First road trip... (problem)

Ah, such a nice weekend it was. I took the Supe up to Bristol Friday night and stayed over in Cardiff until today. Had a great trip, smoked a biker on a Katana 600 and a few other 4 banger ricers. The car drove all the way up like a dream.. smooth ride, no problems at all.

First problem was leaving the hotel in the morning, I started the car and the Trac Cont off light was flashing in a constant interval every couple seconds. The car drove perfectly normal without problems. Later, I turned off the car and it went away.

Saturday night, I went to move the car in the car park and I started it up no problems then backed out of the space.. once I put it in drive it flashed once again. Then, I came up to a tight corner and had to back it up to clear the side. When I placed it in reverse, the tranny did not shift!! The lever moved into "R", but there was nothing there. I could gas the engine without moving anywhere.

I then placed it in park, turned off the ignition, then turned it back on. The Trac Cont off light extinguished and then backed into Reverse as normal. Today, I started it and drove it all the way from Cardiff to London without any problems with a couple pit stops on the way.

I did try a search, but what I came up with was a few people with O/D light flashing. This was not the case at all. Only the Trac Cont off flashed, but more worryingly was the fact it wouldnt go into reverse the one time.

Anyone have something similar happen?? The car has an Auto box FYI.

I had this sort of problem when I first got my car. Turned out that one of the magic boxes fitted for SVA was playing up. Take it back to the dealer or to an SVA specialist.

HTH

Darren

Yes mate- take it back to JIC, you pay over the odds with them on the basis they're menna be really good about fixing stuff...keep us posted on their CS skills- mines gotta go back too

It's no fun when ya new toy breaks is it?

Ok, was poking around the engine bay today and saw this. Not sure if there is a relay missing or this is normal. I tried a search, but came up with nothing.

Anyone know what is missing here? This is located on the driver's side on the wall located between the strut brace and where the stock Air Intake should be. Maybe this is related to this weekend's problems?

Thanks!

Helps if I attach the photo!

No one knows what this is for?

My manuals from Toyota USA are not due to arrive until a week or two, so any help would be appreciated.

That bit missing is normal. I think it's used in a Lexus or something. If you have a close look you'll notice that there are no metal connectors in the socket, so it's a blank. Yank out one of the other relays and compare what the sockets look like and you'll see what I mean.

-Ian