02 ES300 trans hesitation report

What's wrong with the hydraulic suspension? I have it on my ES300 and I like the ability to adjust the suspension stiffness depending on the drive condition.

There was talk earlier on this board about many problems w/air suspension on LS models, and hints that LS models so-equipped were to be avoided. Maybe ES models are okay.

I found an aftermarket product online that is an ECU upgrade, and it specifically addresses response issues. I've been kicking around giving it a try, but only if it is reversible. Would sure love to know if anyone has tried on on the 02 ES300.

Link?

It was for a piece of metal that might jam the parking pawl inside the transmission! Hardly a major problem.....

Thanks Greg. That makes me feel better. I bought the car (04 LS430) today. I'm hoping to enjoy it.

Walt

I've had my '04 LS430 from new (now with 40,000 miles), and never had a problem with it, period. It's a sample of one, but this is my 6th LS, and other than having one stolen while I was vacationing in New York (serves me right for going to NY I suppose), the worst thing that's ever happened is a water pump failed after 50,000 miles (which was replaced for free even though it was out of warranty). You won't be sorry with your LS.

How would you know? You've had 6 of them? You haven't had one long enough to know anything about their reliability.

Actually, it sounds like they aren't very reliable, if you've had 6 of them. That's one every 3 years. Nobody can speak to the reliability of any of them with at most 3 years of experience for any given model year under his belt.

Hey! The moron speaks! Yippeeee!! Hadn't seen your useless crap for a while, and kinda hoped you'd gone back to your hole... no such luck.

It's funny to watch a moron like you squirm when reality is thrown in your face.

Did you ever stop to think that the problem is YOU?

Well, I picked it up today and love it. I have a lot of reading to do - can't even figure out what half the buttons and switches do yet.

The Nav is different than the one in my 02 ES - took me 20 mins to figure out how to set my HOME in it - and that's using the book.

BTW, I didn't get a trunk net with it. I thought they came equipped with that as standard equipment. When I asked, they said it was an option, and mine probably never had it.

I do see what happens when your cousins marry.

Fact: you go through cars like most people go through bottles of water, yet you think your experience on how long the cars last and how reliable they are is meaningful.

It's not.

And the more you speak, the more you show yourself for what you are.

On both counts.

That doesn't change a thing: you have no personal data on how reliable the car is, yet you come here and spout crap out your pie hole about it.

You're the one who's amusing to watch, frankly.

I wonder how long monkey boy will continue to try and show everyone how smart he is by replying to my taunting posts? Let's see if he'll bite on this one too!

(Pie hole huh? Wow. My teenage daughter uses that expression too. Wonder if Shaggy Fag is really a teenage girl?)