LeXsGs3

same thing happened to my gs300. $1500 worth pf repairs covered by my comprehensive insurance with a deductable of $200. But man those pesky lttle guys.

If you log onto lexus.com and register your vehicle (free) it will provide you with an owners manual (via acrobat) or you can send a request to get one for free. If you don't want to do that here are some answers to your questions: 1. safety feature, if you're zooming down the freeway and you're in H, your center of gravity is too high, thus a potential rollover, L is used primarily to ease the egress for passengers and for loading purposes. If you want to stay in the selected mode, select your desired mode the turn "OFF" the automatic feature while in that mode. 2. In extreme situations, stuck in mud, snow etc. 3. If in N, there is no power to your wheels at all. H for higher speeds, L for lower speeds, climbing steep hills, towing. Hope this helps

Sounds like the door actuator. I had that issue in my GS. Thank goodness for CPO warranty. They priced the job at $500 for a door actuator. I paid $0.

We stole our CPO 04LX w/ everything except night-vision & rear dvd for $39K w/ 40K miles on the odo. Traded in a 00RX for $8500 and paying $659 / mo. I though I got a pretty decent deal. considering it was worth $46K at the time.