2008IS350

Took my 2008 IS 350 in for its' 15K service and shortly after I noticed a lot of road noise from the front driver's side wheel. Thought they might hve screwed something up during service. Took it in and it turns out that I have a bad wheel bearing! Thank God it is under warranty.

SwooshICE

how much would it be w/o the warranty?

tfz_hebe89

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what's the noise like? is it like swiss swiss swiss from the wheel?

Brian231

Wheel bearing failure at 16k is bad. Must have been a rare design defect. Sounds like you will be fine under bumper to bumper.

SGMIS3

what does it sound like? i have excessive noise comign from the front driver wheel too.. i always thought it was something to do with the coilover. it only makes noises when i hit bumps though

sktn77a

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More likely an isolated manufacturing/assembly defect. Wouldn't worry about it.

lobuxracer

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Or somebody whacked a curb and replaced the wheel but didn't inspect the bearing. I highly doubt the bearing failed at 16k of natural causes. Design flaw is completely out, there are too many ISx50 on the road with no history of wheel bearing failure. Manufacturing flaw is also unlikely because it wouldn't take 16k to show up, it would take about 1k. So, it sounds to me like someone whacked a curb pretty hard about 1k ago and its now showing up.

2008IS350

It sounded almost exactly like a tire with bad treads. Load road noise that ramps with speed.

That is why I thought my tire wear might have been funny and the rotation of the tires caused it initially.

I have a High Performance Exhaust and I could barely hear the exhaust when at hwy speeds.

2008IS350

I am the only driver of this car. The only place that has ever serviced it is Lexus of Louisville. It has NEVER been anywhere near a curb. First time for everything, guess that I won the lottery!!

They replaced the bearing and everything seems to be OK now. I also had them replace the front brake pads to eliminate the brake dust with the Alternate Pads (Finally available for 2008). They also addressed a squeak in the Dash that was caused by the rubbing between the instrument cluster and the dash. They put felt in between the two where they were rubbing together.

BlitzSix

What about parallel parking ?

lobuxracer

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You might never have hit a curb. Did Lexus of Louisville service it at 15k?

Bet they whacked it and replaced the wheel without telling you. Or they did something just plain stupid when they last serviced it and damaged the wheel bearing. Did they do your brakes at your last service?

2008IS350

They did the 15K service..oil change, filters(inside and out), tire rotate and balance...

They did not do the brakes until I brought it back in for the bearing replacement.

What could they have done during the normal service? It did start about 50 miles after the service.

passnu2

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The amount of accidents that happen in a dealer parking lot and in the shop can be crazy at times, especially if they are a larger dealer. I know I had a car hit twice in a dealer parking lot and have seen a few also. Glad that it was fixed and taken care of.

lobuxracer

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They rotated your tires? Are you sure? That alone tells me they're either liars or idiots. Your tires CAN'T be rotated, they're different sizes front and rear. Maybe they figured this out after they put the rears on the front...

Sorry, but it sounds like they jacked your car and are now fixing it at Lexus Corp's expense.

2008IS350

Left to right? The tires are not directional.