I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your dedication to the SC community. Recently, I had been struggling with my SC convertible top, and I was at my wit's end trying to troubleshoot the problem. But Byron came to my rescue like a true superhero! In a mere 10 seconds, he was able to identify the root cause of the issue that had eluded me for days. Byron assistance was invaluable, and I am deeply appreciative of your help. I would highly recommend your channel to anyone who hasn't subscribed yet. Your expert insights and practical advice can potentially save thousands of dollars in repair costs. Your humility and approachability make you an outstanding member of the SC community.
I"m planning on buying an SC430 soon. I hope I don't have to worry about this for a while yet, but I'm glad this video is here in case I run into problems.
Thank you for this video. My sc430 2002 back dash board gets frozen and doesn’t move.rest of the roof moves as it should. So I follow procedure in the car operating manual. Open the roof till it’s horizontle. Then back dash is suppose to move up,it doesn’t ,so I manually with one hand( to avoid lots of pressure) lift up the black dash board and then push it down again. Then close the roof from semi open position. Then open the roof with the switch. This unfreezes motor for dashboard and now it starts working as it’s suppose to. Usually I have to do it couple of times a year at most. Of course , long term proper solution is to service the motor as shown here.
Great video but i sure wish you would have put on the video how you got to the package tray and how.to.remove it. Itook out the head resr and the.back seat couldn't get to the motor from there
Lexus wanted to charge me the same to repair my SC430. I now have a SC430 coupe with 225K miles on it! It is not my main vehicle anymore but it still runs. Just wish the top would go down.
Hello . . . might I ask if your OPEN/CLOSE switch was lighting up when depressing the button? Mine has zero light and there is zero sound - as if the switch it's self is dead. Lexus ran diagnostics and are telling me 2 assembly's are failing & need replacement . . . the RH roof lock switch assembly & the RH luggage lock actuator assembly. This just doesn't make any sense to me that TWO assembly's would go bad at the same time?!?!? Plus at a repair cost of around $10K - it's a very hard pill to swallow. 65k miles, top rarely used. Makes no sense. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
Okay… haven’t experienced any issues until I reassembled a/c controller for GTA kit (apple CarPlay). Top went down but won’t go back up. The top switch just flashes red. Any thoughts?
Hey what's going on I'm having problem with my 02 convertible top SC430. Press the button to retract the convertible top. The trunk open up the rear windows drop the convertible top open about inch and a half and stop. feel like something is holding it back. Then I press the close part of the button the trunk come down and locks the windows come up and a convertible top locks back into place. Repeat the process it only opens an inch and a half and got stuck. Can you help me I really appreciate if you can.
Hi, great video! Hey, was the red light on your switch on all the time? Mine tried to roll down the doors windows but they got stuck in the middle of the way. After that, the red light didn't turn off again. I rolled up the windows but the back ones stayed down. Thankfully I reset them and got them up again using the glove box and open/close combination. Then I disconnected the battery for 30 minutes and when connected again, the red light was gone. Tried to open the top again, door window went halfway again and red light on. Could it be the same motor issue?
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your dedication to the SC community. Recently, I had been struggling with my SC convertible top, and I was at my wit's end trying to troubleshoot the problem. But Byron came to my rescue like a true superhero! In a mere 10 seconds, he was able to identify the root cause of the issue that had eluded me for days.
Byron assistance was invaluable, and I am deeply appreciative of your help. I would highly recommend your channel to anyone who hasn't subscribed yet. Your expert insights and practical advice can potentially save thousands of dollars in repair costs. Your humility and approachability make you an outstanding member of the SC community.
I had so much fun watching how happy and excited you were when the top went down! Looking forward to meeting you soon!
Hey Byron I happen to live in Texas myself, and I was hoping to receive some help with my convertible top as well
@@youngmanmarcus happy to help
I"m planning on buying an SC430 soon. I hope I don't have to worry about this for a while yet, but I'm glad this video is here in case I run into problems.
Thank you for being so thoughtful and thorough! Very helpful
Very nice job. Thanks for posting. I'm sure it will be of assistance to others. With the cost of dealership repairs, we all need to help one another.
Thank you for this video. My sc430 2002 back dash board gets frozen and doesn’t move.rest of the roof moves as it should. So I follow procedure in the car operating manual. Open the roof till it’s horizontle. Then back dash is suppose to move up,it doesn’t ,so I manually with one hand( to avoid lots of pressure) lift up the black dash board and then push it down again. Then close the roof from semi open position. Then open the roof with the switch.
This unfreezes motor for dashboard and now it starts working as it’s suppose to. Usually I have to do it couple of times a year at most.
Of course , long term proper solution is to service the motor as shown here.
Great video but i sure wish you would have put on the video how you got to the package tray and how.to.remove it. Itook out the head resr and the.back seat couldn't get to the motor from there
Thanks for sharing. I have an 02 also, will keep this in mind, great info.
Thanks for making and posting the video. 🙌 🙌
Excellent video 📹
I have a Infiniti G37. When I had the same problem with the top not opening all the way. Infiniti charged me $3,300 to repair it. 🤯
Lexus wanted to charge me the same to repair my SC430. I now have a SC430 coupe with 225K miles on it! It is not my main vehicle anymore but it still runs. Just wish the top would go down.
Excellent information. Thankyou for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much brother is really helpful yeah I had the same situation
Good job man
Great Video my 2002 lexus sc430 roof will not close and the button just blinks when pressed. What should I do??
I have the same car, the wings on the back seat is not deploying so that the top will go into the truck without issue. Could the motor be the issue?
Hello . . . might I ask if your OPEN/CLOSE switch was lighting up when depressing the button? Mine has zero light and there is zero sound - as if the switch it's self is dead. Lexus ran diagnostics and are telling me 2 assembly's are failing & need replacement . . . the RH roof lock switch assembly & the RH luggage lock actuator assembly. This just doesn't make any sense to me that TWO assembly's would go bad at the same time?!?!? Plus at a repair cost of around $10K - it's a very hard pill to swallow. 65k miles, top rarely used. Makes no sense. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
@@EklectikaAaynne switch was lit red when depressed
@@byronhatch7237 . . . thanks for getting back to me!
damn you're mechanically inclined. unlike me.
Hey I'm getting a b2518 code for the package tray motor circuit open is that mean my motor is going bad
I'm dealing with my convertible top not opening now also on my 2004 sc430, but I doubt I could ever fix it like this. Are you a mechanic or engineer?
Okay… haven’t experienced any issues until I reassembled a/c controller for GTA kit (apple CarPlay). Top went down but won’t go back up. The top switch just flashes red. Any thoughts?
Hey what's going on I'm having problem with my 02 convertible top SC430. Press the button to retract the convertible top. The trunk open up the rear windows drop the convertible top open about inch and a half and stop. feel like something is holding it back. Then I press the close part of the button the trunk come down and locks the windows come up and a convertible top locks back into place. Repeat the process it only opens an inch and a half and got stuck. Can you help me I really appreciate if you can.
Video what happens maybe i can help diagnose. bhatch1964@gmail.com
I send the video last week. If u have time you can view it. Thank you.
Hi, great video!
Hey, was the red light on your switch on all the time?
Mine tried to roll down the doors windows but they got stuck in the middle of the way. After that, the red light didn't turn off again.
I rolled up the windows but the back ones stayed down. Thankfully I reset them and got them up again using the glove box and open/close combination. Then I disconnected the battery for 30 minutes and when connected again, the red light was gone. Tried to open the top again, door window went halfway again and red light on. Could it be the same motor issue?
@@Agentenaranja1968 could be. I would have to see the progression and fail....
Hey bud.. Im in Houston too.. How are liking the car?
How do you remove the package tray?
That was very helpful thank you so much
are you saying that motor controls the whole top operation??
A portion of the operation, yes. The entire process takes a computer and multiple motors and switches working in harmony....
What city or state are you located at?
At 1:24 he says "Right here in Houston (TX)"