Buchika:
Please house any suggestions on the best personal scanner for 1st generation Toyota highlander v6 to buy.

Any good scanner car scan it. Launch, foxwell, Autel etc.

I started experiencing sluggish acceleration at second and, sometimes, third. Beyond that the vehicle moves smoothly.
I scanned and got these codes: P0500, P0986 and P0798.
Please how do I tackle this problem especially with the last two codes that point to solenoid.
Will replacing the gear brain box solve the problem.
Also, where is the vehicle speed sensor A located. (P0500)

Car is 2006 Rx330 AWD

I have issues with my car since I got my smart key box replaced and fixed my gear doesn’t select the engine just make noise and it slowly move the rpm hit 2000 or 2100 but gear won’t change but the speed increase slowly seems like it doesn’t pick up gear I haven’t try it on free way some said trans fLuid is low

I have an es350 won’t crank security light flashing while the ignition is on steering wheel won’t unlock when I press the brake pedal is turn green but the push button does nothing at all I had key no detected issues before which they had to replace the smart key box with some IC 900 replace from the old smart key box car lock and unlock security alarm works fine but car won’t crank at all from start button please help

louken:
I started experiencing sluggish acceleration at second and, sometimes, third. Beyond that the vehicle moves smoothly.
I scanned and got these codes: P0500, P0986 and P0798.
Please how do I tackle this problem especially with the last two codes that point to solenoid.
Will replacing the gear brain box solve the problem.
Also, where is the vehicle speed sensor A located. (P0500)

Car is 2006 Rx330 AWD

Replace gearbox.

Osasxplus:
I have an es350 won’t crank security light flashing while the ignition is on steering wheel won’t unlock when I press the brake pedal is turn green but the push button does nothing at all I had key no detected issues before which they had to replace the smart key box with some IC 900 replace from the old smart key box car lock and unlock security alarm works fine but car won’t crank at all from start button please help

Did you replace the electric steering lock?

kingreign:


Replace gearbox.

Wow

Please can anyone recommend a very good Honda mechanic number in Enugu my EOD wants to kill me with high fuel consumption.

Damscole:
Please can anyone recommend a very good Honda mechanic number in Enugu my EOD wants to kill me with high fuel consumption.

Have you scanned the car?
That should be your first action when you suspect something is amiss. Scan and then report back with codes. Then the thread owner can properly advise you.

Thank you, I changed the alternator and it works well now.

kingreign:


I don’t have an idea what’s wrong with the car but I’d advice you have a competent car electrician check and isolate then fix that issue.

When I bought my camry it came with a 1 cell plastic radiator, after ignorantly listen to a qwak kazeem to buy a double cell and remove themostat then ,when I didn't know how a car works, which has been reversed by putting back the thermostat, but after resetting the fans to factory settings, I started observing gear oil shortage with out a dropping in my driveway, a kazeem advice I change a seal between engine and gear box , which I did but the shortage continued, but after resetting the fan at the gear box side to blow continuesly for safety sake, which I know is wrong the shortage stopped , which means the gear box oil shortage is course by overheating,

Pls note that the gear box oil cooling line are linked to the radiator

What your take? Should I re-buy the single cell radiator? What should make the gear box oil to over heat and course shortage? I need to reset the fan to factory for better fuel economy
Thanks

Good evening house. My car vibrates a little and start blinking the check engine light. I stopped by for rewire and mechanic to have a check. I was told the line 3 on the cylinder is faulty .

I was told the issue is from my cylinder and not nozzle, plug nor coil. My mechanic worked on the cylinder, he showed me the line 3 side being oily.Replacing 2 valves on the line 3 and grinding the valves and cylinder. I changed the plugs to grade 1 tokunbo. After coupling, and starting the car for a long time. I realised if I'm on a spot on D it vibrates, returning to N, it will be normal. If I put ac on D while on a spot, the engine might want to go off but if I put on N, it normalizes.

Please, what could be the cause?
It's a camry 08 2AZ

The speed sensor is located wetin the gear box, it reports to the ECU or ECM how many times the tires has rotate to determine how many miles a car has covered, and also help to determine your engine oil change interval etc , if the rubber teeths are worn out or the ECU speedometer display panel at the dashboard is failing it trigger an obd code to warn you.
Timenamoney

louken:
I started experiencing sluggish acceleration at second and, sometimes, third. Beyond that the vehicle moves smoothly.
I scanned and got these codes: P0500, P0986 and P0798.
Please how do I tackle this problem especially with the last two codes that point to solenoid.
Will replacing the gear brain box solve the problem.
Also, where is the vehicle speed sensor A located. (P0500)

Car is 2006 Rx330 AWD

jojomario:
Good evening house. My car vibrates a little and start blinking the check engine light. I stopped by for rewire and mechanic to have a check. I was told the line 3 on the cylinder is faulty .

I was told the issue is from my cylinder and not nozzle, plug nor coil. My mechanic worked on the cylinder, he showed me the line 3 side being oily.Replacing 2 valves on the line 3 and grinding the valves and cylinder. I changed the plugs to grade 1 tokunbo. After coupling, and starting the car for a long time. I realised if I'm on a spot on D it vibrates, returning to N, it will be normal. If I put ac on D while on a spot, the engine might want to go off but if I put on N, it normalizes.

Please, what could be the cause?
It's a camry 08 2AZ

Blinking of the check engine light mean a severe issue has surfaced , car should be scanned first and diagnose by a professional not a qwak kazeem

I rather buy a new china plug than a grade 1 tokumbo and remember every car has a recommended plug type, my camry recommend two filament plug but 90% Camry users use 1 filament plug in Nigeria ignorantly or because of the price

Scan the car with an obd scanner and report back

Damscole:
Please can anyone recommend a very good Honda mechanic number in Enugu my EOD wants to kill me with high fuel consumption.

pls note Any mechanic working with out an obd scanner or ignorant is a qwak kazeem , so start by buying an obd scanner at jumia or konga for 5k and above

High fuel consumption can be coursed by many factors

1) no themostat leading to open loop fuel injector operation
2) connecting the fan to blow continuesly
3) low tire pressure
4) using thick engine oil viscosity, that stressed out the oil pump for more power to work
5) insufficient EGR valve flow
6) excessive load, remove all unnecessary items in your car
7) bad driving habit, excessive acceleration and brakes when looking at beautiful ladies lol and slowing down at bumber
excess idle and driving at go slow with out putting your car in neutral ,
9) failing o2 sensor etc.

jeff1607:


For instance the fuel meter gauge doesn’t stay put to show the actual amount of the fuel in the car , it goes up n falls down like the hand of a clock , all the corresponding gauges does the same

There is a fuse controlling it if the fuse Is good that means that speedometer panel is failing, exactly what happened to me some years ago after buying a new one every thing normalize again, it can also trigger a speed sensor obd trouble code

timenamoney:
There is a fuse controlling it if the fuse Is good that means that speedometer panel is failing, exactly what happened to me some years ago after buying a new one every thing normalize again, it can also trigger a speed sensor obd trouble code

I really appreciate this info, got anyone who could help fix this please?

And was it expensive to fix?

Got this code from car. Note the car doesnt accelarate pass 3000rpm.

jeff1607:


I really appreciate this info, got anyone who could help fix this please?

And was it expensive to fix?

It an easy fix any rewire can do, just check the fuse first b4 asking for the price
Timenamoney

timenamoney:
When I bought my camry it came with a 1 cell plastic radiator, after ignorantly listen to a qwak kazeem to buy a double cell and remove themostat then ,when I didn't know how a car works, which has been reversed by putting back the thermostat, but after resetting the fans to factory settings, I started observing gear oil shortage with out a dropping in my driveway, a kazeem advice I change a seal between engine and gear box , which I did but the shortage continued, but after resetting the fan at the gear box side to blow continuesly for safety sake, which I know is wrong the shortage stopped , which means the gear box oil shortage is course by overheating,

Pls note that the gear box oil cooling line are linked to the radiator

What your take? Should I re-buy the single cell radiator? What should make the gear box oil to over heat and course shortage? I need to reset the fan to factory for better fuel economy
Thanks

Get an external transmission cooler for the transmisison. As for the Radiator, double cell is better cos it handles more cooling than the single stock radiator.

Buharifan:
Got this code from car. Note the car doesnt accelarate pass 3000rpm.

The culprit is p0335

timenamoney:
pls note Any mechanic working with out an obd scanner or ignorant is a qwak kazeem , so start by buying an obd scanner at jumia or konga for 5k and above

High fuel consumption can be coursed by many factors

1) no themostat leading to open loop fuel injector operation
2) connecting the fan to blow continuesly
3) low tire pressure
4) using thick engine oil viscosity, that stressed out the oil pump for more power to work
5) insufficient EGR valve flow
6) excessive load, remove all unnecessary items in your car
7) bad driving habit, excessive acceleration and brakes when looking at beautiful ladies lol and slowing down at bumber
excess idle and driving at go slow with out putting your car in neutral ,
9) failing o2 sensor etc.

Pls this is highly debatable. Yes, idling for long periods of time will take fuel, however, putting your car in Neutral will have NO effect on your fuel consumption whatsoever. Rather, it will cause stress on the transmission. Please research more on these.
Thanks.

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/5-things-you-shouldnt-do-in-a-car-with-an-automatic-transmission/

timenamoney:
It an easy fix any rewire can do, just check the fuse first b4 asking for the price
Timenamoney

Lol

MedicH:
pls i have this noise called vvt rattle on my es 300. it only does on cold start. i have learnt it is a common problem of vvt engines and it is everywhere on youtube. I started noticing it as i clocked 265k miles on my car and she is still going fast. I plan to keep her till 500k miles. The mechs i have showed this problem asked about oil lights, i have none. Check engine light showed one o2 sensor is bad which i am replacing today. I used to have an oil shorting, breaking seals and smoking problems all of which were fixed after i replaced pvc valve and hose. the mechs say the noise is from the cam but i need to know what part of the cam and how many of them that needs to be replaced because i donot want any trial and error that will most certainly ruin this baby. i use fully synthetic 5w 30 which i change every 1500 miles for safety.

there's no safety in changing oil at 1500, it a total waste of money and resources, 4500 should be d ideal point.

kingreign:


Pls this is highly debatable. Yes, idling for long periods of time will take fuel, however, putting your car in Neutral will have NO effect on your fuel consumption whatsoever. Rather, it will cause stress on the transmission. Please research more on these.
Thanks.

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/5-things-you-shouldnt-do-in-a-car-with-an-automatic-transmission/

you didn't debate anything rather you contributed , I was expecting debate about brakes to look at beautiful ladies lol it was said to add fun to the trend, so do you mean when the gears is under stress it cunsum the same fuel as when it's not under load, so what powers the gear box ? Water or fuel?
OP with with due respect you are not fully automotively inclined , and have not given tips to 70% of this beautiful trend problems including my own , so don't highly debate anything or I will be forced to hijack the trend

timenamoney:
you didn't debate anything rather you contributed , I was expecting debate about brakes to look at beautiful ladies lol it was said to add fun to the trend, so do you mean when the gears is under stress it cunsum the same fuel as when it's not under load, so what powers the gear box ? Water or fuel?

Pls what did you just write here?
I don’t understand and I can barely find any relationship between what I commented and your response.

jojomario:
Good evening house. My car vibrates a little and start blinking the check engine light. I stopped by for rewire and mechanic to have a check. I was told the line 3 on the cylinder is faulty .

I was told the issue is from my cylinder and not nozzle, plug nor coil. My mechanic worked on the cylinder, he showed me the line 3 side being oily.Replacing 2 valves on the line 3 and grinding the valves and cylinder. I changed the plugs to grade 1 tokunbo. After coupling, and starting the car for a long time. I realised if I'm on a spot on D it vibrates, returning to N, it will be normal. If I put ac on D while on a spot, the engine might want to go off but if I put on N, it normalizes.

Please, what could be the cause?
It's a camry 08 2AZ

How long ago was the repair completed. If you've not driven the car much after the repair, the car is relearning idle so let us know your idle rpm first.

If the symptoms still persist after driving the car very well, you'll have to do a compression test to be sure your mechanic did that repair properly.

frebor:


How long ago was the repair completed. If you've not driven the car much after the repair, the car is relearning idle so let us know your idle rpm first.

If the symptoms still persist after driving the car very well, you'll have to do a compression test to be sure your mechanic did that repair properly.

It was fixed yesterday evening around 6. I have not driven up to 5hrs. It stays normal when on 1.whenever it's below 1 like 0.5, it's vibrates.

jojomario:
Good evening house. My car vibrates a little and start blinking the check engine light. I stopped by for rewire and mechanic to have a check. I was told the line 3 on the cylinder is faulty .

I was told the issue is from my cylinder and not nozzle, plug nor coil. My mechanic worked on the cylinder, he showed me the line 3 side being oily.Replacing 2 valves on the line 3 and grinding the valves and cylinder. I changed the plugs to grade 1 tokunbo. After coupling, and starting the car for a long time. I realised if I'm on a spot on D it vibrates, returning to N, it will be normal. If I put ac on D while on a spot, the engine might want to go off but if I put on N, it normalizes.

Please, what could be the cause?
It's a camry 08 2AZ

Pls carry out compression test. Also, you need to ask your mechanic if he performed a break in procedure after the repairs.

kingreign:


Pls carry out compression test. Also, you need to ask your mechanic if he performed a break in procedure after the repairs.

I went to scan the car again. Giving me this codes
P0301, P0301 P0303, P0303 (cylinders 1-4misfire)
P0012
P0116

P0303 came out twice (pending and current)

jojomario:

I went to scan the car again. Giving me this codes
P0301, P0301 P0303, P0303 (cylinders 1-4misfire)
P0012
P0116

P0303 came out twice (pending and current)

Solve the cause of misfires, the P0012 should disappear

kingreign:


Solve the cause of misfires, the P0012 should disappear

OK sir.