tex2670 - Thanks for the above explaination. Is this post by Jetson related and can you explain what caused that? The same thing happened to me on Sunday while I was driving 80+ mph on a 2 lane highway from Dallas to Houston. The gas light came on and I was planning to stop at the next exit but the "Check VSC" light came on, the car surged briefly and then started to decelerate quickly. I pulled over and turned it off and tried to turn on the car again, while also trying brake and gas pedals but it sputtered, lights flashed and died again. Several hours and $200 later, my dog, the car and I were all towed to the dealership in Houston. Several weeks before this, I was experiencing the low idle at stop lights.
My car is ~90,000 miles. The dealership initially thought I had run out of gas but after I explained the low idle, they knew the issue and are doing the piston replacement. Really thankful the people at Westside Lexus are so great. Just curious if you had heard of the "check VSC" light and deceleration examples as well?
