Ironman50

I own a 2008 GS 350 with 50K miles garage kept.

I have noticed a higher idle on colder mornings.......car almost wants to jump at stop lights. It seems I have to break harder to make it completely stop. This normally lasts for just 10 min.

Is this normal?

MnGs3xx

Yea it's normal it does that to warm up the engine quicker and you might notice it shifts a lil later to until the engine is warmed up

Ironman50

Ok......thanks for reply MnGs3xx.

Love the car.......much nicer than my previous Infiniti G35.

helpmeout1

See:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...t-braking.html

http://my.is/forums/f126/my-is350-fu...l-stop-379326/

dubzino

Yes perfectly normal. Had the same question a couple weeks back. I like how my previous bmw and Mercedes don't do that. But ill take the Lex any day over them when it comes to reliability and repairs.

GS350Lexus

iTrader: (5)

Yea that is normal, but I hate it. In winter I even had front wheels lock up while rear was dragging the car in snow.( going about 5mph coming to a read light) You have to be very carefull, and it requires more force on brakes then usual which also can be very annoying.

chuckGS350

It happened to me a couple times in snow.
I wonder putting the car in S shift Gear 3 would help.
I will try it next time.

On a snowy day, I warm up the car several minutes before driving a way.

morganc

Yeah, higher idle is normal, kind of annoying.