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What is the voltage now? If it is low jump it with the loaner car and check the voltage to see if the altenator is working. You should see > 13 volts. If the altenator is OK then since you pulled the fuse to the "Alarm" you can rule it out.
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I have nothing to test the voltage right now unfortunately and it's a long weekend here. So I have to wait until Tuesday for that.
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I do not know if your battery is in the trunk or not but I had a weird problem with a jag xjs that the starter would not engage that turned out to be a bad ground to the frame. I did get dash lights though.
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Battery is under the hood.
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If you cant figure it out maybe you could trade it in on the Camary  |
I just took out a 1996 Lexus LS400 for a test drive the other day to get a feel for the Toyota fanmily of cars. It has got to be the most bring car in the world. I need to buy another car and I was thinking reliability is my top concern, but at what price?
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Curious about dkveuro comment
AATFWIW....Ignition coils seem to fail on these more than I like.
Is the fail mode such that it drains the battery? I have not heard this one before.  |
I was just reading a thread the other day about the ignition coil and I added that to my "to buy" list. Man that list just keep getting longer and longer.
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As far as the alarm see if there are any local installers. They may be able to identify your model or tell you how to reprogram it.
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I was already there. They want to strip my cat apart and to look for teh black box. They were trying to get 3 hours labor out of me for starters, so I decided to try to locate it on my own 1st. Clifford will send me the instruction manual when I give them themodel number. The previous owner had the alarm hidden pretty good. I have been under the dash and behind the passenger glove box and I haven't found it yet.