jrmckinley

When the car is off and I open my driver door I hear some sort of motorized sound. I don't hear that sound when opening any other door. I just checked it- car has been off for about an hour and I went and opened both rear doors and no sound at all. Went to driver door and I hear the motorized sound - seems to be coming from the front of the car. What's activating? Has done it since I bought the car about 18 months ago and still perplexes me - just kept forgetting to post..

jmcraney

john341

It the the brake assist purging the air. My esh does the same.

Higgie

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls-...-the-door.html

sktn77a

iTrader: (2)

I have a 2008 IS250. This noise in the IS is the steering wheel lock. Interestingly, I don't ever recall hearing this on either LS460 I have owned.

mcomer

Many LS's have auto-closing doors that draw the door shut if they were not slammed
sufficiently. Motor(s) for this are usually silent, perhaps your frequently used driver's door
is starting to go?

jrmckinley

Thanks to Higgie for posting the thread from 2015 - appears to be the steering wheel lock. Love this forum!

LS430FL

My car does the same thing and I have always wondered what that was. Thanks for posting this.