Solved: January 2012

Monday, January 23, 2012

Orange O/D warning light flashing on dash?

Common problem.
The O/D light only flashes when there is a malfunction in one of the shift solenoids or the speed sensors.
There are codes stored in cars computer module.

The codes would be stored in the engine control/transmission computer. You can purchase a generic code reader these days for less than $50. If the check engine light illuminates or if the overdrive light starts to flash it should have set a code in the system. Most of the time it ends up being a speed sensor malfunction if the transmission is otherwise shifting normally.

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Lexus ES300 Power window out of time?

This problem is noticed on many other car brand models too.The car which has power windows instead of manually operated windows.The windows will not function right.Its timing gets late.It will not go all the way up or not get all the way down.

If the memory gets lost due to damage or unplugged then timing has to be reset. You need to try the reset using the method above except start with the window fully closed.

"Hold switch in up position for 3 seconds (after window is fully up), then down position for same."

Inch the window up manually on the switch until fully closed then auto down and hold for 3 sec. then auto up and hold for 3 sec. if it still does not work you will have to disassemble the motor from the regulator and retime it.

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Noticed by many car drivers,its a common problem on many car brands.
In this case the problem is noticed on Toyota matrix single climate control.

First of all check that there is no air pockets in the cooling line from where the coolant passes.

I suggest you to read this details as follows :---

Provided you have no air pockets and you have good coolant flow through the radiator and the heater hoses appear to be hot top the bottom what you're going to find is that the passenger side of the heater core is plugged. This is becoming more and more common. These are vertical tubes that run across the heater core. As the coolant flows through the tubes on the far right side of the heater core get restricted first and slowly work their way back towards the driver side. You will still have good coolant flow and the hoses will be hot you just continue to lose more and more of the right side of the heater core. Typically these have to be replaced. However I did remove the heater core for a friend and carefully tapped on the heater core and flushed it back and forth and continued to tap and bang on the core to break the sediment loose as I flushed it completely with hot water to feel it to get hot as I continue to clean it.

Also see the diagram below for more understanding :-----]

The hardest part is getting the little crimp tabs bent over far enough to release the heater core tubes that go into the heater core itself. Then the heater core should slide out the driver side. Whether or not you can handle this depends on your mechanical abilities and patience.

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This is actual wiring without chip.

Starting from left to right:---
Pin 1 Red with white stripe
Pin 2 Yellow with black stripe
Pin 3 red
Pin 4 yellow with blue stripe
Pin 5 Black with white stripe

This chip alters the intake air temperature sensor input to the engine control computer. This wire/input is referred to as THA. This is the yellow wire with a green tracer look closely at the wires even pushed back up inside the tubing and make sure it is yellow with a green and not yellow with black. The black wire with a white tracer is the ground for the sensor and this resistor. As the temperature changes the resistance value of this intake air temperature sensor the voltage therefore changes on the THA input by way of the yellow wire with a green tracer. The pins are identified by removing the electrical connector and looking at the face of the electrical connector with a lock tab at the top or 12 o'clock position. Pin number one would be on the left and counting to the right through pin number five.

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