Had time cover gasket replaced today, when picked up now has dash light of car with exclamation

I took the battery cables off and left them off 3-5 minutes. Put the cables back on. Started the car, NO light, hit A/C button. LIGHT BACK ON. I have taken the the cables off again. letting it sit while I type this reply. The first time detaching my radio presets were still there so maybe I did not leave it off long enough. It is only 53 degrees outside so I am not sure if the a/c would come on but I did hit defrost button as well. I will wait a little longer before attaching.

 

I probably need to back up here in case it has an effect on the overall picture as I had not mentioned that the low oil/ oil change took place on FRIDAY and that is when they said the time cover gasket was leaking very badly and my engine only had two quarts of oil. They said they could replace the gasket and have the car ready by closing. This was at 11AM on Friday. They called at 4PM and said a couple of the gaskets they needed to finish the job were not in stock and it would be 7AM Monday before they could get the parts. They gave me a choice of them putting the car back together and me coming to get it for the weekend or leaving it until Monday. I said I would pick it up Monday. They called at 9AM Monday and said it was ready to go.

I just took the battery to Advance Auto to see if it was still good as it is original 2012 battery. Their machine said it must be charged before it could diagnose the battery. Advance Auto is charging the battery and he said it would take about 35 minutes to charge the battery.

Did leaving the car over the weekend with I am assuming doors open run the battery down? The car was started and brought to me at Toyota and was running. It wasn't until I started putting in GPS that I noticed the new dash light, car! and drove back into the service line ans asked what that light was.

 

Some good news finally. Advance Auto charged the battery and their tester says the battery is good. On my way to pick it up and reinstall.

 

Well, the light is still on after picking the battery up from Advance Auto. Girl Scouts never covered the good stuff like don't close the trunk after removing the battery as you cannot open it. They did teach resourcefulness and I crawled in the side doors after putting the seats down and installed the battery. When I started the car it looked good on the dash with no lights but my hope went away as the car! light came back on. I guess I am going back to the dealership as I do not know what else to try.

 

Good news is that charging the battery made the A/C come back on. I just dropped it back at Toyota and will wait to hear their new ideas and codes

 

Yes

 

The dealership is sorry I have had such a time and is replacing the aux. battery for free and running diagnostics to identify another source of the “car!” Code. I can hear the $$$$$ adding up

 

My head hurts..Toyota has now had the car four days and wants another or possibly two more days to try and isolate why the ! light is on. They did offer me a car today but I declined. I just cannot believe this is a Toyota. I bought my first ordered Toyota Tercel wagon after college and over the next thirty years we have had two Sienna Mini vans, Land Cruiser, LS460, and GX460 but now I will consider other makes as my belief in the longevity of Toyota is destroyed. I had paid out $800 for the cold weather engine shake on this car three years ago and now this $1200, and I still do not have the car.

Hard to believe they cannot isolate the cause. It is only because of this forum that enabled me to become knowledgeable about the aux. battery and condisation in wiring from their engine cleaning that has them looking for a cause.

Thank you for helping me remove the battery and restoring to A/C to prove to them that yes it did work before you touched it.