Rockero28

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Ok guys, I think I might have a serious problem here. Last night(this evening) I pulled in from work and parked the GS on the front lawn. I left my wheels turned and thought nothing of it. I went back about an hour later to move the GS off the lawn..... As I was starting to back up and turning the steering wheel, I felt this hard drag,. I was like, damn, maybe my parking break is on. Nope, I was not sure what it was so I get out of the car and I notice the passenger wheel is turned all the way in.... The driver's side is straight... WTF????? Did I somehow do major damage to the GS or what> I have been rolling around on the Tein Flex for almost a year no, and have the GS 17's..... Can someone please help and advise. I have already called Lexus and they will be picking it up in the Am. Am I going to be SOL on the warranty because of the Tein??? Please tell me no. I have CPO status and thus far the Tein has never been an issue and no one has ever told me at Lexus that I might have avoided the warranty. Any input??

Rock

Letsride

Rock a few things come to mind... End link (steering), Ball joint or Rack. None of these are too bad unless its the steering rack itself.

Richie

Sounds serieus but I don't think I can help.

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

Be VERY nice to your dealer and say you have a STEERING problem (not suspension). Hopefully they'll fix it under warranty.

Yoda

Sounds like a broken tie rod end. Do you have a lot of miles on your GS? Sometimes if one side is bad it is possible that the other side is bad as well.

Rockero28

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Yeah, it appears that it is a tie rod... I just drop it off at the Dealer. The car has 67K miles. Is it really normal for that to go out like that?? What if it had gone out while I was on the freeway doing 75 MPH, less 5 minutes prior to getting home?? Damnnnnn. That does not sound normal to me. Anyway, I am sure the will replace both no???

Rock

RON430

I wouldn't assume anything from the dealer. They may look at both tie rods and if the other one looks OK, they will probably leave it alone. See if you can get a peak at the failed one and see how it failed (just broke in half, one of the ends having a problem, etc.). Don't worry about what if it happened at speed. It didn't, just be grateful.

Rockero28

iTrader: (8)

No doubt... Well, the GS is in good hands with devildogIS300. He is a guru and I know he will hook it up.... Besides we are both former jarheads....

Ooooh-Raaaah!
Rock