Lexus ES 250 Owner's Manual page 140

Trunk grip
■
Using the trunk grip, pull down the
trunk lid without applying sideways
force and push the trunk lid down from
the outside to close it.
■ Trunk light
The trunk light turns on when the trunk is
opened.
■ Trunk easy closer (vehicles with power
trunk lid)
In the event that the trunk lid is left slightly
open, the trunk easy closer will automati-
cally close it to the fully closed position.
● The trunk easy closer will operate
regardless of the engine switch mode.
If the trunk easy closer does not operate,
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open the trunk to the half open position
or more and then close it.
Function to prevent the trunk being
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locked with the electronic key inside
● When all doors are locked, closing the
trunk lid with the electronic key left inside
the trunk will sound an alarm.
3-2. Opening, closing and locking the doors and trunk
In this case, the trunk lid can be opened
pressing the trunk release button on the
trunk lid.
● If the spare electronic key is put in the
trunk with all the doors locked, the key
confinement prevention function is acti-
vated so the trunk can be opened. In
order to prevent theft, take all electronic
keys with you when leaving the vehicle.
If the electronic key is put in the trunk with
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all the doors locked, the key may not be
detected depending on the location of
the key and the surrounding radio wave
conditions. In this case, the key confine-
ment prevention function cannot be acti-
vated, causing the doors to lock when the
trunk is closed. Make sure to check
where the key is before closing the trunk.
● The key confinement prevention function
cannot be activated if any one of the
doors is unlocked. In this case, open the
trunk using the trunk opener.
Overload protection function (vehicles
■
with power trunk lid)
The trunk lid will not operate when exces-
sive load is present on the top of the trunk
lid.
Fall-down protection function (vehicles
■
with power trunk lid)
While the trunk lid is opening automatically,
applying excessive force to it will stop the
opening operation to prevent the trunk lid
from rapidly falling down.
■ Jam protection function (vehicles with
power trunk lid)
While the trunk lid is closing automatically,
the trunk lid will stop closing and open if
something gets caught.
■ Using the mechanical key
The trunk can be also opened using the
mechanical key. (P.457)
If the trunk is unlocked using the mechani-
cal key, the power trunk lid and trunk easy
closer will not be operational. To return
them to an operational state, fully close the
trunk lid by hand.
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