woodwillie

Hello,

I'm brand new to the club, and am very excited to be here. (Just inherited a 98 LS400 from my wife, as she moves on up the Lexus chain.)

Well, the armrest comes down fine, but the cupholder sliding thing is stuck in there.

The dealership says I need a new armrest.

I tried sliding a spatula in there to see if I could get anything to release.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks,

Willie

Mine did that for a while. I kept tapping at it until the shock finally got it to open. Then I cleaned syrupy dry soda deposits off it and repeated the process until it worked smoothly again.

If you can't get it to open at all this may not help you. But try repeated hard taps with your finger tips or even a small rubber hammer to see if you can shock it into opening.

Bob

Thanks Bob, I will!

Hello:  I have a 1998 LS, the car A/C works fine but the front center console air vents, the left one was making a noise like something was hitting.  I take the vent apart found that the inter vanes were broken loose.  I proceeded to cut the plastic back part off and the noise is gone, due to the removal of the bad parts.

The problem is that during reassembly I cannot place correctly the outer ac vent vanes, the ones that move up and down and side to side to direct the air towards you or to any desired directions. The all look out of order I am trying to find where they gone pinned to the side.  The only position they look ok is when I put them down almost completely.

Any help with this topic, or I have to buy a new vent assy?

Thanks for all the help and hope I was as clear as possible to where the problem is.

In this link you can see the vents I am talking about and the vanes that do not fit properly. 

http://www.carstereohelp.com/stereoremovalLexusLS400str1.htm

C. PR

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Hi: :P

I figure it out why the vanes would not stay in place, they had two pieces that fell off and found them in the seats this morning. Took the vents out and after like 3 hours put them toghether and snap them back in the car. I now feel I can rest with the LEX and enjoy life a little more. Oxygen sensor problem, fixed, A/C noise Fixed, now the only things is the bumper that has some minor problems that will need paint, and presto. Also learned the Lexol is the best for the Leather I will go an buy some ASAP.

Sincerely:

C. PR

Hope you do not have to take that vent apart, is a mess putting it back up. I feel it was designed by The N. Pole Santa helper, yes those small personages, of the movies...

Hi!

I have a 98 LS 400. The little clip on the left vent has come off. I read your post, and looked at the link. IUs there anything, from your experience, that might help me in taking apart & fixing this?

Thanks,

Willie

Hello,

I'm brand new to the club, and am very excited to be here. (Just inherited a 98 LS400 from my wife, as she moves on up the Lexus chain.)

Well, the armrest comes down fine, but the cupholder sliding thing is stuck in there.

The dealership says I need a new armrest.

I tried sliding a spatula in there to see if I could get anything to release.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks,

Willie