graham.rabbetts

:eerrrmm: Possibly. If you're reversing into your drive the probability is that your tyres will be warm, so if the noise only happens when reversing cold, it shouldn't happen if you are reversing after driving home. :D Thank you all for your help. I am almost no longer a Lexus owner, soon to have my beloved Camry back. I must say that I'm very impressed with the way that my local dealer has handle this problem and would recommend them any time.

Thanks for your reply Dave, it seems that the main dealer is willing to unravel this deal, but it is a shame because it is otherwise a very nice car. As I regularly reverse off the road onto my drive I am constantly reminded that things are not as I would wish

I took a demo in a GS300 (55 plate) and while the sales person was slowly reversing the car on lock and demonstrating the reversing camera there was lurching and a noise coming from the front, if it was FWD I would have said worn out CV joint. Anyway, I agreed to buy the car providing that the problem was fixed. During the next week I made enquiries about what the problem was and was told that it was normal on the GS, it was the front tyres scrubbing or hopping on the tarmac. As this is a main dealer and I was getting a years Lexus warranty I decided to take delivery (last Tuesday evening). I took it back Thursday after E-mailing them and telling them that I didn’t believe them that this is typical and that Lexus wouldn’t sell a defective car. I invited them to demonstrate another car with the same fault. I thought that I was onto a winner here until they demonstrated a customer’s car (just within their car park) with the same fault but worse than mine. Have any others experienced the same problem? The car has only done 26k miles so I wouldn’t expect anything to have worn out. Frankly if I had thought that this was not repairable I wouldn’t have bought the car. I am tempted to go back and try and unravel the deal but I don’t think that my Px (2002 Camry) is still available. Thanks for any advice that comes my way.