Droowning Noise Coming From The Front

[John G]

My dad has an is200 and ever since he bought it its had this droowning noise coming from the front, very much like the road noise you get when going over freshly laid tarmac, it has been back to lexus and suposidly had new bearings fitted, but stil the noise is there, it becomes alot louder inder break when the weight of the car is on the front end,

Anyone shed any light on this, its going back into lexus on thurs and my dad said he aint leaving til its sorted as its driving him mad

[TigerFish]

binding brakes? Any vibration to go with the noise?

[John G]

binding brakes? Any vibration to go with the noise?

starting to get vibrating thro the steering column yes?

[TigerFish]

binding brakes? Any vibration to go with the noise?

starting to get vibrating thro the steering column yes?

I would get Lexus to check them out then. Either sticking piston in the caliper or sticky slide pins. These are the tutorials I did on related components for these quite common issues if you fancy having a go yourself.

Slide Pin Overhaul

Pad and Disc change

Caliper Removal/Change

[John G]

binding brakes? Any vibration to go with the noise?

starting to get vibrating thro the steering column yes?

I would get Lexus to check them out then. Either sticking piston in the caliper or sticky slide pins. These are the tutorials I did on related components for these quite common issues if you fancy having a go yourself.

Slide Pin Overhaul

Pad and Disc change

Caliper Removal/Change

thank you for the information i will pass this on and tel him to inform lexus

[kev dood]

alternatively, could be tyres worn very low. Easy and quick to check.

[kam05]

alternatively, could be tyres worn very low. Easy and quick to check.

Also, what brand of tyres are on the car? I've found in the past that cheaper/unknown brands of tyres generate a lot of road noise. My last set of tyres on my IS200 were tyres made by a company called Fullrun (budget tyres normally supplied with aftermarket alloys as a alloy/tyre package). These tyres used to make so much noise I thought my wheel bearings were shot. When I took my car into the garage I was told the wheel bearings were fine, it was my tyres that were the problem.

I now use Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymetric tyres- these produce a lot less road noise (great grip in the wet as well!)

[John G]

alternatively, could be tyres worn very low. Easy and quick to check.

Brand new tyres matey