cmichael

I have the owner's manual, and the instructions (and diagram) states to lift the tabs to a 90 degree position to release them, then slide the crossmembers forward or back.

When I lift the tabs, they go about 60 degrees. I was concerned about exerting any more force for fear I might break them. Do they require more force to disengage them?

Thanks!

ecrane

yes, I was surprised how much force they required when I was moving the one's on my wife's 07 RX. However keep in mind, I was moving them as part of the process of removing the entire roof rack so I really didn't care if they broke or not!

Claude7629

Same thing happened to me. The tabs should move easily. I had to have my cross bars replaced. The end caps had to be removed to do this, so if you get this done at your local dealer, check the endcaps to make sure they did not break the tabs that hold them in place. They broke mine and tried to get away with it by just jamming them in place hoping they would stay.

mandyfig

If the roof rack cross bar does not work or have difficulty adjusting, they are under warranty with a TSB. AS long as you are within the warranty period, they will adjust-replace them.

I had them do it on mine. They replaced the cross bars.

But they are off on mine, nekkid roofline!

cmichael

TSB?

I do have the extended warranty.

mandyfig

There is a TSB regarding the roof rack adjustment. I will check and post the details.

Before I do this have you done a search?

mandyfig

The TSB for the roof rack lever issue is for the 2004 model. 2005 and upwards they have corrected the issue.

mandyfig

Again I do not know if TSB items are covered by the EXTENDED warranty.

TSB are good for 48 months/50K miles whichever comes 1st.

cmichael

It's a 2007, with 33k miles, so I should be okay. I'll ask when I take it in later this month to have the driver and passenger windows tinted.

Thanks for searching the TSB.

xrayva

Same thing with one of my RX400h's factory bars. The dealer inspected and then replaced it under warranty.

noz34me

I have an '04 purchased at an independent dealer and he gave us a bumper to bumper for 3 months/4.5K miles. We discovered this problem almost immediately, and I'm still waiting on replacements from him. My guess is he found the price for replacements and is choking on it.

That said, this is a perfect example of Lexus taking what could have been a very simple design and making it problematic by try to improve the aesthetics by maybe 5%.

Sad.

mandyfig

This roof rack issue had a TSB, if taken in within the warranty period, it will be repaired. Lexus id'd the issue, issued the TSB and the rest is up to us. This was not a safety related issue hence no recall.

After they replaced my crossbars, everything was good. But have decided to be nekkid so the rack is all off.

nwfsnake

The crossbar adjustment on our roof rack was not intuitive at all! I lifted the tabs as far as they would go, but the crossbars would not budge. I tried this over a period of several weeks to no avail and was almost going to take it to the dealer to have them show me how to do it or to get it fixed. I tried to adjust them again yesterday as a a last resort, and FINALLY realized the the tab you pull releases the OPPOSITE side of the crossbar!!! What an idiot I feel like, but at least I figured it out before taking it to the dealer and being really embarrased!

BonesD

Glad I read this before breaking mine



[QUOTE=nwfsnake;6682936]The crossbar adjustment on our roof rack was not intuitive at all! I lifted the tabs as far as they would go, but the crossbars would not budge. I tried this over a period of several weeks to no avail and was almost going to take it to the dealer to have them show me how to do it or to get it fixed. I tried to adjust them again yesterday as a a last resort, and FINALLY realized the the tab you pull releases the OPPOSITE side of the crossbar!!! What an idiot I feel like, but at least I fig up about 20 degrees but I can see the small wire traveling into and across to the other side. I wonder why this is not mentioned in the darn manual?
Thanks

alex1372

I had same problem with my rails... Used W40 and instantly i was able to move lever in to 90 degrees