Bills

Sad to say i have a vibration in my steering wheel and the first week the dealer had it they replaced the steering yolk and a bunch of other stuff. I got i back and the vibration was worse with a slight hum. I brought i back the next day and the next week i found out that they replcaed my 04 exhaust system with and 05 and then i got the car back again and it still had a vibration. I then called the service manager and he started to tell me that it was a truck and it will vibrate. That is when i got real mad becase i had an ML320 and had no vibration and i also had a Mercury Moutianere and that didnt have any vibration. I have not heard anything from the dealer in a week and they called me today and said they cant do anything more. So I am waiting for corprate to call me. I think i might just try to get the car made a lemon and get the ML500. I would be very happy if they can fix it but i am optomistic.

man8959

sorry to hear that. what kind of vibration? at highway speed? i know someone has this vibration at highway speed and the dealer replaced the tires and it fix the problem.

Bills

The vibration is at 35-45mph and that is all i drive where i live so it sucks. I hope i dont have to keep this car fro 3 more years

bliksem

What tires do you have? I would have them swap the tires out with Michelins and test drive.

Also check out these
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/Web....0@.ef237a9/38
"I took my car almost 6 months back to the dealer and gave them the reference of technical bulletin "ST004-04 Steering/Driveline - Vibration/Drone" released by Lexus on Feb 04 for this problem. Dealer was not aware of that. He ordered the parts (dampers) and installed those in a couple of day. 95% of the problem went away. I still feel slight vibartion at the speed of 60mph but I am used to that now. Good Luck!"

Have they performed this fix on your GX?


Here is a very good description on the Prado 120 (same mechnicals as the GX.
http://www.lcool.org/technical/120_s...tion/90hz.html

Good luck!! Make sure they swap tires and test drive, and make sure they do the TSB as stated above.

My GX is still new with no issues. My 4Runner had a vibration that went away after I fitted new tires, it now developed a slightly different vibration again, which feels more like the one everybody talks about. It is very minimal though adn seem to have disappeared again.

Bills

My GX has Michelins and they have changed all the dampers you can imagen. The dealer told me today that they are done trying and i am waiting to hear from corperate.

Tony

Dont let the dealership tell you its normal for a SUV to vibrate. My GX is solid from 0 to 100 mph and I have the crappy Dunlops. I had an 03 Acura MDX that did the same thing yours did and after 10 times back to the dealership they told me that all SUVs vibrate, so I sold it and got the GX.

On the MDX I tried new tires, alignments, new rims, new steering units but nothing worked so I dumped it.

Anyhow I think you must have a defective vehicle.

Bills

We are going to get a new GX from the dealer but i dont know if we can upgarde to the sport package with the kdss because i cant stand the boat fell driving the car.

man8959

so bill, are you trading your 04 in or what?

Bills

No, i dont know what it is but they will get us a new one and i am glad becasue i get the new engine and bluetooth. I still will have 3 years left on my lease.

spwolf

May I suggest getting an RX330? GX is an real SUV, real truck, no matter how luxurious. If GX is "boaty" then I suggest getting an car based suv such as RX330.

Bills

I would get the RX but it is way to small for my faimly

drkam88

i wasnt able to get any help from corporate with my 04 gx. became fed up and traded it in for an escalade 2005 .....very happy ...no problems,was very disappointed with lexus on this issue ...they dont care it isnt a safety issue.....

man8959

how does it compare to the gx regarding smooth and quiet?

drkam88

its much bigger ,roomier,and the seats are much more comfortable.smoother in ride but doesnt handle as well.....but has all the bells and whistles...