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Change tailgate lock button to just close and lock?
Hate the lock button on the tailgate because 90% of the time it doesn't detect when I walk away. Is there a way to make it simply close and lock without having to walk to the side and then finger my door latch? Really stupid design by lexus because it doesn't work and confuses everyone that uses it.
It took me a good 2 months to figure this thing out, I struggled a lot as well but I have it down 99.46103% now. These are my golden rules:
Don't have key fob in the hand that presses the button (this one is actually in the manual), or near the open hatch door
After pressing the button take 2 steps back but do not walk further away until hatch door starts moving.
If the keys are in your pocket or bag, make sure the side of your body with that pocket or bag is facing the vehicle.
Do not approach the vehicle once the hatch starts moving (it will stop where it is, but if its very close to being fully closed, it will look closed but it isn't)
I believe the main issue here is that in order for the close and lock button to succeed, it must detect the key fob so you have to be close enough to the car, but it also must not think the fob is still in the car, so there is a sweet spot just far enough back but not too far. I do get some strange looks sometimes doing angled pelvic thrusts towards my hatch making sure it can still detect the key in my pocket
It took me a good 2 months to figure this thing out, I struggled a lot as well but I have it down 99.46103% now. These are my golden rules:
Don't have key fob in the hand that presses the button (this one is actually in the manual), or near the open hatch door
After pressing the button take 2 steps back but do not walk further away until hatch door starts moving.
If the keys are in your pocket or bag, make sure the side of your body with that pocket or bag is facing the vehicle.
Do not approach the vehicle once the hatch starts moving (it will stop where it is, but if its very close to being fully closed, it will look closed but it isn't)
I believe the main issue here is that in order for the close and lock button to succeed, it must detect the key fob so you have to be close enough to the car, but it also must not think the fob is still in the car, so there is a sweet spot just far enough back but not too far. I do get some strange looks sometimes doing angled pelvic thrusts towards my hatch making sure it can still detect the key in my pocket
A good case of us working for the tech, instead of the tech working for us.
It took me a good 2 months to figure this thing out, I struggled a lot as well but I have it down 99.46103% now. These are my golden rules:
Don't have key fob in the hand that presses the button (this one is actually in the manual), or near the open hatch door
After pressing the button take 2 steps back but do not walk further away until hatch door starts moving.
If the keys are in your pocket or bag, make sure the side of your body with that pocket or bag is facing the vehicle.
Do not approach the vehicle once the hatch starts moving (it will stop where it is, but if its very close to being fully closed, it will look closed but it isn't)
I believe the main issue here is that in order for the close and lock button to succeed, it must detect the key fob so you have to be close enough to the car, but it also must not think the fob is still in the car, so there is a sweet spot just far enough back but not too far. I do get some strange looks sometimes doing angled pelvic thrusts towards my hatch making sure it can still detect the key in my pocket
If I walk around the side it never works, this is required most of the time at places I park at regularly. If there is a way to change the button programming to just close and lock it that would be very helpful. It just doesn't work frequently enough for it to be trusted.
If I walk around the side it never works, this is required most of the time at places I park at regularly. If there is a way to change the button programming to just close and lock it that would be very helpful. It just doesn't work frequently enough for it to be trusted.
It might only work from the hatch wireless sensor, not from any of the door sensors. When I do it, I either step back, or step horizontally. I never step up beside the vehicle.
I've kept the keys in my pocket and haven't had issues with the close and lock button on the tailgate. One thing I learned early on is to hit that button then wait a second or two until you hear it beep, pause, beep again. After the second set beep, you're free to walk away whenever and it closes and locks.
If I walk around the side it never works, this is required most of the time at places I park at regularly. If there is a way to change the button programming to just close and lock it that would be very helpful. It just doesn't work frequently enough for it to be trusted.
When I back into my garage (which is barely deep enough to safely open the tailgate), I can close-and-lock with near 100% success, stepping quickly toward the driver's rear door. Because there's never even a foot of space between the car and the rear wall, I have to reach for the button at an angle, kind-of behind the drivers side rear tail light. I couldn't and behind the car if I wanted to, because the tailgate would be coming down into my face. I can't step back, because the wall is in the way.
On the other hand -- Several times a week, I park in a spacious parking lot where I work out, yet the dadblasted close-and-lock button almost never works there. No matter what I do or don't do, it rarely ever works. And I park away from others, so there's absolutely nothing behind the car to keep it from closing. Just an open parking lot.
If you didn't know there's a tiny lock button right beside where the tailgate release switch/button is, I believe it's on the right. You can close the trunk via inside then and click the button and it'll lock your car, rather than having to take the keys out of your pocket.
If you didn't know there's a tiny lock button right beside where the tailgate release switch/button is, I believe it's on the right. You can close the trunk via inside then and click the button and it'll lock your car, rather than having to take the keys out of your pocket.
This ^^ is what I use. Shut the trunk lid. Press the lock button next to the open/close button. I'm not sure I even understand the whole rest of the thread or what people are trying to accomplish
I'm not sure I even understand the whole rest of the thread or what people are trying to accomplish
The discussion is about the dual function close & lock button on the inside of the hatch. Yes, you can press the close button, hang around for a while, then press the lock button on the back of the door as you indicate, but ideally press the inside button and walk away, car does the rest. Problem is, its a tad sensitive and has a bigger learning curve then hanging around by the gate to do the same steps manually.
I've had this issue too. My 16' RX had 1 close button. Push once to close, twice to close & lock. Never failed. I don't think it was sensing the keyfob.
05-25-23, 03:51 AM
Change tailgate lock button to just close and lock?
