Lots of complaints on gx550 OT ride and vibration issues

[teghogh]

Over this weekend I was looking into purchasing the gx550 OT for my wife and I figured the addition of EKdss and magna shocks would make it ride much smoother than the LC. Boy o boy I was wrong
There is a 33 page thread on the gx forum with lots of owners complaining about low frequency vibrations and jitters on seemingly perfect roads with little imperfections. Most owners claim that the ride is worst than the LC, old 4Runners and the Gx460. This is really shocking to say the least
Here is the thread

GX550 Overtrail Vibration

Yes, this is exactly what it is, washboard road feeling.

www.lexusgxforum.com

I also took some snapshots that that makes for a fun read

 

[FarooqMCSE]

Over this weekend I was looking into purchasing the gx550 OT for my wife and I figured the addition of EKdss and magna shocks would make it ride much smoother than the LC. Boy o boy I was wrong
There is a 33 page thread on the gx forum with lots of owners complaining about low frequency vibrations and jitters on seemingly perfect roads with little imperfections. Most owners claim that the ride is worst than the LC, old 4Runners and the Gx460. This is really shocking to say the least
Here is the thread

GX550 Overtrail Vibration

Yes, this is exactly what it is, washboard road feeling.

www.lexusgxforum.com

I also took some snapshots that that makes for a fun read

Lexus is not hybrid. Lexus has more issues. I love my Land Cruiser. With so many shortcomings Lexus has, there is nothing better out there than LC

 

[cvx5832LC]

Love my LC more and more. I was in line for the GX! Between the swarf issues with the motor and this suspension thing, glad I was impatient enough to get what I got.

 

[wholes18]

Had GX OT. Lasted a month. The best part was I made $5k trading it back in! Really enjoying the LC 1958. What a change!

 

[teghogh]

Had GX OT. Lasted a month. The best part was I made $5k trading it back in! Really enjoying the LC 1958. What a change!

Elaborate plz

 

[jcdeng]

Similar experience when I test drove the gx ot. When coming to a stop there are chatters and vibrations, the SA said that was due to the tire, but I felt it was coming from the drivetrain instead.

 

[wholes18]

Elaborate plz

Call it first world problems. Wife drove a 23 GX460 and I wanted the new GX550. We really like Toyota and Lexus. So I got a fairly early GX550 OT. It’s hard to pin point but it simply didn’t feel like a Lexus. It should be better than a Landcruiser but somehow isn’t. It feels cheap, as it was a Lexus. No overhead air vents, Nuluxe pleather. We also had a LX600. The differences of the 460 / 600 to the 550 was mainly they felt like a Lexus and the 550 felt like a poser. Fast forward and a 1958 Landcruiser feels like a very solid Toyota. Despite cloth seats, hard plastics, it still feels better screwed together and thought out than the 550. I guess the LC is more the pure form of the Prado while the GX tries to be a luxury form and falls well short. Drive and feel the materials of a LX570/700 or GX460 and you will know.

Car Care Nut on YouTube says, the GX has just lost some of its specialness. And I feel the LC has it.

Also the GX engines are failing at times. Lexus of Austin had a less than 1000 mile example waiting on its new engine.

Sorry for the ramble.

 

[BlueCruiser]

Now that the 4Runner, LC, and GX are all out to market, more and more people are realizing the LC is the sweet spot.

 

[FarooqMCSE]

Over this weekend I was looking into purchasing the gx550 OT for my wife and I figured the addition of EKdss and magna shocks would make it ride much smoother than the LC. Boy o boy I was wrong
There is a 33 page thread on the gx forum with lots of owners complaining about low frequency vibrations and jitters on seemingly perfect roads with little imperfections. Most owners claim that the ride is worst than the LC, old 4Runners and the Gx460. This is really shocking to say the least
Here is the thread

GX550 Overtrail Vibration

Yes, this is exactly what it is, washboard road feeling.

www.lexusgxforum.com

I also took some snapshots that that makes for a fun read

Hi all, No matter what they say, (and they do say a lot) I am super happy with my LC. I am not going anywhere. All have issues. None have a 76 years history, none is as good looking. None is as comfortable. My head up display is so amazing, teamed with voice controlled GPS guidance, it has impressed me like never before. I have 10,600 miles on it. And loving it.