Jeffchs32 Posted January 6, 2005 Posted January 6, 2005 I have a 99 RX300 and today my car quit running. Now when i start it i have to rev it up and keep it over 1000 rpms to keep it running....if it falls below this it will die everytime. I am having it towed to the place i bought it at tomorrow. Luckily i purchased a 4 year unlimited mile warranty with it so it will be covered.
SKperformance Posted January 6, 2005 Posted January 6, 2005 iacv common on the 97-01 es300 1mz-fe engine carbon build up
mikey00 Posted January 6, 2005 Posted January 6, 2005 I have a 99 RX300 and today my car quit running. Now when i start it i have to rev it up and keep it over 1000 rpms to keep it running....if it falls below this it will die everytime. I am having it towed to the place i bought it at tomorrow. Luckily i purchased a 4 year unlimited mile warranty with it so it will be covered. ← It's the idle air control valve (iacv), a common problem on the RX. It usually gets replaced but I have read posts from others who have had success just cleaning the carbon off it.
Jeffchs32 Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 Well they had my car all day and they cant figure out what is wrong with it. I told them what you all said it was and they were checking it. They were confused because there was no check engine light or anything came on it just quit running. They think it might be the gas. Hopefully it will be ready tomorrow. THanks for your help guys
SKperformance Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 i wouldn;t get it service their again then if they have a hard time figuring it out. it doesn;t ever set of a cel unless itis pluggin the egr also or foulign the o2 sensor as well. if you aren;t paying for it get a new iacv assembly and don;t mention it needs cleaning
Jeffchs32 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Posted January 8, 2005 Well the final verdict was the gas. They cleaned out the whole fuel system - injectors, etc. and some other things and in the end , it seems that i bougt some very bad gas that caused this whole problem...sux
airmo3000 Posted January 8, 2005 Posted January 8, 2005 My 99 RX has just up and quit on my wife 4 times at totally random intervals as well. She can get it restarted though easily. I am going to have to check out the iacv. No codes were found where I had it checked either.
mikey00 Posted January 8, 2005 Posted January 8, 2005 Well the final verdict was the gas. They cleaned out the whole fuel system - injectors, etc. and some other things and in the end , it seems that i bougt some very bad gas that caused this whole problem...sux ← Just curious, being that they spent time on the car and did clean and number of items, did they charge you because it was a customer caused problem.
Jeffchs32 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Posted January 8, 2005 THey charged me a little bit for some kind of additive they used to run through it, but not for any of the labor.
SKperformance Posted January 9, 2005 Posted January 9, 2005 they cleaned the iacv more than likely by doing a throttle body service unless it was removed to clean thoroughly it probably will reapear in a few weeks or months
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