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My Sister's 1995 ES300 Problem
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My Sister's 1995 ES300 Problem -
08-18-2009
, 09:31 PM
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My sister has an 1995 ES300 with about 94,000 miles. She changes the oil regularly. Last week she was cruising down the highway and the car lost power. She pulled off the highway and turned the car off. She turned the car on again and it started, she hit the gas and it "crawled." (moved, but at much reduced power). She had it towed and then it started up fine. And now it works fine. The mechanic said he couldn't diagnose/fix it until it breaks again. At some point she said the battery and oil lights went on, but she's not sure if it was when it stalled on the highway or when she restarted it. She was only driving for about 10 minutes, so it's not overheating. Does any body have any idea what the problem is? She's now afraid to drive it very far. |
When she said that the car "lost power," did the engine run normally or
faster than normal but the vehicle just "crawled," or did the engine fail to
rev up when she depressed the gas pedal?
What is the condition of the automatic transmission fluid?
When is the last time that the car had the spark plugs changed?
What is the condition of the engine air filter?
How often is a "regular" oil change in terms of time and mileage intervals?
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Ray O
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"David Z" <me (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote in message news:7f12utF2hmns4U1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net... My sister has an 1995 ES300 with about 94,000 miles. She changes the oil regularly. Last week she was cruising down the highway and the car lost power. She pulled off the highway and turned the car off. She turned the car on again and it started, she hit the gas and it "crawled." (moved, but at much reduced power). She had it towed and then it started up fine. And now it works fine. The mechanic said he couldn't diagnose/fix it until it breaks again. At some point she said the battery and oil lights went on, but she's not sure if it was when it stalled on the highway or when she restarted it. She was only driving for about 10 minutes, so it's not overheating. Does any body have any idea what the problem is? She's now afraid to drive it very far. A little more information would be helpful for a guess at a diagnosis. When she said that the car "lost power," did the engine run normally or faster than normal but the vehicle just "crawled," or did the engine fail to rev up when she depressed the gas pedal? What is the condition of the automatic transmission fluid? When is the last time that the car had the spark plugs changed? What is the condition of the engine air filter? How often is a "regular" oil change in terms of time and mileage intervals? -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply) |
her answers here.
Also, I suggested she call a local Lexus dealer to maybe try to diagnose it.
They said that it might have been some sort of computer problem and when she
restarted it, the computer read the trouble code and fixed itself! I guess
that sounds possible, but I've never heard of that before.
In any event, the dealer didn't seem too concerned about it, which calmed my
sister down a bit. That's a good thing.
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| -- -- "Ray O" <rokigawa (AT) NOSPAMtristarassociates (DOT) com> wrote in message news:h6hbju$v4b$1 (AT) news (DOT) eternal-september.org... "David Z" <me (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote in message news:7f12utF2hmns4U1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net... My sister has an 1995 ES300 with about 94,000 miles. She changes the oil regularly. Last week she was cruising down the highway and the car lost power. She pulled off the highway and turned the car off. She turned the car on again and it started, she hit the gas and it "crawled." (moved, but at much reduced power). She had it towed and then it started up fine. And now it works fine. The mechanic said he couldn't diagnose/fix it until it breaks again. At some point she said the battery and oil lights went on, but she's not sure if it was when it stalled on the highway or when she restarted it. She was only driving for about 10 minutes, so it's not overheating. Does any body have any idea what the problem is? She's now afraid to drive it very far. A little more information would be helpful for a guess at a diagnosis. When she said that the car "lost power," did the engine run normally or faster than normal but the vehicle just "crawled," or did the engine fail to rev up when she depressed the gas pedal? What is the condition of the automatic transmission fluid? When is the last time that the car had the spark plugs changed? What is the condition of the engine air filter? How often is a "regular" oil change in terms of time and mileage intervals? -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply) Thanks, Ray. I emailed your questions to her. When she responds, I'll post her answers here. Also, I suggested she call a local Lexus dealer to maybe try to diagnose it. They said that it might have been some sort of computer problem and when she restarted it, the computer read the trouble code and fixed itself! I guess that sounds possible, but I've never heard of that before. In any event, the dealer didn't seem too concerned about it, which calmed my sister down a bit. That's a good thing. |
something to worry about. I'll keep an eye out for the answers.
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Ray O
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They said that it might have been some sort of computer problem and when she restarted it, the computer read the trouble code and fixed itself! *I guess that sounds possible, but I've never heard of that before. |
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