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AWD Lady

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  1. You guys are GREAT!! You've given me an enormous amount of ammo for my meeting with the national tech representative. We don't have a date yet, but I will let you all know how all of this turns out. PS--on the road tracking being the cause--I have kind of considered this because I did notice a couple times I was on a slight slope when it happened. My question, though is why is it ALWAYS a LEFT pull? I have never had it make a pull right. And the last time was really scary--I had to fight the wheel to stay straight. I had applied the brakes, it started to pull; I let off, reapplied, and it pulled left REAL hard, turning the steering wheel a full quarter turn. It just seems weird to me.
  2. Thanks to all of you for your comments, ideas, suggestions. The dealer did an alignment at 3500--no changes were necessary. At 5000 they supposedly rotated tires, cleaned brakes and calipers, and ran an ABS diagnostic. One other thing did occur to me--would it make any sense that it could be the RIGHT brake that is not working properly and therefore making it appear that the left brake is grabbing?
  3. 2007 IS250 AWD. Purchased new. 28 miles. From Lexus of Orlando in FL. From time I drove off the lot I had a hard pull to the left when I brake. Specifically, when I hit the brakes the steering wheel literally turns as much as a 1/4 turn, and the car tries to go left. It is always left. Took to dealer, included the description on every survey, wrote letters. With approx. 7200 miles, still isn't fixed. Problem is that the problem is intermittent. Have taken to dealer twice. They rotated the tires and cleaned the brakes. Unfortunately for me, I am an older woman, and therefore not a reliable witness. But I will not be ignored. I have not let up on my agitation. The dealer's next step is for me to see a factory tech when he comes in few weeks. Meanwhile, the problem has changed a bit. During the first 5000 miles or so it was a moderate left pull when I hit the brakes. Recently, however, I have had 3 distinct incidences when I was either slowing or stopping from a high rate of speed (say 50 or so), and the car literally fought with me to try to turn into the left lane. It happened today with my kids in the car. They are old enough to use bad language and DID. Anyone have a similar problem or possible suggestions of things for Lexus to check. I believe that it may be tied to the system that tries to stablize the car when stopping at high speeds because sometimes I can feel the wheel turning back and forth while I try to stop.
  4. 2007 IS250 AWD. Purchased new. 28 miles. From Lexus of Orlando in FL. From time I drove off the lot I had a hard pull to the left when I brake. Specifically, when I hit the brakes the steering wheel literally turns as much as a 1/4 turn, and the car tries to go left. It is always left. Took to dealer, included the description on every survey, wrote letters. With approx. 7200 miles, still isn't fixed. Problem is that the problem is intermittent. Have taken to dealer twice. They rotated the tires and cleaned the brakes. Unfortunately for me, I am an older woman, and therefore not a reliable witness. But I will not be ignored. I have not let up on my agitation. The dealer's next step is for me to see a factory tech when he comes in few weeks. Meanwhile, the problem has changed a bit. During the first 5000 miles or so it was a moderate left pull when I hit the brakes. Recently, however, I have had 3 distinct incidences when I was either slowing or stopping from a high rate of speed (say 50 or so), and the car literally fought with me to try to turn into the left lane. It happened today with my kids in the car. They are old enough to use bad language and DID. Anyone have a similar problem or possible suggestions of things for Lexus to check. I believe that it imay be tied to the system that tries to stablize the car when stopping at high speeds.
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