Mike Wells

Accelerating through a turn....

This could very well be your VSC/Trac system activating and dethrottling the engine to prevent "impending" loss of control due to wheelslip from both the high lateral loading of the front tires and the high engine driving torque.

Just a guess, mind you.

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Thanks for the quick reply. That is one I had not thought of. Still I don't like it. I want to drive through a turn, not float through in neutral, especially with fwd.

I just joined this forum. I have had my RX330 for a year, and have not been satisfied with the shifting either. I am resolved to the softer shift and never complained about that, but did complain about long hesistation on forced downshift and the feel of free floating, or fuel starvation, while trying to accelerate through a turn.

My dealer, or service advisor, says this is normal throttle by wire, learn to live with it. I can't believe that. Is this a prevalent problem that is experienced by a lot of RX330 owners, a known problem to Lexus, does a service bulletin exist, is there a hidden warranty item for this ? My RX has the towing package, but no towing is involved.

Please give more info on your experience and how you dealt with it. I love the vehicle, but this part is annoying.

Thanks

Mike

Well, this will be my last post on this site.  Last week Lexus completed the rupurchase of our 2004 RX 330 because of the well documented transmission isssues.  Vehicle had about 15,000 miles and was almost two years old.  Repurchased for $2,000 less than we paid, including taxes and fees.

My wife now has another SUV.  She came home the the other day almost in tears of joy on how great it was to have a vehicle with a transmission the didn't hesitate and malfunction.  She's starting to get used to not rocking back and forth with the shifting of the transmission.

Some may say live with it, but we disagree.  Its like living with a tooth ache, you can do it, but when you get it taken care of it feels sooooooooooooooo good. 

Good luck and good bye.

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