Hi everyone. I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Dan and I live in Charlotte, NC. I have been visiting this site off and on for the last few years but just recently set up a login.
Although I am new here, I am not new to Land Cruisers. I am proud to say that I have been driving the same '99 LC for about 200,000 miles. I bought it from a neighbor in 2002 with 50,000 miles. Since then got married, had two boys and a golden retriever. When our other daily driver (e430) was totaled in a minor accident I borrowed my dads '99 LX 470, and a couple weeks later, purchased it from him. The LX has 190,000 miles and just recently started having some issues. A month ago I was traveling and all dash lights lit up and the LX was shaking like a wheel was about to fall off. I was able to drive 10 miles in Raleigh rush hour traffic in the rain to get to the Lexus dealer. They called me the next day and let me know that it was the coil pack in cylinder 8 and had it fixed the next day. Yesterday I was in my way to work and the check engine light and the CDL light up. I lose almost all power and coast as far as I can going about 5 mph until I can get safely off the road. I put it in park and pulled up ih8mudand start looking for potential causes and 15 mins later I tried starting it back up and to my surprise I was able to drive it to the dealer about 10 miles away with no problems.
I have done no modifications to either vehicle since they are both daily drivers. Would love to do some mods but I learned that off-roading is risky with a daily driver. I have had trucks in the shop for to long when my off-roading broke parts.
From what I can tell it sounds like a potential cause could be the aps and/or tps. Wish I had a scangauge, after reading on other posts I think I may be investing in one soon.
Any advice would be very valuable. My wife loves her LX but she's a little freaked out that this is going to cost an arm and a leg.
Thanks to all who post on this site, great reading, has helped me a lot, just a couple weeks ago I replaced all hood and liftgate struts on both trucks and changed cabin filters. Nothing like the projects some of you all take on under the hood, but thanks to those that posted the write ups.
Although I am new here, I am not new to Land Cruisers. I am proud to say that I have been driving the same '99 LC for about 200,000 miles. I bought it from a neighbor in 2002 with 50,000 miles. Since then got married, had two boys and a golden retriever. When our other daily driver (e430) was totaled in a minor accident I borrowed my dads '99 LX 470, and a couple weeks later, purchased it from him. The LX has 190,000 miles and just recently started having some issues. A month ago I was traveling and all dash lights lit up and the LX was shaking like a wheel was about to fall off. I was able to drive 10 miles in Raleigh rush hour traffic in the rain to get to the Lexus dealer. They called me the next day and let me know that it was the coil pack in cylinder 8 and had it fixed the next day. Yesterday I was in my way to work and the check engine light and the CDL light up. I lose almost all power and coast as far as I can going about 5 mph until I can get safely off the road. I put it in park and pulled up ih8mudand start looking for potential causes and 15 mins later I tried starting it back up and to my surprise I was able to drive it to the dealer about 10 miles away with no problems.
I have done no modifications to either vehicle since they are both daily drivers. Would love to do some mods but I learned that off-roading is risky with a daily driver. I have had trucks in the shop for to long when my off-roading broke parts.
From what I can tell it sounds like a potential cause could be the aps and/or tps. Wish I had a scangauge, after reading on other posts I think I may be investing in one soon.
Any advice would be very valuable. My wife loves her LX but she's a little freaked out that this is going to cost an arm and a leg.
Thanks to all who post on this site, great reading, has helped me a lot, just a couple weeks ago I replaced all hood and liftgate struts on both trucks and changed cabin filters. Nothing like the projects some of you all take on under the hood, but thanks to those that posted the write ups.
(official MUD welcome) from Raleigh.
