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Old 11-15-22, 06:17 PM
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The air suspension on the Gen 2 GX has a leaning issue that they seem could never fix and would say was within spec even though one side of the truck was higher than the other side. Then they came out with a TSB to fix it with a different spring for one of the sides and it still never fixed the issue. I still loved the truck but walking up to my GX and seeing it crooked everyday annoyed the heck out of me (as well as many on the forums here).
My air suspension started to do that when it started to fail. One side was ever so higher than the other. Then it failed, but it wasn’t until the 15th year on the road. I really dislike air and my new doesn’t have it which I thrilled about
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Mine didn’t come with air suspension.
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Old 11-15-22, 06:28 PM
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My air suspension started to do that when it started to fail. One side was ever so higher than the other. Then it failed, but it wasn’t until the 15th year on the road. I really dislike air and my new doesn’t have it which I thrilled about
The air suspension issue on the GX isn’t about it failing at all, these were like this when new.
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Old 11-15-22, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by patgilm
The air suspension issue on the GX isn’t about it failing at all, these were like this when new.
It was likely defective. They should have replaced it. The air/shocks/springs can be adjusted on each side for lean. Toyota and Lexus dealers are not great to deal with for these types of issues.

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Old 11-15-22, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
It was likely defective. They should have replaced it. The air/shocks/springs can be adjusted on each side for lean. Toyota and Lexus dealers are not great to deal with for these types of issues.
LOL it wasn’t defective, it was “within spec” until so many people complained about it that they issued a TSB for it which was a different sized spring for the front right shock which didn’t really fix it anyway.
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Old 11-15-22, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by patgilm
LOL it wasn’t defective, it was “within spec” until so many people complained about it that they issued a TSB for it which was a different sized spring for the front right shock which didn’t really fix it anyway.
So the it wasn’t the air? It was a front spring.
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Old 11-15-22, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
So the it wasn’t the air? It was a front spring.
That was supposed to be the fix in the TSB but it didn’t make a difference on many vehicles.
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Originally Posted by patgilm
LOL it wasn’t defective, it was “within spec” until so many people complained about it that they issued a TSB for it which was a different sized spring for the front right shock which didn’t really fix it anyway.
Kind of like your memory seats on the Plaid?
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Kind of like your memory seats on the Plaid?
Too soon, too soon. Still bothers me to this day because I move my seat back and forth a lot. It was literally the one feature I wanted when I had my old IS350 but the year I had it they didn’t come with memory seats in the F-sport trim. It’s like someone is torturing me.
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Originally Posted by patgilm
Too soon, too soon. Still bothers me to this day because I move my seat back and forth a lot. It was literally the one feature I wanted when I had my old IS350 but the year I had it they didn’t come with memory seats in the F-sport trim. It’s like someone is torturing me.
Lol sorry
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America branded car and trucks are hit and miss Usually best to stay away when it comes to reliability unless you can get a huge discount. They make good vehicles, but they are often prone with lots of issues
Buicks, except for the Enclave, have rated quite high in reliability for several years now. And they outright won J.D. Power's latest Initial-Quality-Study as THE highest-rated brand, period.



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So.....how can the Lincoln Corsair be on the Most-Reliable List when its brother Aviator (and the related Explorer, which shares a lot of the same components) be on the Least-Reliable List? We do know, of course, that the Aviator and Explorer had a botched introduction, with many serious QC defects.

I noticed that, although it is an autoblog site, Consumer Reports apparently compiled this data. I usually trust them, but this is quite suspicious.

I like the Corsair myself, and seriously considered one before ordering the somewhat smaller Buick.
Because the Corsair is based on the Escape which gets favorable reviews. It's a different class than the Aviator and Explorer. The only thing they share are the Ford/Lincoln badges and the infotainment interface.
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Because the Corsair is based on the Escape which gets favorable reviews.
The latest version of the Escape, for that matter, does not have a very good reliability record with Consumer Reports.
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The latest version of the Escape, for that matter, does not have a very good reliability record with Consumer Reports.
Reviews and Reliability are two different things. Just because they are related doesn't mean they're the same.
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The newest Consumer Reports Brand study is out now.
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