Wife's 1,900 mile LX600 just shuddered to a stop on I-10, this should be fun.

[doktorno]

Did have a pic of the chrome deleted from the rear? You de badged it?

@Sinister with dental floss and 3M super weather strip adhesive remover. Do it clean!

 

[Sinister]

Yup, headed from Austin to Houston this afternoon at about 95 (Texas) and check engine came up on the display. First it was slowing and then it would not respond to throttle inputs. She made it to the shoulder, and after waiting a few minutes it would achieve thirteen MPH with smells and shuddering, so I had her jump the ditch to get on the feeder so she would not get hit. She made a to a gas station for a walk around: no blocked air flow, no fluids leaking or blowing, but it stank like hell. Waited for fifteen minutes, and it restarted with the check engine light gone. She drove it straight to the nearest dealership.

Against what I understand about engine codes, she was told by the service department they might not be able to figure it out and it might just be an "anomaly" that happens.

I told her to buy a GX460...

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Maybe the cause?

Toyota Recalls Certain Model Year 2022-2023 Toyota Tundra and Lexus LX Vehicles - Toyota USA Newsroom

PLANO, Texas (May 30, 2024)—Toyota is conducting a safety recall involving certain model year 2022-2023 Toyota Tundra and Lexus LX (conventional gas model only) vehicles in North America. Approximately, 102,000 Toyota and Lexus branded vehicles are involved in this recall […]

pressroom.toyota.com

 

[W4632018]

Driver's in Texas haul-ass in five gallon orange buckets. You will be steadily passed at anything below eighty, sixty might get you shot.

The judging of my wife's driving ability by Mr. Lou was ironic. She has 94k miles on her 7spd manual trans Carrera 4 that is her primary highway car, and it does more than 100. She is a 5,700 hour pilot with an IFR rating, multi-engine commercial with tailwheel and glider endorsements, had her pilot's license before her driver's license. Sold single engine Cessnas for a few years, ATC called her the Cessna Lady. On our first trip together while dating I was a sixty hour idiot so she flew us down to Study Butte in her aerobatic Bonanza, weeds were so high the prop occasionally made a zing sound. We spent an hour on that flight at 50' (unclassified airspace) because she used to try and make me vomit. Attended seven Jeep Jamborees in her daily driver, an ugly as fok '91 Jeep Wrangler with the Renegade (Tupperware) appearance package. Jesus that was an ugly jeep. UT at sixteen, taught english in China eighteen months after someone stopped a tank in the square. Masters degree, Phd while raising our twins. Before taking off two weekends ago, she noticed the left oil pressure gauge was showing zero. Extremely rare oil pump failure, would have been a seized critical engine at take off.

But she is not qualified to drive at 100.

She sounds amazing, my compliments

 

[dms]

Maybe the cause?

Toyota Recalls Certain Model Year 2022-2023 Toyota Tundra and Lexus LX Vehicles - Toyota USA Newsroom

PLANO, Texas (May 30, 2024)—Toyota is conducting a safety recall involving certain model year 2022-2023 Toyota Tundra and Lexus LX (conventional gas model only) vehicles in North America. Approximately, 102,000 Toyota and Lexus branded vehicles are involved in this recall […]

pressroom.toyota.com

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I'm no mechanic, but I think the "Remedy" for this issue is a new engine.

 

[TLar25]

I'm no mechanic, but I think the "Remedy" for this issue is a new engine.

A few years back I bought a high mileage (~275k) Hyundai sonata just thinking I'd use it for commuting. Well on the first day of driving it to work after I bought it on the weekend, the motor seized up about 15 minutes into the drive lol. Ended up finding out there was a recall for the same thing, machining debris blocking the flow/travel of oil, and the local dealer replaced the whole thing free of charge after a simple inspection. I was pretty amazed, though not enough to keep it lol. I went against my better judgement and bought something non-toyota/Lexus, but I ended up making a few thousand dollars from selling it with a brand new motor.

 

[Joe T]

One of my employees had that same Hyundai issue and it took more than one motor to get it right if my memory serves me correctly. I thought she was trying to skip work, happened out of town.

For her and her husband’s brain power, it was a very complex issue and it would be for just about anyone. But yes I definitely remember that event.

The smaller Ellantra is a tank though.

 

[nickandrews]

I'm no mechanic, but I think the "Remedy" for this issue is a new engine.

I thought the same thing. Wasn't sure how to diagnose and fix if there was debris, but I'm sure someone on here has better insights than me.

 

[doktorno]

Production year, month? Should be on a door jumb sticker. Premium fuel?

@usnick1982 8/11/23 so technically out of the recall