Six problems related to trunk lid have been reported for the 2002 Lexus LS430. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The trunk lid of my 2002 Lexus LS 430 has two pneumatic struts which provide lift and keep the lid up in the open position. Now, over time the struts slowly failed to keep the trunk lid open, and in a gentle breeze, the lid will come down with guillotine force. It has hit my head several times with painful results and now I am afraid to load items in my trunk without another person there to hold it open. I think that the "lift assist" of the pneumatics should be only auxiliary to a mechanism that holds the trunk in a full open position. I have never had a vehicle whose trunk lid did not stay in the open position once lifted, regardless of age.
The trunk lid of a 2002 Lexus Ls430 landed on my wife's head causing injury and bleeding. Gas cylinders are used to hold trunk lid up which failed. I complained about gas cylinders holding hoods up on Lexus automobiles in the past and you people did nothing about it. I even contacted Lexus about it but went unacknowledged. Previous complaint odi number 10165699.
The contact owns a 2002 Lexus Ls430. The contact stated that the trunk lid in the rear of the vehicle would suddenly fall down own its own. The failure occurred several times and the most recent occurrence caused the contact to sustain a concussion. The contact called the dealership and the dealer stated that the pistons that held up the trunk needed to be replaced. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that he would have to have the pistons replaced at his expense. The VIN was unavailable. The current mileage was approximately 60,000. The failure mileage was approximately 59,000.
The trunk lid keeps falling down on my 2002 Lexus Ls430. Several persons have been hit in the head and shoulders with the heavy lid. This has been going on for some time now.
On Dec. 27, 2009 ,fully opened the trunk lid of my Ls430 & within seconds it crashed down on my neck as I was leaning in to get something. Thought it was just a fluke. Again on March 3,2010, it happened again , hitting me on my head. The 3rd time was on memorial day, may 31, 2010, again on my head. Now I will only open my trunk lid when someone else is present to hold it open for me so it won't fall on me again.
I had opened the trunk on my Lexus LS-430 (2002) for my 11 yrs old son to take his sports gears out of the trunk. He was leaning down inside the trunk when suddenly the trunk lid came crashing down striking on his hips, it was good it did" hurt his back. The injury resulted in tremendous pain . After the incident I inspected the trunk and found their was no resistance while going up and down with the trunk and found that the hydraulic trunk struts necessary for the safe operation of the trunk had both failed. . Several times contacted the Lexus dealer and Lexus corporation to fix the shocks. But they declined, as they stated the car is out of warrant period my car has only 32000 miles.
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