BradTank

I'm considering purchasing an LS430, and one of the models I was looking at was in good shape and drove and shifted perfectly, but I noticed it sort of "bounced" when I shifted it into Drive. It wasn't overly harsh, but it seemed uncharacteristic for a Lexus. My es300 for example, you can barely tell it's been shifted from park into drive, and it's considered the "poor man's Lexus", not the flagship.

Does this sound like it needs a new transmission mount?

Thanks for the help.

Gene01

I think this is the way to identify a bad transmission/engine mount:
Put your hand on the shift lever, and while shifting, see if you can feel any (too much?) movement relative to the rest of the car. I guess it's a judgement call, but you should not see the lever move from side-to-side, except for maybe a small fraction of an inch .
Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

warminwisc

Also, put car in drive and reverse and even all low gears for that matter and hold brake on and accelerate. Look for slippage and any non solid feel. Do this in a careful environment.

malrafe3i

it should not be a difference but the diffeerencei actually felt between driving al ls 430 2004 mdl and an es 350 2012 actually its th epower whn u shift from the reverseusually it does not bounces but if aafter a long journey some tim eeven though it did only 160k km not miles