11GX460

I honesty believe ALL air suspension systems will develop issues, sooner or later, due to the fragile nature of the air pump, bladder, air lines, etc. The Jeep Grand Cherokees equipped with the air suspension are perfect examples. You won't believe the number of complaints on those boards, in addition to other problems...

T4Fun

glad you guys are taking it up notch. this issue has been present since 2010 when i got my gx, but just ignored it. ive seen many other gxs with and without air suspension with same right side leaning. maybe once my gx arrives i measure both rears and if its off demand it be fixed or whole deal is off

T4Fun

sorry here is link from 2010.
my mistake, actually on mine, it was variable. The left side was lower at first, then the right later on. i just ignored it.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gx-...hen-right.html

jct0518

Hi guys, I have a 2012 and a 2014 Land Cruiser Prado (gx460 Toyota variant) and the 2012 one leans to the left about an inch or so and the brand new 2014 leans to the right about the same amount....i guess this is a "normal" issue on the vehicles. I assume this problem would affect overall stability of the vehicle which is a bit worriesome.

I also have a friend who has a 2010 model and has the same lean, so this issue has been reflected since the introduction of the second generation gx460 or land cruiser prado in our case.

Hope toyota can fix this issue once and for all.....

looknow12

My troubleshooting dealer tech ran this up the flag pole to Lexus Corporate. He claims the factory rep states this is normal. I told my dealer contact this was completely unacceptable and requested to meet with the rep in person. I'm towing on top of it and I cannot imagine this provides the greatest stability.

There's another issue I brought up and the factory rep also passed it off as if it is not important... posted here: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gx-...ml#post8573813 . Lexus has to step things up.

I encourage everyone with a GX that has this lean issue to contact their dealer and be persistent about it. I will post a poll to see how many people have this same issue.

looknow12

Trying to gauge how many people have a leaning GX460. Typically the lean is 1" lower on the passenger side.

Please also post your year and vehicle option package

looknow12

2014 Luxury: Yes leans to passenger side

tgergen

The more of us that find this unacceptable and complain the better.

Also, when you get your "new car survey" from JD Power, Consumer Reports, etc, etc, please note that you have a suspension issue that is unresolved. Hopefully this will also send a message that the "lean" is unacceptable.

zeebra

Hey all,
Long time since I've seen you guys! I just put my deposit on the GX460 2014 that I'll pick up tomorrow, so I wanted to browse the club forum for info on it- mainly got it for the wife to carry around our first child coming up shortly.
Seems to me that, from an engineering point of view, the overall design theory may very well have been to set the car to lean to the right when powered off so that the rear door always tends to fall open for safety reasons...
Further to that, they would serve themselves to design the suspension system so that it would tend to sag more and more to the right as the components wear and begin to get out-of-tune and the system bleeds pressure.
I would imagine that at some point the attorneys bullied the suspension system engineers to keep it extra safe in this way; the upshot is: That is most likely why the dealers are telling you "it's within spec".
At any rate, the above serves as a good explanation to anyone who asks why it leans...especially if you love the car and don't want the question to bum you out!

Hey it's entirely possible that there is a level sensor out of whack somewhere too- especially if it rides atilt whilst driving. Also I agree with one of the original thread replies in that it never hurts to try and cycle the system through its range a couple times - possibly even do this every week or so - to reset its limits.
Take care braughelms
Z

looknow12

Except I believe it leans while driving. I always felt like the hood line leaned to the passenger side before I read this thread. I asked my wife several times do you see that.

Then I read this thread and started measuring. Lexus never offered that this is only when parked. You've speculated that.

It's not right. I don't wish to bum you out. You're in a position to make a stink about it. Measure yours before picking it up and demand that as a condition of the sale you want this fixed.

I recommend all buyers do that to help us existing owners out. After all, we provide feedback to you for making your decisions

Eppieguy

And.... there's a lock on the rear swing door to keep it open in case you are on an angle or it's windy.

looknow12

Yes that's a very far stretch to say it was designed to lean to keep the door open. I'm a big Lexus advocate but not blindly so.

Eppieguy

I didn't say that the Lexus was designed to lean, I was disagreeing with him by saying the door has a lock to keep it open so that wouldn't bea reason for a lean. As far as I'm concerned the vehicle should sit level from side to side at all times unless the driver is 500 pounds!

looknow12

My apologies but I was not suggesting that you did say it was designed to do that. I was referring to an earlier post and supporting your comments.

looknow12

Listen...I can totally understand why zeebra is very enthusiastic. He's picking up his GX tomorrow/today. When you pick up a new vehicle you always want the illusion it will be perfect at least for a week :-)