Dangerous steering important!
08-17-12, 03:37 PM
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You probably lost traction or hit a bit of damp pavement, or were going too fast and the electronics took over. I do not think there is any endemic problem in IS steering. In production since 2006 there must be 350,000 to 450,000 of these on the road worldwide. You'd hear if cars were loosing steering control and crashing, the media would be sure of it.
08-17-12, 04:35 PM
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Well one other thing I can think of is all 350s have VDIM and it was added to 250s beginning in 2009. Before that, 250s only had the less advanced Vehicle Stability Control. VDIM apparently can control the Electric Power Steering, altering the amount of power assist if it thinks the vehicle is out of control. This could possibly feel a bit weird...
08-18-12, 12:14 AM
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Holy crap. Sounds dangerous. I'm pretty sure Lexus needs to do something about this before this gets out of hand. Can't be a coincidence that so many ISx50 are having the same issues
08-31-12, 12:34 AM
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To others following this thread as well please view my accident.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...ne-help-3.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...ne-help-3.html
08-31-12, 01:14 AM
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08-31-12, 07:31 AM
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Thanks for the reply. I read up on that accident quite a few times already, his situation is a bit different from mine. [b]His steering was unresponsive (wanting to go straight), while mine seemed to turn into the turn just fine, it was mid way that it got loose and felt like the traction was lost[b]. I quickly steered the other way and then back right and I was fine. It felt like a messed up version of an understeer. I'm waiting another hour for the Lexus dealership to give them a call and see if there should be any follow up. The road did not have any big bumps or noticeable ones, it is a tight turn on a ramp and I was coming downhill. The road might be slightly slippery due to fog and I'm running the stock summer tires.
His car also went into the turn fine and it was halfway through bend that the steering gave up response. I recently purchased an fsport and I will attentively keep a feel for this.
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