Now my car's trunk no longer opens. WTF. This is so stupid. Last time I
accidentally slammed the trunk instead of letting the electronic system kick
in, but it was nothing out of the ordinary, in fact it was way gentler than
a typical trunk closure on a typical car

Anyone else experiencing this issue? You would think that Lexus would
have enough experience designing these that they would make it reliable

I don't know about you guys, but at this point this might be my last Lexus...

EDIT : Never mind. User error...

 

there is a tsb on trunk motor, take it in, they will replace it with a newer style more reliable motor

 

Before you do that, make sure you didn't accidently activate the valet trunk lock-out button located in the glove compartment on the left hand side.

 

Ooops, that is exactly what seems to have happened.

User error. I am an idiot and I like my GS again.

 

There you go...........

"I don't know about you guys, but at this point this might be my last Lexus"

Now you should go and buy two more Lexus vehicles.

Glad it was an easy fix.

 

You should apologize to your 3GS!!!

 

No way, it's already got 2 strikes against it (rattles and seatbelt).

Remember it's a 50K car, so it has to be perfect or else I'll ***** about it

 

LOL LOL LOL LOL... is all good brother, but why whould you think of getting another car after driving a Lexus, specially after driving a 3GS. I dont care what's wrong with it aslong as i can affor a lexus I'll be driving one...

 

Actually, it's ONLY a 50k car, so it must not be perfect

 

Yang, are you a lawyer? (That's lawyer-speak)

 

The same thing happened to me. I put up with it for a few weeks before searching for an answer .

But it got me thinking:
What if the gas tank lid locked up like this? Is there any way to manually open it? Or would you be totally screwed if you needed gas far from home?

 

HA, yeah right.

I'm the real professional

 

lol lol lol So are you a lawyer or not??? if not what you do???

 

nah, i dont think he is a lawyer, his answer was nowhere near long-winded vague and confusing enough lol

 

Pressing the trunk button in the glovebox brought my trunk release back to life. Thanks for the post. It saved me an embarrassing call to the Lexus service manager.