We bought our beautiful ES350 back in May and we love most everything about the car. However I have noticed a fairly pronounced vibration at idle while in gear. I thought it may get better with mileage, but it has not. We are at 2500 miles now. I have seen posts with the previous gen ES about this, but not for the 2013. Just wondering if anyone else notices a vibration especially from the steering wheel at idle in drive. I plan on mentioning it on our first service visit which is coming up in another 2500 miles.

Thanks!

 

Not sure why you'd want to put up with it for another 2,500 miles.

John

 

Yeah, I'd take it in as soon as possible.

 

Definitely do not wait another 2500 miles !!! Did this start after the 1000 mile service ?

 

What 1,000 mile service are you referring to?

John

 

It has done it since new. I take it from the comments that your es350's idle smooth as silk which is what I would expect.

The service intervals are every 5k where the first one really is just a tire rotation and check her over.

 

Yes, hope you didn't wait too long.

 

Lexus has a service ( complimentary) at 1000 miles to sort out ant little problems, adjust any of the customizations, etc. At least they do in New England. The first oil change, also complimentary is at 5000 miles. Someone also said that after that the service intervals were at 10K miles instead of 5K miles. They said that went along with regular unleaded gas rather than premium.

 

Your 1,000 is our 5,000. It looks like your 5,000 is our 10,000. Are those the only 2 free services you got in 2010?

 

Yes, after the 5000 which includes tire rotation and pretty much anything that you may need, the next is at 10K and that is a paid for service.

Next week is actually the 3rd anniversary of taking delivery of the 2010 and there's just under 30K on the vehicle. We're snowbirds so we typically have a service in November somewhere around Thanksgiving and then another sometime in April.

 

We traded in our 2010 ES (great car) at just under 3 years and just under 30k miles and followed the twice a year maintenance schedule too. We also had a 2007 ES and did the same thing. The 10k service intervals are a welcome change.

 

We also had the 2007 ES350 and liked it enough to buy the 2010. We're not trading in the 2010, my wife will take it to replace the 2008 Altima that she drives and I'll take the 2013 ES.

 

We traded in the 2010 on an Audi just for something different after the back-to-back ES350's. . So far so good. I was completely satisfied with the two ES and would buy another without hesitation.

 

Keep us posted on what the SA has to say. I'd definitely bring it in instead of waiting for the 5K service.

 

Will do. Thanks for all the replies confirming this is not normal behavior.