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Figured out the problem, was hilarious. I was looking over the repair records for the car and at around 30,000 miles in 2001 the woman brought it in to the dealer complaining it wasn't working. So I cross-referenced the repair records with the maintenance records on lexusdrivers.com. It showed notes of where the work was performed, and I got the dealer number. I called the dealer and gave them the work order number and the notes were hilarious. It said, "CD Player Diagnosed as NON Functional, Customer quoted installation charge, customer refused, customer left CD cartridge at dealership, not responding to calls. " So i'm like..well there's the mystery of the lost CD cartridge... So I attempt to figure out WTF the problem is myself since it's just mind boggling that A) the system died at 30,000 miles in 2001, and B) that it has power and not even attempting to load.. So i go in there with a mini flashlight and there's a hairpin jammed inside where the motor attempts to load the discs.. haha..as soon as i removed it the cd player was functional. This shows how much failures the lexus dealers are that they just recommend a new one without even putting a flash light into the changer. The CD player works like new now, and only has about 2 years of use on it since she hadn't used it since 30,000 miles in 2001 ..haha..just funny hope you guys had a laugh like i did..

I just bought a 99 LS400, the In dash 6 CD changer doesn't seem to work, if any of you people could help, that'd be great. First off when I got the car, the cartridge wasn't there, so I assumed it probably didn't work, ha, so I went out and got a replacement. The cartridge I bought for 15 bucks was a CRW1342-B. I'm pretty sure that is the correct model, if not please let me know. Anyway, after putting two regular CD-R's in the cartridge I put it in the changer as described in the manual, and nothing. No loading phase as described in the manual, absolutely nothing. At first I thought there was no power going to the unit, but when i push the eject button, the cartridge pops out mechanically, so there is definitely power going to the unit. I disconnected the battery terminals I heard resetting might help but still the same thing, the radio just doesn't recognize or even attempt to start the loading phase. Is the unit dead? or am I just missing something obvious. And yes I did close the cd changer door after loading the cartridge, and yes the cartridge is in all the way. Thanks. Also, when I press, or hold down the CD button, nothing happens either.

I just bought a 1999 LS400 with 120k miles for 5100. No accidents, 1 Owner, Everything possible seems to have been done maintenance wise (shocks, mounts, brakes, you name it) on it except the water pump. Was funny because it has the 10k,15k,30k,60k,90k,120k service all done at the dealer and they opted not to change the water pump along with the timing belt at 90k miles. I'm pretty sure I paid a good price for the car since it has all the options available for it minus the navigation. Not totally sure tho. Just wondering how imperative it is that I get this water pump changed. Thanks for the input guys.