Hey all-
Recently took possession of a 2000 LX470, knowing it had this issue with ABS. Previous owner had it diagnosed at dealership being bad transfer case but the issue seemed more isolated to the ABS system, at least to me anyway.
From a full stop, ABS engages when accelerating and would bring the car to a halt. This is probably within the 3-5mph range, as ABS almost immediately kicks in when you press on the gas. When the gas pedal is tapped aggressively, the car gets closer to 10mph and it drives until full stop again. ABS never kicks in while braking (good road condition, not an issue) but only when pulling away from full stop. Because the owner thought this was a transfer case issue, I was able to negotiate down to 2,800 on a 190k mile, though torn driver seat/steering wheel and pretty badly faded paint.
I pulled out the ABS fuse in the engine bay and VSC / ATRAC / ABS lights illuminate on the dash, but otherwise drives perfectly (without ABS function obviously). Was ready to order some ABS sensors but looked through service receipts from seller and saw front ABS sensors were replaced less than 3k miles ago. I bought a live-data OBD2 reader and was unable to pull any codes/graphs on wheel speed (ABS) sensors. Did a search and found hundreds of posts with keyword ABS...must've gotten through half of them without seeing this issue ever being discussed.
Anyone here have experience or a better guess as what I need to do or should check to find the issue? With fuse back in there are no lights in the dash at all, despite having the ABS problem.
Thank you!
Recently took possession of a 2000 LX470, knowing it had this issue with ABS. Previous owner had it diagnosed at dealership being bad transfer case but the issue seemed more isolated to the ABS system, at least to me anyway.
From a full stop, ABS engages when accelerating and would bring the car to a halt. This is probably within the 3-5mph range, as ABS almost immediately kicks in when you press on the gas. When the gas pedal is tapped aggressively, the car gets closer to 10mph and it drives until full stop again. ABS never kicks in while braking (good road condition, not an issue) but only when pulling away from full stop. Because the owner thought this was a transfer case issue, I was able to negotiate down to 2,800 on a 190k mile, though torn driver seat/steering wheel and pretty badly faded paint.
I pulled out the ABS fuse in the engine bay and VSC / ATRAC / ABS lights illuminate on the dash, but otherwise drives perfectly (without ABS function obviously). Was ready to order some ABS sensors but looked through service receipts from seller and saw front ABS sensors were replaced less than 3k miles ago. I bought a live-data OBD2 reader and was unable to pull any codes/graphs on wheel speed (ABS) sensors. Did a search and found hundreds of posts with keyword ABS...must've gotten through half of them without seeing this issue ever being discussed.
Anyone here have experience or a better guess as what I need to do or should check to find the issue? With fuse back in there are no lights in the dash at all, despite having the ABS problem.
Thank you!