90 lexus ls 400

Asked by Amy Mar 08, 2016 at 03:28 PM about the 1990 Lexus LS 400 RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Power steering was leaking on my
alternator causing my car to cut off an start
with a jump I replaced the alternator the
pump an battery now car starts up with the
battery light filter light an oil light the ca
drive about an hour an cut off what can be
the problem

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I was the unlucky recipient of my grandfathers 1991 Lexus LS400 in 1999 as my High School Graduation Present. It has 39K miles on it and would have intermittent start problems. Everytime I would take it to the Lexus dealer for repair, they would charge me $350-$500 saying this sensor, or this part was damaged. It is most likely the belt tensioner. That is what it ended up being with mine. It was only after 8 repair visits thats they tried this relatively inexpensive fix and it worked. I promptly sold it for a brand new Audi A6 Quattro (my 21st birthday present from my folks)

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Mine kept showing the battery light also and I replaced the alternator and battery also and the actual problem was the pig tale connector to the alternator... it can cause the alternator to go out everytime and ur battery light to come on so I would check the connector!

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