phil m

Why apologise, I often stay in a 5 star hotel and can afford to buy a luxury sedan, I just also like the freedom of the occasional caravan holiday.

Maybe that's just because they don't make a tow bar for them ?

Thinking of buying a 600H second hand of course but can't find anyone that can supply and fit a tow bar, any ideas in the north west area or indeed has anybody seen a tow bar fitted to one of these. Need it for my caravan.

Steve2006 I believe you are right, I will check this out with the local man dealer.

Good idea Spacewagon, anyone around Manchester with one I could compare with.

This is covered well see my previous posts

Yes I have top rated tyres

I know I've visited this forum with this topic in the past but just wondered if there"s any fresh info about . OK, here we go, 2009 RX 400h 120,000 miles owned for about three years. I love this car it tows my caravan superbly and gives me circa 30 MPG ( without caravan ) and virtually does what it says on the tin apart from --- the steering wanders a lot, follows white lines and is very sensitive at lower speeds in respect of road feedback from grids, bumps or even road undulation as well as turning to follow road camber. however braking soft or hard on a flat surface is dead straight with no "pulling" either way. So far this is what i"ve had done to try and cure the problem. Following an MOT ( which suggested no worn linkage problems ) four new tyres fitted, balanced and pressurised, four wheel electronic tracking completed at a recommended garage by someone on this forum ( Drury Lane Garage, Manchester area ) who also checked the steering geometry, all done within the same week. Result: no change at all, everything still the same ! The garage said it was probably one of those models that has " sensitive steering" Now I"m not having this because if this was the case then surely this topic would have been discussed no end on these forums. So, may I ask any other owners of this Lexus model whether you"ve had similar problems to this and if so did you manage to cure it ? Or do you own the same models without steering problems which would suggest that this is only particular to my car. Also I would be grateful for any suggestions or ideas from other members of the forum, Thanks and here"s hoping. Phil M.

Where did you have yours done?

Had mine 4 wheel tracked at Lexus last year,didn't make much difference I'm afraid. I'd have it done again at a specialist (tracking went well out after 8 thousand miles and scrubbed the fronts) if I could be certain it would cure it "cos it's a bit expensive if it doesn't do the trick.

THANKS.

Got to take it back in 2 weeks for an alignment check so I'll discuss this with them , thanks

Every thing as per Lexus rec. Tyres same as original make and size, 32 psi all round.

My RX 400H wanders all over the place when on a white line, over a road repair or grid. no problem on a motorway and otherwise steers straight. Had 4 wheel tracking done by Lexus 8,000 miles ago, had front wheel alignment checked today, 7 degrees out causing tyre wear, had to have ball joint and link bushes renewed today as they had seized solid ? then tracking re-done' still wandering all over the place on any slightly bumpy surface. Anyone else experienced this, is it a common problem, any ideas Thanks Phil, Manchester.

Strange, when I had my cam belt service done they said they would check my water pump at the same time and if there was any problem they would inform me and give me the option of having it replaced at the same time as the cam belt for £100 thereby saving me £300 should it go at a later date. I later received a phone call from the young lad that there was no problem with the water pump so replacement was not needed however ten minutes later he phoned again to tell me he"d made a mistake and it did need replacing, I felt he was under instructions but rather than take a chance I had the pump replaced. This was the same Lexus garage in Stockport that charged me £60 for a hybrid health check that should have been free ! Shall not be going back there again which is their customer loss through their incompetence ( or bad practice ? )