Lexus GS 2006-11 :: Push Button Start - Key Fob Stopped Working
Oct 19, 2015
I have a 2006 Lexus GS 300 and about two weeks ago the key fob stopped working. I replaced two new batteries and nothing. I read up and found that if you place the fob over the start button and wait for the green light it would start. I have been starting the car like that ever since. Now here is the issue. Yesterday I went out to eat and when I was about to leave it would not start with the key over the button. I did not get a green light, nothing. after trying for about 10 minutes I got it to turn on the electrical system (basically it acted like it started but didn't) all the lights turned on and I saw the Check complete on the dash but the engine did not crank or start at all. Finally I disconnected the battery for 5 minutes and connected it again and was able to get it to start and drive home, now back to the same problem.
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About a month ago my key fob stopped working so I ordered a toyota smartkeymaker off ebay (the orange unit) which is supposed to reprogram the car and key to work. A couple weeks ago one day the car wouldn't even start with the fob over the start button but a new car battery fixed that issue.
so today I got the key programmer in the mail. I plugged it in and performed a program sequence but the key still didn't work unless I had it over the start button. So I performed an "all keys lost" initialization but that didn't work either.
few hours later my wife had to go to work so I went out to start the car and put the key up to the button green light came on, pushed the button and the car cranked for 10 seconds then stopped the following message was displayed under the speedo "check VSC". Tried it again same result. told her to take my car. I tried to start it again a few more times and same cranking without starting.
I hooked up my scan tool and it did not detect any codes. unplugged the tool and tried to start it again but now the start button is totally dead. if I press it nothing happens, no radio, no dash lights, nothing regardless if the key is over it or not. the door beep works and overhead lights. Got my volt meter out to make sure the new battery is still good and it is 12.65 volts so no issue there.
disconnected the battery for 15 minutes and reconnected it. start button is still not responding.
at this point I am not sure if the start button is faulty or if the programmer or scan tool damaged the ecu (not likely but who knows). Is there a way to bypass or test the start button to determine if it is bad or not? I will be inspecting the fuses in the morning. is there a way to verify if the ECU has been corrupted somehow aside from going to the stealer.
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I tried stepping out and to lock the car and got a message the key is inside the vehicle so car wont lock. I was able to start the car and drive it home about an hour drive car never complained about key not detected message. I called the dealership and they told me car will keep running if you drop the key outside while the car is running but after 15 mins of driving it will give a message key not detected.
I am locking the car now using the second remote but its risky to have the car in such a condition as any one can drive it away if they open the lock somehow. I have looked every where under the seat, in between the centre console and seat, under the seats key no where to be found. Could it be possible that key was dropped outside and the car is malfunctioning that its allowing me to start it and drive it without complaining.
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One of the doors wasn't completely closed overnight - would this have caused the battery to be done? I could see if it caused the battery to drain, requiring a boost / charge.
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There they connected the car to a computer to check if there were any error codes logged. But they haven't find anything, after the second time I visited the station they replaced the battery in the key, told that maybe that was the problem.
I really don't know much about cars but it was a strange idea as I would expect the same behaviour when the battery is low than when the key is not present: Car not doing anything but displaying a message that the key is not present.
Anyway, it kinda worked, or I was lucky. For more than a month everything was fine, not a single issue. And today morning it started again. I brought my car to a hand washing, and after they cleaned the outside with steam they wanted to park the car inside the building to clean the interior, and the same issue occurred. And after that it happened with me as well several times this day.
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