Disabling automatic tilt/telescoping steering wheel

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07-12-07, 08:16 AM

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eric,

my 93 ls400 has over 200k miles on it and the telescopic steering wheel still works like a charm. but weird tho, the LS has a button for you to press to either enable or disable the telescopic. funny how the GS doesn't have that button.

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09-06-07, 10:23 PM

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Uhm, hate to bring up an OOOOOLLLLD thread, but I found this on ebay while glancing through an Aristo JDM search

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-T...spagenameZWDVW

in particular this pic:

I guess in japan its just the touch of a button on the GS's. To me it would be another button to play with.

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09-06-07, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by flipicanez

Uhm, hate to bring up an OOOOOLLLLD thread, but I found this on ebay while glancing through an Aristo JDM search

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-T...spagenameZWDVW

in particular this pic:

I guess in japan its just the touch of a button on the GS's. To me it would be another button to play with.

For 1GS...

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09-08-07, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by dung0981

For 1GS...

Geeeezus!! You're right!!!

Sorry, got too excited. Arrrgh!!

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09-09-07, 11:19 AM

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do what youd like to but i wouldnt. Its a Luxury car really.....

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09-09-07, 12:49 PM

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Pretty much ALL bunch of the 98-99 GS's I've worked on have the squeaky tilt wheel. I might get a chance to take one apart sometime next week to see if I can fix it. Possibly post up a DIY as well

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09-10-07, 06:04 AM

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There is a DYI For this!!

There is already a DYI posted on Club Lexus for the tilt wheel motor repair.

I have performed this DIY and it is all good for getting your tilt function working again.

Scroll down to post #12

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...steering+wheel

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09-11-07, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GS FONZy

i wonder why 2gen gs didn't have the switch that turns off this function,
my first gen gs had a button that would turn it off.

Actually, only 93-94 GS have the on/off switch. Starting 95 and newer, Lexus removed it.

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09-11-07, 11:55 PM

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I don't know about you guys but I love the telescoping feature. Every time someone gets in the car for the first time, they start freaking out and say how cool that is. I'm like yea its a Lexus...

. haha