Lexus GS 430 - Answered Questions & Fixed Issues

Question edited for clarity. Question moved to model category. Fuse 3 in the engine compartment. https://www.autogenius.info/lexus-gs430-2001-2002-fuse-box-diagram/ ..

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Wire them directly to the battery and try turning them on with temporary wire . If they work it will be a fuse , or a bad switch or bad wire / ground.... If the switch your using operates other lights and they are working then it would be the ground wire .A lot of time the ground wire is hooked to a bad area, or a rusted out area and the electricity will not pass through so the light will not work or it is a home ground and because a lot of newer rigs have so much plastic you actually drilled into a horrible spot. To test... disconnect the lights negative wire (-) and hook a wire on to the end and attach it to the batteries (-) ... if it works when you activate the switch then your good. The other issue is a lot of new lights have a relay switch that gets installed between the light and the light switch. Usually because they draw 30a and up and the switch in the car can not safely handle that much draw without shorting out or going on fire so there will be a small block like piece that acts like a magnetic switch... your lights hook into the block on one side ( high power side ) and your car switch hooks into the other side. ( low power side) what happens is when you turn the car switch on ( low power ) it tells the block (relay) to turn on its high power circuit ( high power). If that is burned out or missing it is a 10 $ part from auto parts . If your not sure look up the lights you have online and see what they come with.

the VSC is reading only when is dissabled

probably a bad cv joint or "U" joint and the problem is a harmonic vibration caused by the loose / worn joint

The vsc is the vehicle stability control, I aides in even brake distribution and steering controls. Is that the only light on the the dashboard.? Or it the the check engine light on as well. If so you can try this its a quick fix so you can drive it to the deleted or a shop to get the codes read. Disconnect the positive and negative battery cables for at least 10 mins I like to leave them off for an hour or two just to make sure. Then reconnect them and start your car. This clears the pcm of all fault codes until it malfunctions again. But like I said it's a quick fix to get it to a shop. Hope this helps

what problem?

africa, is it the VSE LIGHT only or is it with Engine light as well? iF SO you will have to get OBED code to know what the cause is.

Have a vehicle system failure Check for codes & diagnose them

you have to remove the radio and solder the connections..it has bad solder joints from vibration

The push tab has broken off inside/under the cover. You will need to a strong piece of wire like a coat hanger, radio antenna, and go along side of the side. while sticking the wire inside towards the front latch area. Hopefully you will get the latch to open. Hope this help you open your console.

if you can manually lock it with key,and from inside the car also then there is a bad relayif you can lock it with key but not from push button on driver side door then the actuator is bad

sound local, probable bad radio only, try scrap yard for a replacement

could be your wheel bearins juck car up an check for movement or rumbleing sound

It could be a short in the wiring, or a shorted injector possibly.To check for a bad injector, pull off all injector connectors, put new fuse in, and turn key to on. Does fuse blow? If so, maybe a short in the wiring, possibly a problem in the ecu. If fuse is still good, put the injector connectors back on one at a time and watch the fuse. If one injector connector causes the fuse to blow, that could be a shorted injector. Good luck, don't know what else to check after that.

Instructions

1. • 1 Turn the ignition switch to "ON" without starting the engine.
   • 2 Press the trip odometer button to change the display to the total mileage.
   • 3 Turn the ignition switch to "OFF."
   • 4 Press and hold the trip odometer button. Turn the ignition switch to "ON."
   • 5 Release the trip odometer button when the oil change maintenance light resets.

The warning lights are telling the driver there is a problem with the performance of the engine and the computer needs to be scanned to get the trouble codes.

There a fuselink just below postive clamp on cable. May half to replace cable. Hope this is only damage.

when they test bad or are restricted.