I am writing this on behalf of a very good friend, who will register likely later this week for this forum. It is about a 2004 RX330 and a problem which cannot be solved.
The Lex ran flawlessly until about 4 weeks ago, while driving at moderate speeds on the freeway, when a 'shaking' motion appeared, as if a tire had blown on the vehicle. Open shutting down the engine and inspecting the car's tires, we found no harm to them and re-started the engine. This time, no problems, and we continued our driving as if nothing had happened.
Under a different driving situation, again on the freeway, the problem recurred four days later. This time we were noticing the ABS warning light coming on. As this is a very scary interruption in driving, and comes without advance notice or unusual driving, I decided to take the 54,000 mile 330 into the Lexus dealer, who sold me the automobile.
They were not able to find any problems, nor were they able to reproduce the same incident. Actually, the mechanic handling the situation suggested to take the 330 home each night to see when the problem shows up. It stayed at the dealership 4/5 days and they could not find an issue.
Strangely enough, maybe related to this or not, while the car was serviced, the battery went completely drained. And consequently was replaced at my cost.
I continued driving my car without further interruptions, until my wife drove it about a week ago and encountered the identical problem as described above. I returned to the dealership, again, trial and error diagnostics, nothing found and the car was supposed to be picked up by me.
I am at a puzzle what is wrong: ABS light blinking, the car 'rattling' suddenly in normal freeway driving and no one can find an issue?
Is it time to call for the Regional Manager?
Any helpful ideas?
