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Old 06-30-19, 07:15 PM
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Default Steering wheel locks up on hard acceleration

Hey guys!

My 2001 LS430 has recently had this issue where the steering wheel locks up for about a second on hard acceleration. This seems to only happen when accelerating from a dead stop. Any ideas on what I should be looking at to correct this issue? I'd like to fix this myself if possible. I've been having this issue since last Friday.

I've only owned the car for a year and it currently has 145k miles and I purchased it at 136k.

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Old 07-01-19, 09:28 AM
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my guess is that your motor mounts are too soft, and it is binding the steering linkage slightly.
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Turns out my motor mounts were shot! Replaced them and everything is good again.

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Originally Posted by brothabear
Turns out my motor mounts were shot! Replaced them and everything is good again.

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Damn I'm good. Thanks for posting the resolution.
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