kbrcpa Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 On 4/21/04, I was headed down the highway at 75mph in my 2002 LX470 when I suddenly head a loud screeching sound and the steering wheel locked up for 10 secs. After recovering control of the car at the high rate of speed I pulled over and found that there was oil/grease all over the front passenger tire rim of the vehicle. Took it to the dealership and they claimed "defective ball bearings" and replaced both front ball bearings, knuckle(?) repacked and sealed and sent me on my way. Two months later (6/30/04), a similar situation occured (other than the sterling wheel locked up for 15 secs this time), and I continue to live/tell. The car is now at the dealer and I am hesitant to ever drive the vehicle again (2 strikes). Has anyone had this occur to them? Has anyone had to deal with a "case file" at Lexus national? Also, any advice on lemon laws would be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipaquser Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 My wife's 99' LX470 had a steering wheel lockup last year in a parking lot. She turned off the car, turned it back on and everything seemed to be fine. She too was hesitant to drive the car, so when she got back home, she called the Lexus dealer and they came and towed the car back to the dealership (benefits of a CPO?) to try to fix the problem. They couldn't recreate the problem. So they flushed and re-filled the power steering system. Don't know if that was the fix to the problem, but the steering wheel has not locked up since then. I hope this helps. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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