Donnirino

Thanks you so much ! I really appreciate it you have no idea !

corradoMR2

My pleasure. Here it is!

Donnirino

Thank you ....it's so funny to me that the dealer told me that the trunk doesn't open fully when pressing the trunk release ! Clearly I'll be showing them this video

keithS

My trunk never opens clear up using the fob but always opens clear up if I use the button inside the car. Not a big deal, but that is how mine works.

IMCHIA

Agreed - I think mine is weather related as well. I live in Houston so most of the time, it's super hot.

DougHII

Wd40 . . .

mjeds

WD40 is bad for the weather stripping.

use a silicone based lubricate like this:
http://www.ecklerscorvette.com/weatherstrip-lubricant-42190.html?cm_mmc=PLA-_-25-253650-1-_-NA-_-NA&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_campaign=paid_search_google_pla&scid=scplp15965818&gclid=CLa004XH_c0CFQmRaQodllQEyg

you can usually find something similar at any auto parts or hardware store.
WD40 will dry out the rubber over the course of time and cause it to crack and deteriorate. WD40 is good for metal parts not for rubber or plastic

in regards to the trunk lid no opening all the way..

mine will stick to the weather stripping on very hot days and the lid won't open you hear the pop and it stays closed when you lift you hear the pulling/ripping sound of the rubber, but for the most part it opens all the way with both the fob and the internal release:

if the lid is consistently not opening all the way, chances are you need to have the tension rod adjusted.
I have removed the trunk panels and the tension rod adjustment is the same as it has been on Toyota and Lexus cars for 12+ years.

here is a thread that gives you an idea of how the mechanism works and how to adjust:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...e-big-pic.html

hear is a video using a Corolla:

while the RCF will look different, the operation is the same.

DougHII

WD40 is good for everything, even better than duct tape . . .

mjeds

WD 40 is a petroleum based product and it will absolutely deteriorate and eat away at rubber components.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40

WD-40's main ingredients as supplied in aerosol cans, according to U.S. Material Safety Data Sheet information, are:

• 50% "aliphatic hydrocarbons". The manufacturer's website claims this ratio in the current formulation cannot accurately be described as Stoddard solvent, a similar mixture of hydrocarbons.[8]
• <25% petroleum base oil. Presumably a mineral oil or light lubricating oil.
• 12–18% low vapor pressure aliphatic hydrocarbon. Reduces the liquid's viscosity so that it can be used in aerosols. The hydrocarbon evaporates during application.
• 2–3% carbon dioxide. A propellant which is now used instead of the original liquefied petroleum gas to reduce WD-40's flammability.
• <10% inert ingredients.

• The company warns of the product's high flammability and the risk of irritation to human skin when repeatedly exposed to WD-40. Nitrile rubber gloves and safety glasses should be worn as ordinary rubber disintegrates if exposed to petroleum products. It also mentions that water is unsuitable for extinguishing burning WD-40.

Basic high school chemistry at work right there:

ordinary rubber disintegrates if exposed to petroleum products

DougHII

Lol, I was kidding around. Thought the duct tape good for everything would have clued in you on the sarcasm.

That said, as a kid in the late 70s and 80s WD40 was good for EVERYTHING including sunburn, cuts, hair gel and moving parts.

ISF001

. I think It's a close tie.

corradoMR2

One thought I had.... my trunk with the CF wing is technically lighter than the non-CF-wing trunk. Probably not much wight difference, but when I added the small rear spoiler on my IS (weight about 2 lbs), trunk would not pop open any more. Wondering if owners with the non-CF wing do not have their trunk pop open?

ct6978

2015 (non-CF wing) here, doesn't pop up w/remote, it just unlocks and you have to lift it. For whatever its worth, also checked a 2015 RC350 (no spoiler) and the trunk pops up all the way.... The difference between the CF and non-CF may be the key, or perhaps that's not a feature that's been designed in and some folks just got lucky.

DougHII

Lol, how many on here, without going outside and checking, had/have any clue whether it opens partially or all the way. C'mon, you gotta be kidding me. As long as it un-laches, are we too lazy to exercise the biceps just a little to finish opening it all the way. I am simply not getting this one at all and my assumption would be that it is just supposed to unlach and not necessarily pop all the way open. I stand by my WD40 which may also work well on the axles.

mjeds

non-CF wing here, and mine pops all the way open as I said above, except in extreme heat, the weather stripping sticks.

my wife's 2007 Camry used to pop all the way up and over the years it went to half way, then just unlatching.. a simple adjustment of the tension rod returned it to it's former behavior of opening all the way.

if yours isn't opening all the way adjust the tension rod or have the dealer do it. . it really isn't that big of a deal to do.