Greetings,
I am new to the site, long time GX/LC owner. Have utilized the wealth of information on this site for years and finally decided to participate. I currently drive a 2013 GX460 with the following:
Dobinsons 2.5 inch IMS lift
Dobinsons UCA’s
Full under carriage protection
Treaty Oak Kdss spacers
OE TRD 17’s w/ 265 70 R17 Bg Ko3’s
UNI filter mod
This vehicle has been my daily and adventure vehicle for almost 6 years. Other than two brake jobs and regular maintenance, the only repair I’ve had to complete was the timing cover and coolant valley leak.
Now with approximately 116,000 miles, I am having some seemingly serious electrical issues all of a sudden.
Symptoms are as follows:
- shifter goes into gear fine, but does not always illuminate drive.
- check engine light and 4lo light illuminated.
- flashing of center stack back lighting.
-auto lock feature consistently locking and unlocking in drive or reverse.
- vehicle recently had a dead throttle while driving, vehicle never stalled but depressing the accelerator pedal produced no result- this issue comes and goes.
- finally, the tail lamps remain illuminated after parking with vehicle off- this will last for hours.
I initially assumed the NSS needed replacing, but now that I have all of these additional issues. I am admittedly at a loss. Possible ground wire issue? Alternator, battery, battery cables? Mechanically I can usually diagnose the issue, electrical issues I have no experience or diagnostic skills to fall back on.
If anyone has any suggestions on where to start diagnosing these issue’s, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you all for any assistance you can provide, it is much appreciated.
Cheers!
I am new to the site, long time GX/LC owner. Have utilized the wealth of information on this site for years and finally decided to participate. I currently drive a 2013 GX460 with the following:
Dobinsons 2.5 inch IMS lift
Dobinsons UCA’s
Full under carriage protection
Treaty Oak Kdss spacers
OE TRD 17’s w/ 265 70 R17 Bg Ko3’s
UNI filter mod
This vehicle has been my daily and adventure vehicle for almost 6 years. Other than two brake jobs and regular maintenance, the only repair I’ve had to complete was the timing cover and coolant valley leak.
Now with approximately 116,000 miles, I am having some seemingly serious electrical issues all of a sudden.
Symptoms are as follows:
- shifter goes into gear fine, but does not always illuminate drive.
- check engine light and 4lo light illuminated.
- flashing of center stack back lighting.
-auto lock feature consistently locking and unlocking in drive or reverse.
- vehicle recently had a dead throttle while driving, vehicle never stalled but depressing the accelerator pedal produced no result- this issue comes and goes.
- finally, the tail lamps remain illuminated after parking with vehicle off- this will last for hours.
I initially assumed the NSS needed replacing, but now that I have all of these additional issues. I am admittedly at a loss. Possible ground wire issue? Alternator, battery, battery cables? Mechanically I can usually diagnose the issue, electrical issues I have no experience or diagnostic skills to fall back on.
If anyone has any suggestions on where to start diagnosing these issue’s, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you all for any assistance you can provide, it is much appreciated.
Cheers!
