Slight Vibration At Startup And Suspension Noise While Turning

sgretchko · August 23, 2009

1997 LS400 with 167,000 miles. A couple of developing concerns:

First, when starting in the morning I get a little vibration from the engine area. It lasts a few seconds and then everything is smooth. It may be time to do engine and transmission mounts.

Second, a high pitched "shuttering" (I hate to call it grinding) seems to come from the front suspension when turning slowly.

Any thoughts or ideas? Thanks.

90LS400Lexus · August 26, 2009

Yep, at 167K, probably needed. The tranny mount (at least on the 1990-94 LS) is super easy and cheap to replace, so start there and see what happens. It eliminated alot (but not all) of my vibration, but my car has 222K. I know the engine mounts are bad, but I cant afford that now.

That steering shudder dont sound good. Is the fluid level OK? Sounds like your rack is going, but I dont know. Just a guess.

Good luck.