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So I wound up having a friend who has a jewelry cutter remove the plastic. Then I put the new shell on. It was not easy getting it on. I had to use pliers to squeeze the key into the plastic. I am now able to turn the ignition on and drive the car, but the key is now stuck in the ignition! I called a locksmith. He's been working on trying to remove it for a half hour now on a Saturday night. He actually had it removed after a few seconds, then he sprayed some WD-40 in the ignition and now the key won't come out again! I never had a problem before with the key sticking in the ignition.
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My Driver's side Low Beam is pretty much out. In certain situations it still turns on, but only when I'm shifting gears. On the open road it's dead. I brought it to a mechanic at Pep Boys, who has two RX400Hs himself, and he told me to order the Headlamp Assembly on eBay to save many hundreds of $s and he would install it in 2 hours (removing the bumper). So I ordered one, brought it to him and he noted "The ballast is missing and this is manual focus, not auto-focus! Return it and order one that is Auto focus." . . . . So I went back to the eBay vendor and he is now trying to get out of accepting the return. He's giving me some BS that he can provide me a partial refund if I hold onto the product (which I'm not going to do). But I've messaged a few other vendors through eBay and have yet to find an Autofocus assembly. Where can I find one?? I have a request out to LexusPartsNow as well. Waiting for someone there to get back to me.
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Thank you. Well first I tried prying the plastic apart with a pair of pliers. Then I tried boiling it in water. That didn't work. Then I tried prying it apart with 2 pairs of pliers. All i succeeded in doing was scratching the key. Guess I'll have to bring it to a locksmith for more ideas.
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Key Shell Broken
in 04 - 09 Lexus RX330 / RX350 / RX400h
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So after another 15 minutes, the locksmith was able to extract the key. But it's completely destroyed now. I'll have to find a source online where I can order a piece of metal to be cut.