Nodgob Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 VSC Light & engine lite came on for no apparent reason. Live in Raleigh, NC. Is this an immediate safety issue? Is this a common problem? Is this a warranty issue for 16,500 miles? Otherwise is this only correctable at the dealer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthamptonLexus Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 VSC Light & engine lite came on for no apparent reason. Live in Raleigh, NC. Is this an immediate safety issue? Is this a common problem? Is this a warranty issue for 16,500 miles? Otherwise is this only correctable at the dealer? Take it in. They will check the code and go from there. Evap or a/f sensor codes are the most common. Since you have 16.5 k on it. It will be covered under warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexus_RX350 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 RX350 2007, VSC and Engine lights, codes: P0138 and P2195, Bank1 sensor 1 and sensor 2 failure. Schedule to Lexus shop tomorrow (1/7/09). As per my mechanic these are under warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexus_RX350 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 VSC and Engine llight on, still under warranty. No charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlpiv Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 VSC and Engine llight on, still under warranty. No charge. '07 Rx350: I've had the same problem ... the first time I had my Lexus dealer tell me to tighten the gas cap ... I did and the problem was resolve, even though it takes a few tanks for the light(s) to go out. Since I don't like to 'overtighten' anything, it's happened a couple of times since and retightening the gas cap and 'enduring' a few tanks of gas ... and the LIGHTS GO OUT. Ron Pierson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Lake_Tahoe_NV Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 When the "Check Engine" light comes on, it often causes panic--"Ohmygod my engine is about to quit--or something worse". It's not that the Engine is going to quit, it's some malfuntion in the emission control system. If the problem happens only once (say a spark-plug missfires), then after about 3-cycles of starting and driving the car, the light will go out automatically, as it did when the gas-cap was tightened correctly. So before you panic, just drive the car for a little while and see if the light goes out--if not then get it diagnosed. Nothing critical will happen in the meantime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny1997 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I had a similar issue with my 2007 RX350 with 59,900 miles on it. THe Check Engine light and the VSC light. The Lexus dealer said it had code P2195 and I needed to replace an A/F sensor. Since I was above 50,000 miles, he said it was not covered by warranty and would cost around $500 to replace. He said that as a goodwill gesture they'd split the cost with me. When I picked it up I was charged $250 for labor, plus about $37 for Hazd./Shop charges. They also had me sign a 2nd invoice so they could recoup about $220 from Lexus. As I look back at it, I'm wondering if the charges were appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgean78 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I had a similar issue with my 2007 RX350 with 59,900 miles on it. THe Check Engine light and the VSC light. The Lexus dealer said it had code P2195 and I needed to replace an A/F sensor. Since I was above 50,000 miles, he said it was not covered by warranty and would cost around $500 to replace. He said that as a goodwill gesture they'd split the cost with me. When I picked it up I was charged $250 for labor, plus about $37 for Hazd./Shop charges. They also had me sign a 2nd invoice so they could recoup about $220 from Lexus.As I look back at it, I'm wondering if the charges were appropriate. I literally just had this happen to me and why I became a mbr of the site. My 2007 RX350 has a little under 30,000 miles on it and all of sudden the VSC and check engine light came on. I scheduled service and then did a search online. I kid you not, I opened the gas cap and then put it back on until I heard a couple clicks,,,,the lights went right off. So check this first and thank for all the good info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpatk4 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 VSC and Engine llight on, still under warranty. No charge. '07 Rx350: I've had the same problem ... the first time I had my Lexus dealer tell me to tighten the gas cap ... I did and the problem was resolve, even though it takes a few tanks for the light(s) to go out. Since I don't like to 'overtighten' anything, it's happened a couple of times since and retightening the gas cap and 'enduring' a few tanks of gas ... and the LIGHTS GO OUT. Ron Pierson I have a 07 RX 350 went to get gas forgotten to tighten the cap and the lites came on is it ok to drive it like this? Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgr7 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Yes, just tighten the gas cap and drive it, the light should go out after a short period of time. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMB350 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Did you recently have an oil change or any other service work done?? On my Highlander, when the air box lid is removed to check the filter, a vacuum hose pulls out. Within a day, the lights come on. Plug the hose back in and the lights will go off within a few days. I make sure that I check this hose every time it's serviced for anything.. It's worth a shot to check it out. Just peek around the air box with a flashlight and look for a loose hose. I'll bet you find one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpatk4 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Yes, just tighten the gas cap and drive it, the light should go out after a short period of time.Jeff I am afraid to drive with it like this my appointment is for tomorrow ,it better not be a lot of money, it only has 54000 that is nothing.Would not buy another Lexus! And what is a short period of time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpatk4 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Did you recently have an oil change or any other service work done?? On my Highlander, when the air box lid is removed to check the filter, a vacuum hose pulls out. Within a day, the lights come on. Plug the hose back in and the lights will go off within a few days. I make sure that I check this hose every time it's serviced for anything.. It's worth a shot to check it out. Just peek around the air box with a flashlight and look for a loose hose. I'll bet you find one.. I took my lexus where I bought it to get a oil change and they stripped my threads on my oil pan,I had to replace the oil pan and they did a oil change then, that was July it was about 5to6weeks ago .Did your car run ok with the lites on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpatk4 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Yes, just tighten the gas cap and drive it, the light should go out after a short period of time.Jeff I drove it today and the lites went out for about 25 mins and came back on taking it in tomorrow sick of this problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpatk4 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Yes, just tighten the gas cap and drive it, the light should go out after a short period of time.Jeff I drove it today and the lites went out for about 25 mins and came back on taking it in tomorrow sick of this problem! I took it in and they said it was the coil it was driving BAD! They paid half of the bill I thought that was good. If anybody has had this problem please let me know your story.And what is a coil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpatk4 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Yes, just tighten the gas cap and drive it, the light should go out after a short period of time.Jeff I am afraid to drive with it like this my appointment is for tomorrow ,it better not be a lot of money, it only has 54000 that is nothing.Would not buy another Lexus! And what is a short period of time? Took it in today the coil went bad in it.Replaced it and I had to pay half . It really was driving bad when I took it in .What does a coil do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Parker Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Took it in today the coil went bad in it.Replaced it and I had to pay half . It really was driving bad when I took it in .What does a coil do? I thought these cars had coil on plugs (COPs) for better reliability. Do you know what cylinder's coil they changed? The coil is a capacitor-like thing which delivers a burst of charge to the spark plug each time it is signaled by the ECU to spark. Older cars had coil packs, but I thought RX330/RX350 had a separate coil built right into the spark plug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfinks Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I just fixed my wife's 07 RX350, it was the #6 coil. Car idled poorly (intermittently), and had intermittent power problems on acceleration. I have an engine scanner and it indicated that the #6 coil was bad. I swapped the #6 coil with the #4 coil, the problem followed the coil. The updated coil from Lexus was ~$85, solved the problem and no more MIL or VSC lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityboy9 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Wife's '07 just had this problem... also ingnition coil (#5 in this case) dealer fixed under extended warranty.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rx350guy Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 VSC and Engine llight on, still under warranty. No charge. '07 Rx350: I've had the same problem ... the first time I had my Lexus dealer tell me to tighten the gas cap ... I did and the problem was resolve, even though it takes a few tanks for the light(s) to go out. Since I don't like to 'overtighten' anything, it's happened a couple of times since and retightening the gas cap and 'enduring' a few tanks of gas ... and the LIGHTS GO OUT. Ron Pierson You're supposed to tighten the gas cap until 1 click, and no further. Never had a problem on mine.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.schinell@gmail.com Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Lexus RX350 2009, Check Engine & VSC Track Off lights and Traction Control (looks like a car swerving) all acme on. I read all the posts and first thing I tried was to open and close the gas cap tightly .... that fixed it! Cancelled my appointment with Lexus and sure I saved hundreds of $. One other thing with my problem was the Tire Sensor light has been on for a few weeks and would not go out even though I checked and refilled air to the correct 30 psi all around a few times. Now since the Gas Cap reset is done and thge the other warning lights are off the Tire Sensor light has also finally turned off too!! Nice surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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