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Old Jan 11, 2026 | 10:33 AM
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UPDATE: SOLVED.
Set the car to sport mode and it fixed the poor drivability issues

Hello to everyone. Owned the car for 2 months

2015 ES350 no accidents. Pure stock. 133000 kms (75000-80000 miles) Only Lexus serviced.

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Car has a tendency to wander when driving. Very hard to drive. Feels like a pull or drift and it is not in only one direction. Consistentlycompensating while driving. It does drive straight but feels very vague like it is floatingaround on the road. Also I find the steeringwheel is very smooth to turn but if at any speedyou move the steering to say the right or leftfrom say 12 oclock to 2 oclock the car continues in that direction. It does not return to center. I also do get torque steer from the front from the last alignment from Lexus.

I have had 3 different sets of wheels and tires on the car. All the same. algnment from Kal tire and it tend to pitch when driving ( felt like the rear left was passing me). Now with recent alignment from lexus it pulls right and backfeels like it going right and drifts everywhere. Lexus says everything is perfect cant find anything wrong. Tires all at 6/32 no weird wear.

Please help me. I hate this car yet i searchedlong and hard for a es350. Now I regret it.

First is Kal tire, 2nd is lexus, 3rd is lexus returnand check



Last edited by Rilcoat; Jan 12, 2026 at 08:36 PM. Reason: Fixed issue
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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 12:47 AM
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Sounds like a possible bad steering rack to me?
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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 03:46 AM
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Take it back to Lexus and tell them to find the issue. Clearly, it is NOT the alignment and while under there, Lexus SHOULD have found the issue.
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Old Jan 13, 2026 | 03:55 AM
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Good for you and that is weird, no? Can anyone explain that one?
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Old Jan 13, 2026 | 06:03 AM
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I would take it back to the dealer and tell them to keep it and drive it. And they should supply a loaner while they figure this out.
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Have they looked at the braking system? I had a rusted up, frozen slide-pin on my right side front caliper, and it caused the car to pull to the right
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