Hello all,
I am fairly new to this forum as I am making my first post on this forum. It's been 2 days and my dad and I tried many things with our 03' GX 470 @ 190k. Over the past couple of weeks the car started to have this issue among other things. The issue was that after sitting in the garage overnight, it's hard to start for the first time in the morning and we would have to turn the key multiple times (with a click sound each time) until it finally started. And when it starts, it starts like it's brand new and the issue does not persist for the rest of the day until we leave the car overnight in the garage (if you park it in the middle of the day somewhere it will start just fine). Basically there are no crank issues. It slowly got worse as the temperature got colder for some weeks and now it just won't start. Here are a few things we did & what's happening:
*Each attempt at starting there is a single click sound then a computer electronic type sound effect that proceeds.
*Replaced the battery with a new one with 750cc
*attempted jump starting the car with another Lexus
*hitting the battery (for some weird reason it worked until now )
*at key rotate the steering wheel turns and lights DO come on.
At this point we're assuming it's the starter. But the problem is, is that it is in the middle of inside the engine. And the most work we've done to this car is change the air shocks with the champion of a cheater bar vs. rust. What do you guys suggest? Any sort of help would be really appreciated as we are puzzled at what the issue could be (could it be the starter? Relay? Solenoid?). It's not 250k it's only 190k or so miles on the car. Thanks for any efforts on the thread.
other problems on the car (any help is super greatly appreciated):
*Just occurred 2 days ago is the ratcheting and squeaking of the transfer case shifter, and then it got worse at the end of that same day, making a huge constant screeching noise on and off throttle (@ 35+mph) we use L mode. We did read another forum that there was no oil in the T case and so we found out the same thing and filled 1.4 Quarts of T case oil. There was dried oil leak on the actuator of the T case.
*Rear diff seems to need lubrication. We don't want another problem because we see dried black oil leaks on the middle portion of the diff. So, were planning to change that oil too.
-----------------------------------Do you guys suggests the front, rear, and T case oil be changed every 50-75k miles for proper maintenance?
Again, please and thanks for any suggestions we are not that experienced.
I am fairly new to this forum as I am making my first post on this forum. It's been 2 days and my dad and I tried many things with our 03' GX 470 @ 190k. Over the past couple of weeks the car started to have this issue among other things. The issue was that after sitting in the garage overnight, it's hard to start for the first time in the morning and we would have to turn the key multiple times (with a click sound each time) until it finally started. And when it starts, it starts like it's brand new and the issue does not persist for the rest of the day until we leave the car overnight in the garage (if you park it in the middle of the day somewhere it will start just fine). Basically there are no crank issues. It slowly got worse as the temperature got colder for some weeks and now it just won't start. Here are a few things we did & what's happening:
*Each attempt at starting there is a single click sound then a computer electronic type sound effect that proceeds.
*Replaced the battery with a new one with 750cc
*attempted jump starting the car with another Lexus
*hitting the battery (for some weird reason it worked until now )
*at key rotate the steering wheel turns and lights DO come on.
At this point we're assuming it's the starter. But the problem is, is that it is in the middle of inside the engine. And the most work we've done to this car is change the air shocks with the champion of a cheater bar vs. rust. What do you guys suggest? Any sort of help would be really appreciated as we are puzzled at what the issue could be (could it be the starter? Relay? Solenoid?). It's not 250k it's only 190k or so miles on the car. Thanks for any efforts on the thread.
other problems on the car (any help is super greatly appreciated):
*Just occurred 2 days ago is the ratcheting and squeaking of the transfer case shifter, and then it got worse at the end of that same day, making a huge constant screeching noise on and off throttle (@ 35+mph) we use L mode. We did read another forum that there was no oil in the T case and so we found out the same thing and filled 1.4 Quarts of T case oil. There was dried oil leak on the actuator of the T case.
*Rear diff seems to need lubrication. We don't want another problem because we see dried black oil leaks on the middle portion of the diff. So, were planning to change that oil too.
-----------------------------------Do you guys suggests the front, rear, and T case oil be changed every 50-75k miles for proper maintenance?
Again, please and thanks for any suggestions we are not that experienced.
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