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Quick question: Can a bad alternator that is still hooked up to a car that is not running cause the electric system to be totally dead and cause a battery charger to spike off the amperage scale and then cycle off? Background: 2005 Lexus GX470 with 123,000 miles. Battery is 60 months old (84...

Quick question: Can a bad alternator that is still hooked up to a car that is not running cause the electric system to be totally dead and cause a battery charger to spike off the amperage scale and then cycle off? Background: 2005 Lexus GX470 with 123,000 miles. Battery is 60 months old (84...

Thanks. Crazy how tight a fit and how many rigs have similar wiring route. Hopefully this will remedy my fuse blowing issue.

thanks for info and offer to post a picture of your fix - no rush.

Thanks for your post. Greetings from PDX. I have a 2005 LX470 with slightly different problem (see part of my recent post below) but from a distance my wire looks the same as yours. If you ask me, one heck of an engineering design. A very curious routing for wiring and I wonder what the...

2005 LX470. 105,000. Garaged, pampered. Air conditioner main fuse (#43, 15 amp) keeps blowing. First occurrence after sitting undriven for about 6 weeks and I put on a high quality battery trickle charger (that I have used many times before) for about 6 hours because I was concerned that my...

I will have to get under and look at again because I am pretty sure that currently no connection between undercover and cross member - just a bolt and washers partially inserted. Maybe a missing piece. My oil cover has 2 bolts (other one not in pic),

Looking for tips on how to do this given play in the system. OK to just torque with the play or better to try to stabilize the shaft against turning as one tries to tighten the bolts? Thanks

I want to find out if I am missing a piece that should be attached to or covering the opening in the front undercover (see pictures of low point of front undercover). Is the bolt and washers in the picture (which is not fully inserted into a hole in a frame crossmember) supposed to be holding...

Is it best to unplug the socket assembly and check the voltage at the connector wires or 1st check the voltage across the contact points in the socket assembly? If there is a short in the socket assembly, will checking the voltage across the socket assembly blow the fuse while checking the...

2005 LX470 Every time I plug something into rear 12V power outlet the 15 amp fuse immediately blows. Other power outlets work fine with the same devices. Looking for troubleshooting advice. thanks

a number of people have told me that most/all LC (? LX as well) come from factory with a slight tilt down to the left for no reason that anyone can determine. Is 1/2" tilt in front and 1/4" in back enough to throw anything off/worry? Will this kind of tilt interfere with front end alignment or...

Are there any special wheel alignment issues/steps that need to be considered/taken with a 2005 LX470? Does the active suspension/AHC pose any alignment problems? Does a slight body height difference from side to side have any impact? (with the Height control in Normal, engine off, on a...