I recently acquired my 2008 IS350 and as much as I am enjoying getting to know her - she never fails to surprise. I hardly had the car, the ink on its Title was still warm off the MVS press - when the Takata Airbag Recall showed up.

Of course I called the nearest dealer (Cherry Hill,NJ) and complied with the 1st available date for the work.

I picked her up Friday and was happy to see a fresh car wash and a full tank of gas as a Thank You for dealing with the inconvenience of an overnight Dealer stay.
Cool. Who doesn't love FREE GAS ?! Off I go fat,dumb and HAPPY.

So, today I take my wife shopping for some bedding flowers - yeah I know- this car is NOT the station wagon better suited flower duty but I don't have an (Audi) Allroad,
and it is my 1st chance to impress my wife about why the IS is a cool car sooooo flower shopping we go.

Just over $100 worth of bedding flowers were carefully chosen, purchased and wheeled over to the IS350. Hit the trunk release . . .nothing.

Wait - what - this thing just opened when I was dealing with the spare tire TPMS stuff last week. Hit the button again. Nothing.

By some really bad sense of timing - the trunk switch refused to acknowledge the remote fob. Hmmmm - no worries, open the drivers door and punch the interior dash mounted trunk release button - CRICKETS

No "click"
No open !?

Ask me what a back seat triple full of flowers looks like? Talk about an air freshener. Sheesh.

I assumed some wire was nipped or tucked and it neutered my switch. By DEFAULT I BLAME THE DEALER.
But - knowing this car and its surprises (window switches that FORGET they are in service if the battery dies) I figured I better RTFM.

Holy Moly - right there on page 42 - a switch inside the glove box that KILLS the FOB/dash switch ability to open the trunk. Why I do NOT know. Dealer sure thought it was funny to push it though!

This car I would have more reasonably expected a switch to kill all rear lights ( as in escape and evasion from LE maneuvers) but - I NEVER expected to find this.

The Dealer tech probably thought it would be "funny" - or maybe - just maybe - "profitable" if they charged for a " trunk reset"

: )

Moral of the story - RTFM

PS: NO DEALER CHARGED FOR A TRUNK RESET - ENTIRELY MY ATTEMPT AT HUMOR!

 

LOL they are great cars. I bought my 2010 IS350 Sport in September at 52k miles. Just had the dashboard replaced under the sticky dash warranty, so the car looks almost new. So here's my funny story:

I'm driving with my wife one evening. She sees the Power ECT/Snow switch. She asks me what it is. At the stop light l tell her to switch it up. When the light turns green, I floor it and she goes into a panic and tries to turn it off. I finally slow down and turn it off, turn to her and say "now you know". Now if I want to scare her I tell her I'm turning it on (btw, it doesn't make the car faster, it just increases throttle and transmission response)!

 

Yeah, that button my 2IS is very sensitive as well. I often find myself "locked" out of the trunk. Immediately when it happens though I know it was because the previous day I was in the glove box for something and somehow hit it. I LOL every time.