20 Most Recent 2003 Lexus ES 300 - Page 6 Questions & Answers

you can go to www.youtube.com do a search and watch someone do it. you own a lexus so you can go to eBay, buy a repair manual on CD for 10 bucks and read about doing it. you know your abilities, so do those things i suggested and then draw your own conclusion about difficulty. if you have a lift, a good set of tools, a warm dry well-lit place to work, and some experience then I will bet it is not difficult. if you are not so equipped you will find that paying someone so equipped is worth the saved time, frustration, and busted knuckles.

check your ignition fuse

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Did hear the crackling sound when your heater/ aircon is running?
Please confirm that first befrore I could guide you more to solve the problem.
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what sound

What codes are you getting?

Are they cat inefficiency codes?

If they are than it doesn't matter what the back pressure is. If the cats are no longer converting exhaust gaps into oxygen, CO2, and water than they are bad. I’m happy to assist further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/jeremy_d728a59f986299fa

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Generally on high end cars, if the dash says there is something wrong,normally it is. I would not advise trying to remove the bulb from the car. This light will come on even if one small bulb on the outside of the car is out. Make sure you look at all the bulbs, there is generally one bulb out if that light is coming on.

I would try to remove the drive belt(s) and see if the chirping goes away, and also while the belt(s) are off, check that each rotatable pulley turns freely indicating that the bearings are ok.

most likely you'll have to remove player and manually eject...even possibly partially disassemble the housing of the player..?

sometimes you can stick something long like a plastic butter knife, knitting needle, or similar with a tiny hook on the end and possibly pry it out..

Yes this is more than likely the problem. And not too bad as far as price goes. You do not have to fix it immediately. But it will steadily get worse. If it just started making the clicking sound then you have a while until it turns into a serious problem.

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Did you check that your compressor has gas? ( special refregiration gas for tht purpose).

also it can be that one of the vents is not working. you know when you put hot on the main board in the car, the vents inside the car change of possition to take vantage of the eat of the engine to heat the interior of the car.

Hi, You need a new Spark Plugs Spark Plug Wrench Socket wrench Extension (At least 2-3 inch) size 10 socket size 12 socket...
First thing you need to do is find out where the spark plug cover is. Once you figure that out there will probably be size 10 or/and 12 bolts honding it down. Take that off and there you will see sensors connecting to each other and holding the spark plug in the cylinders. Unplug all the sensors and pull out the circular plugs holding the spark plugs down. THey might be a little tight and hard to get out so you're going to need to give it a good tug. Once you pull them out MAKE SURE YOU DONT DROP ANYTHING INTO THE CYLINDERS. You can look down into them and see the spark plugs. Get your spark plug wrench, extension, and socket wrench and stick them down in and push so that the spark plug wrench grabs them. Just simply unscrew the plugs, pull them all out, and then put the next ones in, and tighten them down. Just connect all the sensors, and put the cover back on and you're done. Pretty simple.
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I would agree that platinum spark plugs can be changed every 100k mi.or so.

there is a magnetic clutch located on the front of a/c compressor it spins on a bearing that could be bad if the clutch itself is causing noise from poor engagement then there generally is a underlying problem if air gap on clutch to large causing poor engagement then bearing is usually bad to much shaft end play and so on this could be the signs of compressor going bad low oil in compressors tend to cause noises but when compressors get noisey they have to be replaced not repaired can get expensive fast

WHITE SMOKE INDICATE SLIGHT HEAD GASKET.STOP SMOKING WHEN ENGINE GET HOT.HEAD EXPANDS ENOUGH TO STOP THE LEAK.BUT I SEEN CASES WHERE THE HEADS HAD TO BE PRE TORQUE AFTER ENGINE OVERHAUL.ALSO YOUR ENGINE WILL USE OIL UNTIL PISTON RINGS SEAT.SO KEEP EYE ON OIL LEVEL.