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Lexus: GS400 tire changing

  1. #1
    Randy
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    GS400 tire changing

    I don't know if anyone has experienced this but, here goes. A couple years
    ago I had a flat and was on a slight incline. With the car in park and the
    parking brake set, it rolled back off the jack. A month ago, my wife called
    and said she had a flat. The car again was on a slight incline. Again,
    with the car in park and the brake set, I just got the lug nuts on a turn or
    two, and the car rolled backward and came off the jack. This seems like a
    serious saftey issue. I've never experiened this with any other car I've
    owned , nor heard of it happening.
    Any comments from the Lexus group?




  2. #2
    markjen
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    Re: GS400 tire changing

    I believe the parking brake only brakes the rear wheels. Likewise, putting
    the car in park only locks the rear wheels on a RWD car. So if you're on an
    incline and jack either front wheel without other measures, then it will be
    suspectible to rolling off.

    I don't know if the GS is more suspectible that most, but you should always
    chock the wheel diagonally opposite the one you're changing.

    - Mark




 

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