737Driver

Hey y'all, I'm the new owner of a '13 F Sport AWD, and have noticed that the car tends to wander a little on city streets. If I drive over obvious truck ruts, the car will pull. I've never owned a car with wide tires, and some of the research I've done indicates the culprit might be just that.
The car has 55,000 miles, so I'm confident it's not worn suspension components... In fact, according to the Lexus owners website, the previous owner complained of this and the dealer drove it and found nothing wrong.
The car is also on what I believe are the original Bridgestone tires, now cupping a little (noisy) and at 3-4/32nds. New P7's have been ordered in the 245 size, which might make the wandering more noticeable.
My question to anybody with the F sport is if you've noticed a similar thing with your car?

Davenlei

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I have a '13 fsport RWD with 23K miles on it now and don't feel any sort of hard pull when driving over road imperfections unless they are parallel to my direction of travel and are significantly un-level.

737Driver

Not a hard pull, not unsafe at all. Just feeling it wander occasionally.
And yes, when ruts are parallel it's worse.

lamikela1

The new tires may correct this. You should wait until you get those mounted before doing anything else. It could be that the wear on the tires is conributing to this.

737Driver

After paying closer attention I think it is road dependent. I guess I'm not used to a car that is sensitive to the crown of the road and road imperfections.
I'll hold off any further judgement until I get the Pirelli's on it.

fuddyduddy

My E39 540i Sport with staggered tires used to do this all the time when I drove down roads that had the indentations in them. Got used to it.

ItzFilyO

Mine wanders too on crowned or uneven roads.

Sevn86

Since I've been on 20's and skinner tires, I've noticed my car do the same a few times when the road conditions were bad.

xRYD3Rx

Mine wanders when it sees a cute chick passing by.

bclexus

I've always wandered what caused that...

ItzFilyO

That's a easy fix, just have ur wives ride shotgun with a sharp object and it'll straighten things up.

xRYD3Rx

Not married yet but no wonder when my girlfriend is sitting next to me the car stops wandering. ;D

Afrosheen

Mine has done this since day one. One dealer suggested I get it aligned but didn't spot any unusual tire wear. It can be annoying but it's just the character of the chassis in my opinion.