ezthermal

my car - 2012 IS250 AWD I joined this forum as I came to this and other Lexus forums to get an answer to this question. I was stunned by some of the off the way UNHELPFUL responses... So - when I DID find a solution to my problem - I thought I'd come back and actually post what I did - to help someone else who was without their sunglasses for a couple weeks... First - do NOT try to use a screwdriver - if you search for some photos of the holder - there are some on the internet - you will see why that will only tear up your car... OK - my sunglasses really only fit in that small sunglass holder thing one way - otherwise it will not close. Well, it will close if you FORCE it... Well, that is what I did one day - I forced it to close... I was happy - my sunglasses were tucked away safe and sound... But - the next day when I came out - no matter how I pushed up on the cover - it would not pop open... So - after reading and reading and doing internet searches it finally dawned on me (Uh, I am an engineer, duh...)... The way the closing and opening mechanism is designed - the cover must travel vertically up into the sunglass holding area to the point that it triggers the latch to either open or close. SO, what it did was - I PUSH on the lid/cover at the middle edge (side toward the rear window) with ALL I HAD - just my thumb and index finger - trying to push the lid up - and perhaps crushing my sunglasses... Well, it worked - the lid popped open... So - if it is stuck - it is probably because you FORCED it to close when your sunglasses were either too large or improperly loaded. So - go back and FORCE it to OPEN by PUSHING HARD on the sucker... Good luck... Z