1996 Lexus GS 300 Owners Manual - Page 150

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IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY IF YOUR ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING If your engine stalls while driving...1. Reduce your speed gradually, keeping a straight line. Move cautiously off the road to a safe place. 2. Turn on your emergency flashers. 3. Try starting the engine again. If the engine will not start, see "If your vehicle will not start." If the light is O.K., but the engine still will not start, it needs adjustment or repair. Call a Lexus dealer, Roadside Assistance or Customer Service Assistance. (See "Foreword.") NOTICE Do not pull- or push-start the vehicle. It may damage the vehicle or cause a collision when the engine starts. Also the three-way catalytic converter may overheat and become a fire hazard. If the engine turns over at its normal speed but will not start - 1. The engine may be flooded because of repeated cranking. See "(b) Starting a flooded engine" for further instructions. 2. If the engine still will not start, it needs adjustment or repair. Call a Lexus dealer, Roadside Assistance or Customer Service Assistance. (See "Foreword.") ! CAUTION If the engine is not running, the power assist for the brakes and steering will not work, so steering and braking will be much harder than usual. IF YOUR VEHICLE WILL NOT START (a) Simple checks Before making these checks, make sure you have followed the correct starting procedure instructions in "How to start the engine" on page 115 and that you have sufficient fuel. If the engine is not turning over or is turning over too slowly - 1. Check that the battery terminals are tight and clean. 2. If the battery terminals are O.K., switch on the interior light. 3. If the light is out, dim or goes out when the starter is cranked, the battery is discharged. You may try jump starting. See "(c) Jump starting" for further instruction. 136 (b) Starting a flooded engine If the engine will not start, your engine may be flooded because of repeated cranking. If this happens, turn the key to "START" with the accelerator pedal held down. Continue this operation for 15 seconds and then stop cranking. Then try starting the engine with your foot off the accelerator pedal. If the engine does not start after 15 seconds of cranking, release the key, wait a few minutes and try again.

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IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY
136
IF YOUR ENGINE STALLS WHILE
DRIVING
If your engine stalls while driving
....
1.
Reduce your speed gradually, keeping a straight line.
Move cautiously off the road to a safe place.
2.
Turn on your emergency flashers.
3.
Try starting the engine again.
If the engine will not start, see “If your vehicle will not start.”
CAUTION
!
If the engine is not running, the power assist for the
brakes and steering will not work, so steering and
braking will be much harder than usual.
IF YOUR VEHICLE WILL NOT START
(a)
Simple checks
Before making these checks, make sure you have followed
the correct starting procedure instructions in “How to start
the engine” on page 115 and that you have sufficient fuel.
If the engine is not turning over or is turning over too
slowly –
1.
Check that the battery terminals are tight and clean.
2.
If the battery terminals are O.K., switch on the interior
light.
3.
If the light is out, dim or goes out when the starter is
cranked, the battery is discharged. You may try jump
starting. See “(c) Jump starting” for further instruction.
If the light is O.K., but the engine still will not start, it needs
adjustment or repair. Call a Lexus dealer, Roadside
Assistance
or
Customer
Service
Assistance.
(See
“Foreword.”)
NOTICE
Do not pull– or push–start the vehicle. It may
damage the vehicle or cause a collision when the
engine
starts.
Also
the
three–way
catalytic
converter may overheat and become a fire hazard.
If the engine turns over at its normal speed but will not
start –
1.
The engine may be flooded because of repeated
cranking. See “(b) Starting a flooded engine” for further
instructions.
2.
If the engine still will not start, it needs adjustment or
repair. Call a Lexus dealer, Roadside Assistance or
Customer Service Assistance. (See “Foreword.”)
(b)
Starting a flooded engine
If the engine will not start, your engine may be flooded
because of repeated cranking.
If this happens, turn the key to “START” with the accelerator
pedal held down. Continue this operation for 15 seconds and
then stop cranking. Then try starting the engine with your
foot off the accelerator pedal.
If the engine does not start after 15 seconds of cranking,
release the key, wait a few minutes and try again.