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2000 ES300 Platinum Edition. Steering wheel whines in this high pitched noise. It happens primarily when cold but quite often regardless. 188K on the car, lubes the steering column, can't figure out why. Thoughts anyone?

hi, I recently bought an es300, 2000 model, my first lexus, so I know very little about them. The car has done 172000kms and has been serviced all its life at the local lexus dealer. The log book is full and up to date. The car, in almost every respect, is perfect. However, at low speeds, over slight bumps and repairs in the road, the front end rattles, incessantly..the rattle seems to come from the wheel arch area..both sides, but definitely louder from the right side..its rather a, perhaps, mechanical type of rattle..most annoying..has anybody got any ideas, could it be the shock/struts? I thought perhaps someone may have had a similar problem with their es300 and resolved it..I contacted the lexus dealer, and they are a lot of help..they have been doing the services..but I bet they never actually drove the car, so how would they know about the rattle..there is no record of this problem in the log, which is strange..as it is extremely noticable and annoying,

I agree, sounds like a strut top and mount assembly. I have a 2000 ES as well and replaced, pulled apart and repaired until I got it right. The top needs to be replaced.

Greetings all,

I'm a new member here and you can see my maiden post here.

Basically I've got a lovely ES300 97 in which the right rear window switch has trouble working. It will move the window up and down but requires some jiggling. I have done some troubleshooting to confirm it's the switch by testing the drivers side switch for the right rear window in which it works flawlessly. It's my opinion that the switch is at fault.

Perhaps the previous owner got some juice or dust in the switch. What I aim to do is to replace or remove the switch, but is there any way I can do so safely without damaging the interior trim? Has anyone done this before. Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated and will then in turn benefit future users. I plan to document my adventures but I do not want to damage to trim in any way. Can I also confirm the switches are universal (basically any switch will work regardless of where it came from, right, left, front etc).

Hope to contribute whatever knowledge I can give or from my experiences given so that other users can benefit.

I have the same problem on my 2000 ES, it will require a new switch set. Pretty affordable if you find your year on eBay.