Lexus has added an emergency key inside the Pod you carry to active locks and start the engine. This key can be used for opening the glovebox and trunk.

The key has a tiny handle on it. If you use this key to open up the trunk make certain you position the handle up/out otherwise you will scratch the paint. Someone had not thought this throw when positioning this lock.

 

hahaha i can understand what you talk about. guess we all just have to be careful

 

I just hope we never need to use it......

 

Thanks for mentioning this. I'll keep this in mind for the rare occasion that I use it.

Rockville mentioned on another post that one of the purposes for putting the trunk lock cylinder underneath was for security purposes. Harder to find and harder to use a punch hammer to knock it out.

 

The metallic key can open the driver's door, glove box, rear armrest door and the trunk if the electric release is not working say because of a dead battery. This is the first Lexus Sedan that doesn't have a Valet Key. You can not disable the trunk release button so how can you protect valuables other than locking them in the glove box and taking off the metal key which by the way has the little key ring attached to it? You have no way to secure the trunk. It is possible to let someone park your car and you keep your key so when they turn it off it will not start again. They could lock it using the interior button if they were diligent. Lexus only issues two key/fobs with every GS so is it a good idea to let them out of your sight? What do you think about the Valet park question? In previous models we had a disable trunk release button in the glove box but I haven't seen one in the GS. To me it is sorely needed.

 

in the sc430, there is a button in the glove box, if it's switch to one position, the trunk release is disable. so in my sc430, if i click that switch, and then use the key to lock the glove box, then i give the valet key to someone, that person will have no way of putting the top down, opening the glove box, or opening up the trunk

i am pretty sure the same thing is there for the new gs. so when you lock the glove box, a switch or so inside can make the trunk release disabled. and you just give the remote without the key to the valet

 

There is a button in the glove box to disable opening the trunk.

 

I found it when I got to work . I have delivered the GS's in the dark and I didn't see it. I am releived that it is consistent with previous models but the issue that the removable key has the key ring attachment means when you detach it there is only the fob left and nothing to hang it on.