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Paticake · September 27, 2007

Good Morning, and it is a good morning 'cause I just fixed my 2002 RX300 this morning and saved over $1000. and then some. This board ROCKS

Monday morning my vsc and cel went on. Panic.. now what. Got to work and one of our clients, who is in the auto repair business, says he will take the car and diagnosis. He comes back and tells me that the vsc sensor ( or something like that) has to be replaced and that he ordered the part from Lexus at a cost of $753. and he will need the car for 4-5 hours. :censored: I said "Can you cancel it, this car just came off of warranty, I'll go put up a fight to get this covered."I hate car repairs, I feel because I'm female I don't get the full story. Anyway I'm not feeling real good and then remembered this web site..

Logged on and the 1st entry I see is just what I have !!!! So I start reading, reading everything.. Codes? What are they and how do I get them?? Oh here's the answer Autozone. Off I go to Autozone expecting to get codes p1135 of p1136. I get there and he says p0440, p0441, and p0446. GEEZZZ, what is that.. Young kid say "needs new gas cap, come on I'll get you one". OH no.. let me think about it. Now I'm going back to work cursing myself for not buying a gas cap that I'll have to make a second trip for . Damn, why didn't I just buy it.

Go back at work, log back on and do a search for p0440. BINGO. A hit.. Read his problem and then read the 1st response. Nope no help. On to the other one. Read the response, YES I just had my air filter changed, YES, I have all 3 codes. Grabed my car keys, popped the hood, and OMG there is the hose from the air filter and there is the tube!!!!! Shoved my hand in there and reconnected. Followed the instructions on disconnection the (-) lead on battery and restarted the car! TA DA ALL BETTER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING. :cheers: I feel like I won the lottery. If I had the work done, who knows where that would have led.