Latches/locks/linkage Problems of Lexus LS430

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.

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Can not open drivers door from inside.

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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.

Lift supports unable to support trunk. In 2006 Lexus las vegas, nv quoted us $750. 00 to fix the problem. Found the cost prohibitive and decided to make do with propping-up trunk with wooden stick each time we open. We are a retired couple in our late sixties, we find the propping-up physically taxing and clearly a safety issue. Yesterday, were it not for my wife's fast reflex, her head would have seriously smashed when a gust of wind slammed the propped-up trunk.

Rear door latch failed and the door no longer closes. Dealer said the plastic latch deteriorated and needs to be replaced with a new one but there is no service bulletin on it. Looks like a safety issue why the door latch is made from plastic and the door can actually open while in motion.

Trunk lid struts on 2001 Lexus LS 430 failed and the heavy trunk lid nearly bashed my brains out.

I have a 2001 Lexus Ls430 with approx. 72,000 miles in excellent condition. The trunk lid does not stay up securely and in windy conditions it drops down. On a couple of occasions it hit my head when I was removing some items and whilst I was lucky that since my head was inside, I was not hit by the sharp edge of the trunk and not injured badly but it could have been really worse. The problem is caused by defective struts in the trunk opening mechanism. I checked on the internet and I see hundreds of complaints about this issue and all sorts of places (e. G. Ebay) advertising replacement struts. I feel that this is a major safety issue in a luxury car of this caliber and Lexus should recall and fix this problem.

Suddenly the drivers door does not open from inside. While inside the car I have to roll down the window and open the door with outside handle. The car has not been in any accidents.

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.

2002 Lexus LS 430 - the trunk struts are no longer working - meaning they no longer keep the trunk open. I and my son have both been hit in the head several times over the past 2 years due to the trunk closing on its own.

On my 2001 Lexus LS 430 the trunk struts do not support the trunk very well at all. The trunk is difficult to open and closes on your head almost every single time.

I had opened the trunk on my Lexus LS-430 (2002) to place some personal items for transport. I was leaning down when suddenly the trunk lid came crashing down top of my head with result of pain and swelling. Same had happened to my wife before this incident. It was discovered that the hydraulic trunk struts necessary for the safe operation of the trunk had both failed.

The piston-like air struts that are supposed to hold the rear trunk lid open on my 2003 Lexus LS 430 (bought new in December 2002) slowly stopped functioning starting around 4 years ago. Now they do not work at all. While this is an inconvenience to have to open the trunk manually, the real danger is that are no provisions to hold the trunk lid in the open position. Thus, even a light wind or vibration caused by passing vehicles will cause the trunk to teeter off the open position and slam shut. The downward motion of the sharp and heavy edges of the trunk can (and have) caused serious injury to head, fingers, and other body parts - not mention damaging cargo.

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