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Hi, Everyone, This morning, I noticed a buzzing/whining sound coming from the engine compartment of my AWD 2001 RX300 and assumed that it was the alternator. However, as I continued driving to work, the engine disengaged on me while I was in drive. After pulling over to the side of the road and turning off the engine for five minutes, I was able to start the car and drive normally again for about five minutes, before the transmission seemed to give again. Has anyone experienced this whining/disengaging transmission? Does this amount to my needing a new transmission, or might there----please, oh please---be an easier fix? Thanks, and Best, T

Hi, Everyone, Yesterday when I started up my 2001 RX300 to go home from work, both the Check Engine light and the VSC light came on and have now stayed on. Neither was on before or had ever been on in the past. Does anyone have any experience with what this may be indicative of, or perhaps venture a guess as to what problem may be firing both of these lights in tandum? Thanks, and Best, Tony

Hi, Everyone, Yesterday when I started up my 2001 RX300 to go home from work, both the Check Engine light and the VSC light came on and have now stayed on. Neither was on before or had ever been on in the past. Does anyone have any experience with what this may be indicative of, or perhaps venture a guess as to what problem may be firing both of these lights in tandum? Thanks, and Best, Tony

Hi, Pioneersuby, Thanks for the great advice. I took apart the glovebox and found the manual eject, and it popped out like a charm. Problem, though. I put it partially back together, slid the magazine in very gently, pressing only at the middle, and it wouldn't come out again. The mechanism just made the four series of ratcheting noises again. So I popped it out manually again, and this time filled the magazine with 6 CDs, thinking that maybe you just shouldn't put empty mags in there. Now, with CDs inside, it won't hold the magazine at all. I slide it in, and it pops out. Slide it in, it pops out. It simply won't engage while there are CDs inside. When I hit the eject button without the magazine in there, it also makes the ratcheting noises (don't know if that's normal or not). Another interesting fact, when I popped the glove box off, half a CD rattled out---it wasn't in the CD changer, but just sitting atop the glove box architecture. Don't know where it came from, but it was just half a CD. The other half was no where to be found, and didn't appear to be inside the CD changer itself. Any thoughts on what else I might try? Thanks so much, T

Hi, All, I slipped the CD magazine into the in-glove compartment player of my 2001 RX300 this weekend, and it is now jammed. There weren't any CDs in the magazine, but everytime I hit the eject button, it goes through three or four series of grinding noises, and doesn't spit it back out. Is there anything I can do to get it out????? Thanks in Advance! Tony

Hi, All, I slipped the CD magazine into the in-glove compartment player this weekend, and it is now jammed. There weren't any CDs in the magazine, but everytime I hit the eject button, it goes through three or four series of grinding noises, and doesn't spit it back out. Is there anything I can do to get it out????? Thanks in Advance! Tony