mylexus350

I heard a noise on my 2007ES when I turned the steering wheel , so I took my car to my mechanic to have it checked. He said the rack and pinion mounting bushings are bad and the bushings come with the rack only. He estimate for the job, $1300.00 total. I only have 42,590 miles on it, but it out of warranty. I can't believe it's a Lexus.I'm taking to Lexus dealer next week is there any hope they will fix it or am I screwed?

garsarno

WOW. Ouch. Can try to work with the dealer on this and their zone office. That's why I go for the extended warranty: there's no fixing, just replacing the whole thing on new cars.

MadMax96

If you've been regularly taking your car to the dealer you plan on visiting and they show that you've kept up on maintenance - hopefully they will "good will" the service. It's something you can't fully expect - but it does happen on occasion.

Best of luck.......

mylexus350

Praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow! problem ended up being a bad intermediate shaft . The best part is the shaft is on recall, cost to me $00000.00. All I can say is God is good.

RXGS

iTrader: (2)

when in doubt bring to lexus dealer first. i learned this with a water sloshing sound in our lx. its an 01 with 140k miles and they fixed it for free with a loaner last week ...great service

Lexucan

Thanks for the update, mylexus350. We all like to hear stories with a happy ending!

LexPaul

Indeed it is a good idea to always go to the dealer first. Glad it worked out for you.