amcdonal86 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Does anyone else have a loudly creaking front center armrest? It creaks whenever I put moderate pressure on it with my arm. I tried buying those little cabinet bumper sticky dots all over where I thought the creaking might be coming from, but it STILL happens! Anyone else have this issue, or is it just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17LexusOwner Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 try the hinge on it. i believe it's only plastic so it could be creaking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcdonal86 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 try the hinge on it. i believe it's only plastic so it could be creaking The creaking is coming from the front--I think it's coming from where the bottom level meets the console. I can probably fix it, but I'm just curious as to whether this is a common problem (perhaps with a common solution)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzHotLS Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 You're not the only one. I noticed this too recently. Rest your arm on it and it creaks. It took me a little while to figure it out. I first thought it was coming from the passenger door. Then I thought it was because the armrest "rubs" against the seat. I haven't had a chance to try any remedies on it yet though. 17lex, I don't think it's the hinge, at least not yet. It's coming from the passenger side of the armrest towards the front where the middle (phone) section rests on the base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17LexusOwner Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Now that I think about it my armrest creaks from the front by the pull thing too.... Weird. I never thought of trying to fix it, never really thought about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcrome04 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Do you have both of the STOCK rubber bumpers on it? I'm missing one and it creaks because of that... I thought about going to the local dealership that has an LS and snatching the bumper off of it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzHotLS Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yes. I tried rubbing on them to "clean" them up a bit, no difference. Could it be a teperature issue that will go away when it warms up? Even better than the dealer. Find one on craig's list and take it for a "test" drive!! :whistles: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17LexusOwner Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 How deceitful!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcdonal86 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Do you have both of the STOCK rubber bumpers on it?I'm missing one and it creaks because of that... I thought about going to the local dealership that has an LS and snatching the bumper off of it! :D No, I am missing a few, and I tried putting those cabinet bump stops in their place, but I guess they are not working. Does anyone have a part number? This is the last item that is disturbing my cocoon of serenity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzHotLS Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Does anyone have a part number? I'm not sure if it's called out individually: http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_U_199502_LE...EPGKA_5806.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzHotLS Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 How deceitful!!! Not that I would ever condone such a thing. It just popped into my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcdonal86 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Does anyone have a part number? I'm not sure if it's called out individually: http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_U_199502_LE...EPGKA_5806.html I'm not quite sure which one it is. Those little things look like screws and not the bumpers. :( I guess I'll just shell out $1000 for a new armrest! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90LS400Lexus Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Must be a 1995-97 thing... I dont have that problem on my 91' LS, nor on my old 90' LS or have heard of it on any other gen 1 LS. I have heard other complaints though on the 97's though on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcdonal86 Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 I will try to take care of it this weekend. Dare I go back to Pohanka Lexus to get the parts?????? Do you guys have a part number for those rubber bumpers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcdonal86 Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 See this thread for the fix!!! http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...showtopic=55728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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