Ken-L

Poppi, you have it right. I have seen enough posted messages and the so-called "replies" by the adminstrators/moderators to too many of them in just one day as a member. They obviously have a very selective and proprietary point of view and are determined to not allow anyone to disagree with them or their special interests.

You will not see any post from me again either, because as soon as I finsh this one, I am dropping off this "Lexus Owners" forum! There is no point in kidding ourselves as to what this board is really about. This post will be immediately CENSORED too.........and I will be BANNED IN BOSTON. Now, that's quite an honor.

Ken

...... Whats the point in even posting here if you're going to argue with our advice?

I'm trying to help you by pointing you in the right direction with the steering clunk (which is repairable and there is a TSB according to my research) and explaining the transmission jerk to you. I'm not going to help you though and no one else here is either if you're going to be nasty to us. You've got to realize that this is a Lexus enthusiast board, most of us are 110% satisfied with our cars. Its not my fault you're not satisfied with your car, I don't work for Lexus. Go give your "news" to someone who can do something about it.

SW, I should have said ... "for your information", not 'news'  Anything I have posted was not meant as an argument.  It's a shame one cannot post their opinions of fact(s) without being interpreted as being argumentative if our opinions do not agree with yours.
You have completely ignored my posting of me being satisfied with the RX300 in spite of the fact that it has a slight hesitation when applying sudden acceleration, or I would have already traded it.  It is not as bad as the ES.
I am dissatisfied with the ES, my wife isn't.  My gripe with LEXUS is for offerning a car to the buying public for a premium price knowing that it has defects that could have been corrected prior to leaving the factory.  That's my complaint.
It is not a complaint against you and I haven't been argumentative.

So you will not have me to 'kick' around on this board ever again.

Your help was appreciated.

Poppi

[I have a 2002 ES300 and it too hesitates under a variety of conditions and speeds! It is annoying and dangerous.

My dealer "updated" the software/firmware, but it did not fix the problem, and even made shifting worse.

What we need is a Class Action Lawsuit!