Hi all, last week during some more aggressive driving i got a noise out of the front suspension area and immediately noticed the car had a much looser steering feel, I garaged the car for the week until i could take it into Lexus this weekend. However lexus couldn't find anything wrong with it, they found no codes in the steering system and no worn-out/broken parts in need of replacing yet it still has this vague steering feel to it even after I replaced the tires (245 front 275 rear PSS). Does anybody have ideas to what could cause this after they ruled out power steering systems AND suspension? It is still present on new PSS tires as well.

 

when did the noise occur maybe alignment is out of spec? Just throwing tings out that since the problem seems very vague.

 

Noise came from what sounded like front left wheel well after a downshift and hard right corner. Got re-aligned with the new tires but its still there. Was hoping the problem would be gone with new tires after they said they couldn't find anything wrong

 

Could be your wheel bearings. I had a similar issue in which both my front wheel hubs needed replacing. It solved the issue for me.

 

Noise was a one time thing i haven't heard it again since, front wheel bearings are a constant noise particularly under cornering I thought?

 

Bump, could really use some ideas here - Its going back for oil in 300 miles and I'm out of ideas that haven't been ruled out and really don't want it to leave with something wrong still.

 

Have you checked the weights on that wheel are still there from balancing??

Guessing they did this when you had new tires fitted, but worth a try.

Had it before with one of my cars.

If not, how about a second opinion from a different dealership??

I'm not saying the place you use isn't good, just saying a fresh pair of eyes might shed some light on what it could be.

Hope you get to the bottom of it soon mate.

 

Tire pressure?? Wider tires without the mild stretch ?

 

An anti-roll bar end link gone bad?

Is your suspension modified in any way? Still on stock size wheels?

 

Car is stock everything, problem has been here before and after the new tires went on so i doubt its caused by them although ill get them balanced again just to make sure, i didn't see anything wrong with the anti-roll bar links(or any other ones)when i looked under it myself. Wheel bearings all around are fine. Im seriously at a loss here for anything else, my next step might be replacing bushings anyways even though they seem to be fine.

Thanks for all the responses, I probably will try another dealer even though this one has a very good reputation if they can't find anything again in ~200 miles.