Recently my 2016 LS 460 started to make a lot of clicking / knocking (or like creaking sounds, like when you open an old door and it goes click click click) when driving and turning at low speeds. I took it to my friend's shop yesterday, he drove it, then we put the car on the lift and according to him nothing looked out of place. After lowering the car back down it started to make the noises much more now, as if taking the tension of the suspension loosen something up or whatever.

I will take the car to the dealer since it's still on warranty, but does anyone have any idea what this could be??? it didn't do that when I got it 6-8 weeks ago, and only recently started. Car has only 22K miles and otherwise feels and drives perfectly. nobody has been beating up on the car neither. also it only happens when driving, and very rarely when the car is stopped.

I recorded a video of it just now, you can very clearly hear it:


HELP!!!

 

I'm curious what they diagnose it as. Please do post what they find. With only 22k miles I kinda doubt it is a bushing issue, normally that would be my first guess. I'd guess something is loose, nut, bolt, ect. . Maybe sway bar links. Hard to deny the noise lol. Thanks for the video.

Is it an awd car?

 

Took the car to JM Lexus today. They had it figured out and fixed in a couple of hours; to quote the paper statement they gave me: "..., found loss of tension in front metal splash shield. Torque bolts to specification, test drove vehicle and confirmed repair."

No more clicking sounds

 

Glad you got it fixed!

 

yea me too!!! I was beginning to think I've made a mistake buying a used car manager at JM Lexus service center told me it was likely a tech in a hurry who forgot to tighten **** around and it eventually came loose as I was driving the car. sure enough the car did not make a single bang/tap/knock since I picked it up yesterday.

on another note, I was wondering how does a 2020 ES 350 compare to a 2016 LS 460... because the new ES's look very similar to the LS, so I wondered how the comfort / luxury level is. well I'm happy to report that after driving a loaner 2020 ES Hybrid I made the right choice buying the LS. it's not even close in terms of ride comfort, power, isolation, etc. my *** was hurting after 5 minutes in the ES oh how quickly we get used to a good thing

 

Hmmm do you know which part they mean? I have a similar sound

 

no I didn't ask and they didn't tell me. sorry

 

well the paper states "front metal splash shield", sooo I guess there's only one?

 

Glad it was so simply fixed! That's the best sort of repair, it is indeed crazy how good any LS is vs the FWD anything Lexus makes. Totally on a different level

 

Oh yeah, the technology is better in the new ES, but that doesnt overcome all the ways the LS is a more sophisticated car

 

for sure the all digital display and new remote touch interface were really nice; I wish mine had the track pad instead of the joystick, but otherwise not even close

 

I actually really prefer the joystick