LS 460 AWD - Inherent Vibration Issues?
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LS 460 AWD - Inherent Vibration Issues?
I'm giving serious consideration to a late model, low miles LS 460 AWD. I don't need AWD in Texas, it's nice to have but not necessary. While it checks all the other items on my list, it's an out-of-state car, so hard to test drive thoroughly. Sounds like the kind of thing I'd find out about driving it back home for a day or two. ;-)
I've read all the AWD vibration threads on here and obviously some folks have had marginal to severe issues. (thx...Steve, Stryker, Gordo...)
SW17LS -
Are there a number of AWD owners on here that have no issues? Am I being overly risk averse? Coming off a LS 430 and LX 570.
I've read all the AWD vibration threads on here and obviously some folks have had marginal to severe issues. (thx...Steve, Stryker, Gordo...)
SW17LS -
8. AWD. So this is the only feature that my 2015 had that my 2017 doesn't have. I have not had the opportunity to drive the 2017 in the snow, and hopefully I don't. My 2015 with AWD was excellent in the snow. Unstoppable, I wouldn't think twice about driving it anywhere in up to 6-7 inches of snow. However, there are differences in feel between the AWD car and the RWD car you need to be aware of. The RWD car does feel a little more sprightly, it does have more power and you can feel that. The drivetrain in the AWD car is a little louder, and the transfer case does slightly impede on drivers legroom (not in any meaningful way as it does on smaller RWD/AWD Lexus products). The steering in the RWD car feels lighter, and there is a little driveline vibration through the wheel on the AWD car that isn't there on the RWD car. The front end being connected to the drivetrain has an impact. Worth it? Yes if you need to depend on the car in snow. If not? I would actively seek out the RWD car.
I don't need the complexity of AWD, but given the limited number of cars with my specs I need to consider this one.Are there a number of AWD owners on here that have no issues? Am I being overly risk averse? Coming off a LS 430 and LX 570.
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I never had any type of abnormal driveline vibration. What I meant in the post you quoted was you can feel through the wheel that power is being applied to the front wheels vs a RWD car where you obviously don't feel that.
There are instances of people having AWD vibrations, having front axles replaced etc, but nothing unsolvable.
Having had both, I would not hesitate to get an AWD one again.
There are instances of people having AWD vibrations, having front axles replaced etc, but nothing unsolvable.
Having had both, I would not hesitate to get an AWD one again.
Given the AWD is not necessary in your locale, and that AWD were a very small percentage of LS460s imported to the US, I'm surprised you're finding difficulty locating an RWD car (?)
I would probably want an AWD car north of the Mason-Dixon line but not south of it.
I would probably want an AWD car north of the Mason-Dixon line but not south of it.
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I'm giving serious consideration to a late model, low miles LS 460 AWD. I don't need AWD in Texas, it's nice to have but not necessary. While it checks all the other items on my list, it's an out-of-state car, so hard to test drive thoroughly. Sounds like the kind of thing I'd find out about driving it back home for a day or two. ;-)
I've read all the AWD vibration threads on here and obviously some folks have had marginal to severe issues. (thx...Steve, Stryker, Gordo...)
SW17LS -
Are there a number of AWD owners on here that have no issues? Am I being overly risk averse? Coming off a LS 430 and LX 570.
I've read all the AWD vibration threads on here and obviously some folks have had marginal to severe issues. (thx...Steve, Stryker, Gordo...)
SW17LS -
8. AWD. So this is the only feature that my 2015 had that my 2017 doesn't have. I have not had the opportunity to drive the 2017 in the snow, and hopefully I don't. My 2015 with AWD was excellent in the snow. Unstoppable, I wouldn't think twice about driving it anywhere in up to 6-7 inches of snow. However, there are differences in feel between the AWD car and the RWD car you need to be aware of. The RWD car does feel a little more sprightly, it does have more power and you can feel that. The drivetrain in the AWD car is a little louder, and the transfer case does slightly impede on drivers legroom (not in any meaningful way as it does on smaller RWD/AWD Lexus products). The steering in the RWD car feels lighter, and there is a little driveline vibration through the wheel on the AWD car that isn't there on the RWD car. The front end being connected to the drivetrain has an impact. Worth it? Yes if you need to depend on the car in snow. If not? I would actively seek out the RWD car.
I don't need the complexity of AWD, but given the limited number of cars with my specs I need to consider this one.Are there a number of AWD owners on here that have no issues? Am I being overly risk averse? Coming off a LS 430 and LX 570.
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