Is250 - Dreaded Error 3 Message

gib · May 15, 2009

Hi,

The CD changer in my mates '57 IS250se packed in. The dreaded 'Error 3' message came up.

He was ragin'. All his CD's stuck inside.

I told him not to use copy cd's, which is what his changer was full of. It was the first question the Lexus dealership had for him when he phoned up.

It's going in next week.

I thought the Error 3 message was a thing of the past as well................

gib · May 20, 2009

No-one seems to be shocked by this!

I thought the Err3 had been sorted.

Or have we just come to accept it?

spikes · May 20, 2009

first case of this ive heard of on the 220/250's

Asi · May 21, 2009

first case of this ive heard of on the 220/250's

same mate. lexus have a 5 year warrenty on the head unit i think take it back?

Parthiban · May 21, 2009

This is more likely (hopefully) an isolated issue, as it's definitely the first I've heard of it on the new IS...........Given the number of complaints about the 220d, I'd imagine that if there had been more failures we would most definitely have heard about them! Technically as soon as they replaced the headunit in the mk1 IS with the top slot CD player, ERR3 has been a thing of the past.

Having said that ERR3 is just an error fault code, it doesn't mean it's the same issue as with the mk1 IS cd players which had an inherent design fault that meant they were destined to fail.

How can they say not to use copied cds when it specifically says it will, and it also plays MP3 and WMA on CD?

@Asi: The 5 year warranty was for the 1st gen IS, not the new one.

reganlives · May 21, 2009

so do the top loaders not get the error 3 problem then? i thought they did as well...

Parthiban · May 21, 2009

so do the top loaders not get the error 3 problem then? i thought they did as well...

Haven't heard of one myself...........

Asi · May 21, 2009

[quote name='Parthiban' date='May 21 2009, 11:33 AM' post='667838'

@Asi: The 5 year warranty was for the 1st gen IS, not the new one.

my bad. thanks Parthiban

cameron is200sport · May 21, 2009

yeah the top loaders do mate my one had the eer3 the day i bought it the buggers never let on. was not till i had her home and put cd in it came up.ok they changed it and sorted the nav unit out also but i was not happy bunny.so yeah the top loaders do have eer3 faults also.

Steviewevie · May 21, 2009

Top-loaders on the IS200 do get ERR3, there have been a few come up on the forum. But if it does happen it's a lot more easy to take apart than the earlier bottom-loaders, so there's more chance of fixing it.

I don't see how you can compare any error code on an IS220/250 to an IS200 though, just because the code is the same, doesn't really mean a lot.

Parthiban · May 21, 2009

I don't see how you can compare any error code on an IS220/250 to an IS200 though, just because the code is the same, doesn't really mean a lot.

I wasn't actually aware of anyone with an ERR3 on a top loader, but what you've said there was kind of my point (I think)

You're right though stevie, it is just an error code - because of the bottom slot players we've got into the mindset that ERR3 means the end of the world, whereas in truth it is just indicating a read error or something............yes on a bottom slot player it probably does mean it's dead, on others it's telling you of some problem (I've had my CD player throw up an ERR1 a couple of times before but it's no big deal)

Failures may occur on the top slot players and mk2 IS players, it's inevitable for any piece of hardware that it may fail, but no cause for alarm as with the early players.