@TTO5 @TeCKis300 @bloc @Taco2Cruiser @gaijin @nwfl4runner I’m happy to report that after 3 months of dealing with a loose front end over bumps due to a Lexus dealer (left driver side tie rod nut left loose) and 2 Indy shops not being able to properly align my 2013 LX570 with 110,000 miles, I decided to take it to the dealer where I purchased it from last year which is about 40 mins from me. They nailed it! I was seriously considering replacing The whole front suspension or selling the truck. Now I’m floored by the difference a good alignment can make to the driving experience! All credit to Ourisman Lexus of Rockville, MD! Only took an hour while I waited on a Saturday afternoon for $122! Truck finally tracks straight with little steering correction and feels solid up front after they re-checked everything up front and properly aligned! Steering wheel is dead center and I was cheesing from ear to ear as I drove home as my LX570 has never felt like this. Amazing how a 7 year old SUV with 110,000 miles can feel brand new with a proper factory alignment! I’ve posted the alignment sheet. Thanks to all for the suggestions on troubleshooting.
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Wow, that great news and dead cheap for alignment. Indy shops quoting me $240 for my stock lx claiming it’s considered exotic and charges up fees. (Mr. Tire)
updated to my past post.
Background, I updated my wornout stock tires with michillin defender ltx on 20" wheels. Went to a no name tire shop for balancing and mounting since regular chain stores are saying it should be rated for your truck specs.
I also did front brakepads with this shop and they tinkered with the front calipers as the pistons seems to have seized and they hammered them back.
My old tires had a bad wear on front inner thread on both sides but didn't wobble at 100 mph.
After I put my new tires, I noticed an evident wobble at 60 mph and got worst when turning or braking at high speeds. (Braking wobble could be a brake job related).
Took it a a tire alignment store which didn't charge me exotic car price ($240) and they noticed bad alignment on front wheels and came out in alignment.
But when I drove it on highway speeds the wobble is still there at 60+ MPH. Could this be due to my car requiring better alignment? or related to bad brake job? ( unless the caliper is constantly engaging and pushing on my rotors, I still question why is it getting more evident at 60 mph+ ).
Any thoughts on this is appreciated.
The alignment shop mentioned I need new control arm and all struts , I understand they may be in a good to replace zone but I dont notice any bouncy ride at all. It still doesn't explain why the wobble started just after putting new tires and brake if the control arm or shocks are bad for a while.
Background, I updated my wornout stock tires with michillin defender ltx on 20" wheels. Went to a no name tire shop for balancing and mounting since regular chain stores are saying it should be rated for your truck specs.
I also did front brakepads with this shop and they tinkered with the front calipers as the pistons seems to have seized and they hammered them back.
My old tires had a bad wear on front inner thread on both sides but didn't wobble at 100 mph.
After I put my new tires, I noticed an evident wobble at 60 mph and got worst when turning or braking at high speeds. (Braking wobble could be a brake job related).
Took it a a tire alignment store which didn't charge me exotic car price ($240) and they noticed bad alignment on front wheels and came out in alignment.
But when I drove it on highway speeds the wobble is still there at 60+ MPH. Could this be due to my car requiring better alignment? or related to bad brake job? ( unless the caliper is constantly engaging and pushing on my rotors, I still question why is it getting more evident at 60 mph+ ).
Any thoughts on this is appreciated.
The alignment shop mentioned I need new control arm and all struts , I understand they may be in a good to replace zone but I dont notice any bouncy ride at all. It still doesn't explain why the wobble started just after putting new tires and brake if the control arm or shocks are bad for a while.
after sitting at lexus dealer service for 4 hrs, they concluded that two of the tires have a factory "defect" based on the road force balance results. And that explains the cause of vibration even after its rebalanced with proper weight placement. I was suggested to drive it out 5000 miles for it to sometimes fix itself of talk to tirerack and get replacement tires. (They put the two tires on the rear axle). Wondering what are the chances of getting two defective tires which ended up on my front tires by chance....
They also explained that my alignment results from another shop are not perfect as they didn't fix the camber offset. The shop told me it comes like that from factory and they can't do anything about it. The dealership told that dealers have the tools to fix these camber offsets and my steering wheels is also not centered. Moral of story, for alignment - a good dealership has better calibration to set it correctly than a random tireshop.
They also explained that my alignment results from another shop are not perfect as they didn't fix the camber offset. The shop told me it comes like that from factory and they can't do anything about it. The dealership told that dealers have the tools to fix these camber offsets and my steering wheels is also not centered. Moral of story, for alignment - a good dealership has better calibration to set it correctly than a random tireshop.
finally got 2 new tires shipped from tirerack as part of their warranty. Lexus dealer when ahead and mounted them and detected the two new tires road force to be within range , so didn't need roadforce balance. they also did alignment again based on my request and it was surprising that the truck was still off alignment in front wheels even though it was aligned by a local shop 5 days ago. Now it drives all fine. Wondering what these local alignment shops do that the truck was perfectly aligned when I came out of the local shop with 0.0 and then in lexus dealership it was showing off alignment in red zone.
dealership was saying, the alignment equipment is old and out of calibration. funny part is I paid a 3 year alignment plan with the local shop for $200 which seems useless now.
dealership was saying, the alignment equipment is old and out of calibration. funny part is I paid a 3 year alignment plan with the local shop for $200 which seems useless now.
I’ve been chasing alignment issues ever since getting my first one. I will say with 100% certainty that a lot of alignment techs are good but a great one is a rare find and should be cherished.
I will say that my one and only experience at a dealership was positive and they said they could simulate my trailer tongue weight while they did the alignment… I did not ask how. I did tell them what I wanted for caster and they nailed it perfectly, no other shop had done this and I’ve had 5 or 6 alignments up until that point and 2 within 2 weeks prior.
What kind of tires do you have? I did have some peculiar behavior out of my front end after I rotated tires and it seemed to calm down after the next rotation, I’m now wondering about my tires as they were brand new and weirdness started after first rotation.
I will say that my one and only experience at a dealership was positive and they said they could simulate my trailer tongue weight while they did the alignment… I did not ask how. I did tell them what I wanted for caster and they nailed it perfectly, no other shop had done this and I’ve had 5 or 6 alignments up until that point and 2 within 2 weeks prior.
What kind of tires do you have? I did have some peculiar behavior out of my front end after I rotated tires and it seemed to calm down after the next rotation, I’m now wondering about my tires as they were brand new and weirdness started after first rotation.
I went with michellin defenders on my 20" wheels. none of the tire chain stores would install it due to speed rating which doesn't match the truck's required speed rating, so I went with tirerack. The tires are from march 2025 mfg date. Doing this seemed painfully complicated than to go with brand the tire should would have installed. The previous tires were prelli scorpion verde and they ran just fine since they were installed. Didn't have any vibration or issues with the tires. they just wore down at 40k miles.
Here are my alignment reports from two different shops in less than 1 week:
This is from a local tire store. See how they got it to 0 in after reading.
this is from dealership within 1 week as they diagnosed the vibration issue:
This is from a local tire store. See how they got it to 0 in after reading.
this is from dealership within 1 week as they diagnosed the vibration issue:
Dealer was telling me, it’s not easy to fake this 0.0 readings in the software. Someone has to push the wheel to get to 0.0 and another person has to click capture when that happens. I don’t know what to say, except I spend 200$ for that perfect 0.0 alignment 
