Another great video by The Car Care Nut
The Car Care Nut's video about the 100 series.
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He is usually spot on- he definitely doesn’t like modified vehicles but was spot on about rust.
There goes my dream of buying another rust-free late model year Hundy for cheap 
stock land cruisers are boring as all hell though... just my opinion.
at the 30:04 minute mark on the video, he mentions battery draining. I sometimes leave my LX470 parked for weeks at a time, and the battery is always flat when i try to start it. He mentions a "telematics" fuse that you can pull to help prevent parasitic draw when sitting. I looked at all 3 fuse boxes, but I cannot find this fuse. Does anyone know what he is talking about?
thanks,
thanks,
I kind of agree, given sales figures as facts
Lots of cheaper ones out there but it seems you always get what you pay forThere goes my dream of buying another rust-free late model year Hundy for cheap
Telematics fuse is actually AM2 fuse located in the engine bay fuse box.
What are the reasons not to pull this fuse?
Anyone that has pulled it, are you seeing less parasitic draw to the point it’s actually worth doing?
Yes I did and I have recorded it as well. You can watch it here. AM2 fuse controls ignition, ecu, I believe stereo also. After pulling AM2 fuse, parasite draw dropped significantly.
I personally haven't tested if AM2 fuse resets the trip meter, if it doesn't then pulling it out might save your battery from parasite drain. I ended up buying this tiny trickle charger that you install in your engine bay and leave it plugged if you are not using your car for weeks.
Thanks for the detailed response.
Has anyone pulled the AM2 fuse for a significant amount of time? Any issues you’ve run into?
I have my LC on a trickle charger but I’d prefer to get to the root cause of parasitic draw for times when we are camping for extended periods.
Bumping this thread to see if anyone has any feedback on the AM2 fuse and parasitic draw
i pulled the AM2 fuse on my 2004 LX470 and the engine shut off, and wouldn't crank. so Car Care nut was not correct in this case.
Still searching for a way to reduce parasitive draw on the LX470.
Still searching for a way to reduce parasitive draw on the LX470.
I'm also having the week drain problem. I would like to find a solution.
Some data that I started maintaing over 5 years ago, is 100 series sales compared to the 80 and 200. The Sequoia took a bite out of LC 100 sales in 2001. However, the LX470 finished ahead of the LC as the most popular 100 in the US. I enjoy looking at trend data like this.. I do not have enough data to track 250 series sales at this point.
