jan 22, 2018 03:50 AM
by pacerdonfl

2

2,487

LS - 1st and 2nd Gen (1990-2000)

2010, 250, 350, engine, enter, entering, key, lexus, remote, rx, shut, start, starter, starting, summer

Remote start question

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gopherhock on Jul 12, 2009

Jan 17, 2018 05:46 PM
by Gampa

89

35,312

RX - 3rd Gen (2010-2015)