Hi All - long time user of this site!
Proud owner of a 2011 Lexus LX570 with 233,xxx miles I bought ~1.5 years ago.
I have been having intermittent overheating issues over the last ~3,000 miles I am hoping somebody has had experience with given a local Indy shop and the Chantilly Lexus dealership both struck out.
Approx. 2 months ago, I noticed the temperature gauge slowly climb as I drove into my apartment parking garage after running a few quick errands. It ultimately climbed just up to the red line before I shut the car down (no warning lights came on). I brought the car to a local Indy shop the next day, where they ran tests on it for the next two days and said they could not identify anything wrong with the car.
I subsequently drove the car a few days later from Washington, DC to Cincinnati, OH (dumb, i know) without any issue. In hour ~7 of what would have been a roughly 9 hour drive back the temperature gauge started climbing again. I promptly pulled over and had the car towed to Pohanka Lexus in Chantilly w/ 232,1xx miles (again, no warning lights actually came on). After having the car for a few days, they escalated the issue all the way up to the lead Forman in the shop and again were unable to replicate the issue or identify a root cause.
I drove the car another ~1,400 miles until the issue happened again, in Raleigh, NC (see attached for picture). I let the car cool down and drove it back from Raleigh, NC to Washington, DC the next day with no issue.
I sent videos of the issue to the Indy shop and Pohanka Lexus and they both told me that while this is an issue and the car should be shut off when this happens, they would not be able to diagnose at this point without the issue being replicated while they have the car. I’m at a lose given that the overheating issue can take over a thousand miles before popping up again.
Has anyone ever experienced this before or have any recommendations for next steps? I don’t love the idea of driving around a car that can overheat at any moment.
Proud owner of a 2011 Lexus LX570 with 233,xxx miles I bought ~1.5 years ago.
I have been having intermittent overheating issues over the last ~3,000 miles I am hoping somebody has had experience with given a local Indy shop and the Chantilly Lexus dealership both struck out.
Approx. 2 months ago, I noticed the temperature gauge slowly climb as I drove into my apartment parking garage after running a few quick errands. It ultimately climbed just up to the red line before I shut the car down (no warning lights came on). I brought the car to a local Indy shop the next day, where they ran tests on it for the next two days and said they could not identify anything wrong with the car.
I subsequently drove the car a few days later from Washington, DC to Cincinnati, OH (dumb, i know) without any issue. In hour ~7 of what would have been a roughly 9 hour drive back the temperature gauge started climbing again. I promptly pulled over and had the car towed to Pohanka Lexus in Chantilly w/ 232,1xx miles (again, no warning lights actually came on). After having the car for a few days, they escalated the issue all the way up to the lead Forman in the shop and again were unable to replicate the issue or identify a root cause.
I drove the car another ~1,400 miles until the issue happened again, in Raleigh, NC (see attached for picture). I let the car cool down and drove it back from Raleigh, NC to Washington, DC the next day with no issue.
I sent videos of the issue to the Indy shop and Pohanka Lexus and they both told me that while this is an issue and the car should be shut off when this happens, they would not be able to diagnose at this point without the issue being replicated while they have the car. I’m at a lose given that the overheating issue can take over a thousand miles before popping up again.
Has anyone ever experienced this before or have any recommendations for next steps? I don’t love the idea of driving around a car that can overheat at any moment.