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jemas44

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  1. When someone replaced you timing belt, the crankshaft position sensor wire harness was improperly routed and damaged. Trace the wire from the crank sensor to near the a/c compressor and see where that hack pinched your wire. Probably behind the fan bracket. Others say the problem with a CEL is that the timing belt is a tooth off, but I think you may be right since the mechanic (my friend's husband, who is a mechanic at a Ford dealer) that changed the timing belt said that the check engine light was on because he mixed up the order of doing something in reconnecting the wires. When my current mechanic checked it last week he told me he ohmed all three sensors and they were within normal limits. He saw that the fan was hitting the wire that goes to the (top?) sensor but that the wire looked OK. Are you saying to replace the wiring harness or can just that wire be replaced? Should the wire be ohmed from the sensor to the AC? (My mechanic didn't know where the wire went to, so it helps to know that it goes to the AC.) Is the wire the same color at the AC? Could this have damaged the computer? I really appreciate your sharing your knowledge!
  2. I have a 1994 LS400 with 109,000 miles. After I had the timing belts changed about 5 years ago the check engine light remained on until the car warmed up, then the check engine light would go out. For the last year, the check engine light remains on even after the car warms up. Although tests on the emission levels are all very good, the smog check station can't pass it since the check engine light is on. It is a code 13. My mechanic spent several hours checking the car and can't find anything wrong with it. He told me that I can take it to a smog shop that does repairs (where it costs $200 just to get it in the door), but they probably will have to just do pretty random checks since code 13 is a pretty general code, and it could get pretty expensive. The car runs great. Has any body heard of this problem before? I hate the thought of having to junk this car because of a technicality of California law.
  3. Driver's seat won't recline in 1994 Lexus LS400. It doesn't make any sound, or sound like the motor is working.
  4. Thanks for the helpful information! I will give it to my mechanic.
  5. The sunroof on my 1994 LS400 wouldn't close (it was stuck with the back edge about a half an inch lower than the front), and when my mechanic contacted the local Lexus shop they told him that it was common for the cable to break, and a piece to get stuck in the tract. After removing the headliner my mechanic found that the plastic piece had broken off the ends of the cables on both sides. Lexus wants $750 for the parts for each side (you can't get just the plastic piece, or the cable--you have to get the guide rail, too.) At oemlexusparts.com I found the cable and rail for about $325 ($650 plus S&H for both sides.) I haven't been able to find just the little plastic piece that goes on the end of the cable, or the cable/plastic piece. It is costing $200 to take down and reinstall the headliner, plus my mechanic's time to take out and reinstall the sunroof. To me it is not worth over $650 to have a wi\orking sunroof, and I wudbe happy just to get it to close and stay closed. Has anybody had any similar experience, know where to find those little plastic pieces that fit on the ends of the cable, or been able to close a malfunctioning sunroof and have it not leak? Lexus told my mechanic when people have tried using silicon or something similar to seal a sunroof that didn't totally close, it always leaked. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
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