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And another, I wonder if I'll end up stumbling onto someone's car from here, this one was up near Philly.

Thanks and no problem, glad I could help, now all those people need to question the dealers methods and get some refunds, not likely but just another reason to ask for your old parts back, makes them think twice before really sticking it to you.

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Steve

Kickboxer

Heart

Never drove with it removed but did turn the key on with it removed, nav screen worked for a bit and buttons were not there like when the amp wasn't working, further proving that the amp was the issue. Then either when I restarted it or turned the key off and on the screen was completely dead, nav, lexus link, etc... goes through the amp. I did not check the Climate controls when the screen was dead to see if I could get into them, but that might be something that you would have to deal with until getting yours back. Someone else might be able to tell you for sure.

Another one

1 - that's easy it's on the right side of the car between the rear quarter and the rear deck brace that runs vertically there are 2 10mm nuts holding the brackets in and 2 white guide clip/pins that click into place a little further back, you have to remove the trunk liner from the right rear where the bungee pocket thing is attached and it is just a few inches further forward. 2 - the only place I found that is not a certified Toyota/Lexus repair place was Electronics Masters in Duluth GA 678-957-0686 they were the company that supposedly fixed a unit that was for sale on eBay, I tried to find another company local to me but no one has any documentation on them to be able to fix them 3 - eBay or you can pm dcfish he was able to locate one for me. Be very patient though cause there aren't too many of these amps around and you'll be looking at between $295 - $325 for one, it took us a little over a month to finally get one. 4 - there is no point unless you have the internal schematic, I opened mine up hoping to find something to no avail, the board is coated in that rubbery epoxy like stuff to isolate everything, if you do decide to open it pull the screws on the sides and you have to pull the center aluminum strip that says Mark Levinson on it off to gain access to the FET heat sink screws. If yours is intermittent I would guess that you won't find anything because the smoke hasn't been let out of it, so it won't be burned and easy to spot. my $.02 don't waste your time. You may also want to check around to another less busy state or city from where you are, I found a dealer in Wilmington DE 800-456-5398 that can order refurb units for $325 but you have to take your vehicle in get an RO get the diagnosis done and then they will order one for your car, so in the end you will still end up paying a lot of money because of the labor to test and install. They unfortunately will not sell a refurb unit without the rest so I guess it's just their way of making up the difference. Without knowing what part specifically intermittently fails in the amp I don't think there is anyway for avg joe to figure out how to repair the amps.

Mix-a-Lot

Still waiting on mine to be delivered, it has proven very difficult to find a functioning amp. Hopefully within the next week.

Mr.

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Bobby Bouchet

paper boy (I want my 2 dollars!)