calrunnergirl

Hi everyone. I have been searching for answers here but so far cannot find this exact question. As so many others have lamented, I have problems with my 6-disc changer in my 93 ES300. One day the changer door simply would not respond to the "Eject" button--which is lit up, by the way, so apparently it has power. I am *pretty sure* that there is a cartridge in there, and furthermore, that at least one of the discs inside is handmade. (DAMN hindsight!! I see here in other posts that handmade discs can wreak havoc on car cd changers....And of course, I had JUST tried using these homemade cd's a couple weeks BEFORE my cd changer developed this problem." I called Lexus and they told me that they do not do ANY repairs anymore on these, and that all they will do is send it to the factory and replace the entire changer. Which is about $800 with labor! They hesitated to admit that there "may be someplace else that could open this, though, for less...." I wonder if there is anything I might try myself, first? Will "resetting" the entire cd changer possibly kickstart the thing into working? If this is worth a try, How on earth do I reset it? I cannot find ANY reset button. If I have to somehow unplug this, is there anyone who can explain how? And do I have to have the key in ignition--with power? without? Will car theft alarm go off when taking out the changer?? Sorry I'm so clueless. If there is any advice from anyone here, I would SO SO appreciate it. I'm financially challenged and cannot afford any expensive fixes here. THANK YOU ALL!! Gabriella :cries:

93 ES300 I just have to share with you all: I've experienced a problem with the Lexus stereo's Volume control knob. One day the knob just didn't seem to work exactly right, and through the course of a few weeks I found myself having to 'jiggle' the knob more and more to get it to work right. Finally, there was no tension at all in the turning, so it was completely useless. Lexus dealer told me that they don't service these models at all anymore at the dealership, but send them all back to the factory--read: "expensive as hell!" (Atleast a couple hundred, they said.) So, I went to an independent car stereo shop. They hoped to fix it there, but also ended up saying that they would have to send it to the factory. Well, there's no way I can live without music, so of course I had to just do it. Outcome: There was a piece that had to be replaced Forgive me, I've no idea what it was called--it looks like tape with wires in it, and is somehow connected to the knob (and no, it's NOT anything that you can get to without taking the whole radio apart--believe me, I tried to find an easy fix). This little thing ended up costing me $250.00 USD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So...now that the cd changer door is stuck in the closed position, I am just ill with the thought of the sort of money I'll owe for this next music related problem. DARN! (I am going to try to 'reset' the changer, per the posts I've just found in this forum...)