does anyone know how to fix the latch that opens the trunk from the driver side? It broke right after my trunk lift supports went out and I am switching those out tomorrow. I wanted to know if it is something that would be a cheap fix to do my self....

and also... my brake light inside the spoiler died and we went to lexus to see how much the part costs and it seemed like a total rip off at the time like things usually are from the dealer (they wanted to sell me the entire spoiler). does anyone know where i should order the led strip from that will fit?

 

i know that when i was fixing our latch thing, we sprayed wd40 all over the latch\mechanism but trying not to hit the few wires there. then we would try to press the driverside button until it slowly got better and better.

 

say what???

 

yea, the same thing happened on mine. the trunk doesnt wanna open from the latch. my trunk lift supports have been out since i bought the car so i wouldnt know how long the latch thing has been going on. i really dont see how wd40 would get that fixed but it doesnt hurt to spray it a little. it seems like an electrical problem to me cause the switch/latch isnt even clicking like the fuel door latch does when i go open that

 

the trunk latch use to click from what i remember..... and trunk lift supports are an easy fix and its cheap

 

yea someone had told me they have the supports on ebay for cheap and it looks easy. and yea it seems like we have an electrical problem on our hands. PM me if you need a wiring diagram

 

i've had ebay struts on my trunk for a year and a half now with no problems.

 

awesome, sounds like a good investment

 

i guess what i wrote didn't make any sense?

when you pull on the little button for the trunk next to the steering wheel, do u hear a click near the trunk?

 

nope

 

no, thats the problem lol

 

we are talking about 2 diff things. you are talking about trunk lift supports im talking about the latch next to the steering wheel that opens the trunk

 

well yea the struts seem to be a problem on every SC though lol!

 

they go out in every car over time... ive replaced them in my dads maxima, my moms previous car (honda odyssey)... its not a problem specific to lexus cars or the sc series

 

So, I thought I had the same problem on my 98. When I was at the dealer this morning for routine service, I remembered to bring it up

Me: "Yeah, I don't know what the hell is wrong but the trunk latch isn't working!"

Service dept: "I bet I know why. You turned on the valet lock."

Me: "The val-what?!"

Turns out I'm just an idiot, a lucky one at that without any real trunk problems.