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Car Forum / Lexus Cars / May 2004

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Lexus throttle delay issue - lag - drive-by-wire - accellerator delay

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tadd - 12 May 2004 01:56 GMT
This really needed it's own thread.  

I just bought an ES330 2004.  It has the notorious lag.  
I'm getting used to it but would pay to have it fixed.
Are there any after-market fixes?
Dan J. S. - 12 May 2004 03:04 GMT
> This really needed it's own thread.
>
> I just bought an ES330 2004.  It has the notorious lag.
> I'm getting used to it but would pay to have it fixed.
> Are there any after-market fixes?

Try this. Push the throttle all the way down from the start. Do this five
times. Computer seems to adapt you are aggressive and this goes away. I do
not have that issue.
Steve Larson - 19 May 2004 22:09 GMT
I disagree with that approach, that will only serve to confuse the computer
even more.  Lexus has no fix for this problem, and there are no aftermarket
workarounds yet.  There have been several people posting on this topic for
at least the past couple of years, it's turned into a well-known unresolved
problem with the Lexus ES series.

> > This really needed it's own thread.
> >
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> times. Computer seems to adapt you are aggressive and this goes away. I do
> not have that issue.
Bob Muse - 20 May 2004 13:08 GMT
>I disagree with that approach, that will only serve to confuse the computer
>even more.  Lexus has no fix for this problem, and there are no aftermarket
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>> times. Computer seems to adapt you are aggressive and this goes away. I do
>> not have that issue.

I took our ES 330 to the dealer 2 days ago for this problem.  They
reset the computer that remembers driving habits and did something
else that I wasn't clear on.  The improvement was immense.  The
problem just went away.  My wife drove it yesterday and I didn't
bother to ask her if it did it again because she never noticed it to
start with.  We will see if it starts doing it again.  I will post
long term results.
RWS - 20 May 2004 14:00 GMT
>> I disagree with that approach, that will only serve to confuse the
>> computer even more.  Lexus has no fix for this problem, and there
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> start with.  We will see if it starts doing it again.  I will post
> long term results.
Thank you.... 8-)
Steve Larson - 20 May 2004 17:15 GMT
I'd sure like to know if you could find out exactly what they did.  One of
the frustrating things about all auto dealerships is how they sit on
information that could help many car owners.  I think the manufacturers
encourage this approach, as they don't want problems to be identified as
widespread, just isolated occurrences.

> >I disagree with that approach, that will only serve to confuse the computer
> >even more.  Lexus has no fix for this problem, and there are no aftermarket
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
> start with.  We will see if it starts doing it again.  I will post
> long term results.
David Z - 21 May 2004 01:46 GMT
> I took our ES 330 to the dealer 2 days ago for this problem.  They
> reset the computer that remembers driving habits...

Yes, the transmission in the ES330 "learns" the driver and adjusts to
his/her driving style.  From the Lexus website: "The ECT-i computer also
has a limited ability to adjust for wear in the transmission and even to
learn and respond to a person's driving behavior (based on the resulting
engine input conditions)."

I read somewhere that if you disconnect the battery for a while, the
car's computer resets to the defaults.

> ...and did something else that I wasn't clear on.

I would be very interested if you could elaborate on this and/or find
out more information about what the dealer did to your car.

>  The improvement was immense.  The
> problem just went away.
> We will see if it starts doing it again.  I will post
> long term results.

Please do.  Thanks.
Bob Muse - 21 May 2004 04:41 GMT
>> I took our ES 330 to the dealer 2 days ago for this problem.  They
>> reset the computer that remembers driving habits...
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>
>Please do.  Thanks.

I will call the service dept. and while complimenting him on how much
better it drives will ask again specifically what he did to help out a
friend with the same problem.
Steve Larson - 21 May 2004 22:06 GMT
It would be appreciated, thanks!

> >> I took our ES 330 to the dealer 2 days ago for this problem.  They
> >> reset the computer that remembers driving habits...
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> better it drives will ask again specifically what he did to help out a
> friend with the same problem.
 
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