tinkertoc

This may be old news. My 2002 ES300 rear tires have been wearing out on the inside and thus making snow tire noise since we got the car. Very Annoying as we never got to enjoy all aspects of the otherwise fine car this is.
Checked it out with an independent frame and alignment shop. Turns out there is too much camber built into the rear and no adjustment as the car comes from the factory. The shop installed eccentric bolts in place of the originals on the strut and adjusted the camber towards neutral rather than the typical negative 1.5 degrees on the car.
Very happy this was fixed but now need new rear tires to get rid of the noise! Bad design decision Lexus.....shame on you.

Lazy

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Welcome to CL. Did you bug this car from a dealer?? If not maybe the first owner did something with it?

MyfirstES

Tinkertoc, check out my reply here: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es3...ire-noise.html

I have a similar problem. If the previous owner did not rotate them on a regular basis, that will happen. I was told tires on any Lexus should be rotated with every oil change. If anyone knows this to be different, please let me know.

tinkertoc

I did buy the car from a dealer with 60K miles.
It had a new set of Michelin Harmonys at the time.
I have had tire wear/noise with both the Michelins and Toyos.
Rotating tires with every oil change is absurd and to me points to the camber design issue. I never had to be overly concerned with tire rotation on my Corolla now with 170K miles. I think Lexus was trying for a cheap way to enhance cornering without regard to cost or inconvenience to the owner.
Thank you all for your interest.
Any thoughts on the camber issue?
Regards.