Lexus Lessons: How To Open Your Lexus E-Latch Door With A Drained Battery | Performance Lexus

[@trentbdog]

Very helpful video ! Thanks Dustin

[@lmei3349]

THANK YOU!!!

[@lunarlun2916]

Is the underneath pad switch activated by clicking / press like physical botton or touched like mobile phone static-electro-rubbing ?

[@PerformanceLexusNiagara]

Great question! It is like pressing/clicking a physical button!

[@thatwayhb4845]

How much pressure do need to open up

[@JD-nw1jl]

that's a lot of work to do. would lexus be having an option to just have a normal door handle? a door handle does not really need to be like that

[@PerformanceLexusNiagara]

I know it sounds like a lot of work! However I find the daily use of the new handle so convenient now that I'm used to it! Thanks for watching!

[@jasonwang1731]

How to open the trunk with the dead battery? I need to replace the battery at back.

[@asmalam2770]

thanks

[@PerformanceLexusNiagara]

No problem! Glad it helped!

[@yevgenaleksyeyenko8291]

Thank you

[@yzhou3358]

Don't use the key, it may scratch the paint, use your driver license or credit card to pop the cover instead.

[@PerformanceLexusNiagara]

YES! Very good point! I've been using plastic panel tools, however a credit card does work as well!

[@mahdirasouli6005]

What is the next step? Can we start the car?

[@jasonwang1731]

How to open the trunk with the dead battery? The battery is locate at back.

[@PerformanceLexusNiagara]

Great question! So there is a "postive battery post" under the hood that is marked clearly. HOWEVER please be cautious when picking a ground location. We have damaged ECU by grounding too close to them under the hood. A good practise is to use the post under the hood to create power to open the trunk and boost by the actual battery! Hope this helps!

[@retiredarmstrong]

Good luck ,when your battery is dead, using a power bank or trickle charger/battery minder attached tothe positive terminal in the engine bay fuse box and a ground. My battery died when we were away for 2 weeks. TWO Lexus Roadside Service separately dispatched tow trucks on consecutive days came to get the 2023 RX350h started. Both tried a power bank attached to the engine bay terminals and nothing happened. The second dispatched towing service was supposed to arrive with a dolly to get the vehicle out of the garage as it was nose in and in Park. The second driver decided that he would call a third tow truck operator as the second driver did not have the equipment he needed and was hesitant to undertake the task. The third driver, a man of small stature, crawled into the back after the rear seats were down, somehow got access to the battery and got the RX started. I am going to have a battery tender permanently attached an plug it in when we travel as this is an issue that Idon’t want to repeat. It would be so simple if only the back door had an easily accessible emergency release but of course it doesn’t.

[@motowmotow]

Tow life

[@el-elgocougs6343]

Ridiculous that the door handle doesn’t work when it’s below freezing either. For a luxury car this is insanity. My love for my new RX500h has declined substantially because of this flaw. Yes, flaw. Major flaw Lexus. You should be figuring out how to solve this.

[@PerformanceLexusNiagara]

Yea this was a shock to us the first time it happened! Especially because when it's -30C it works fine! However when there is moisture frozen is where the issue lies. GOOD THING is Lexus did come up with a fix for this. So if you haven't already make sure you let your local dealership know that you had this issue and they will replace the part with the new one! So far none of our 2024's have had any issues with the new part. Hope this helps!

[@whothefuckisthis607]

@@PerformanceLexusNiagara "Flaw", what flaw was fixed, how, what?