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Did they purr? 

Best thing about cats in my opinion!

As soon as I saw this reminded me that most likely my cabin filter hasn't been changed in years.. Mine was worst than this.

On 9/11/2022 at 10:55 PM, DannyLXD said:

Good vids. My friend is looking at this ES300 with a similar issue. The truck would not open intermittently. The owner took it to a couple of shops but the issue still returns after a couple of days. We'll just finish installing the suspension and tires from 4Wheelonline on the Wrangler this week before we can take a closer look.

Thanks a bunch.  Looking forward to the update on the solution to the intermittent trunk function.

Truthfully, I have seen people source them used from salvage yards.  Have yet to come across a new part from OEM suppliers.  Often time reused with the old one.  

When my trunk malfunctioned the car was being used by an older family member who did not read good English nor have the best sight so telling them it was in the manual was not too helpful.  I sent this video to him and it helped him get the trunk open, which needed to be open ASAP since it had groceries.  Later, when I saw it in the manual I wasn't exactly sure what was being shown so it was easier for me to follow a video than the manual.  Personally, I have a hard time following things when I read them, especially instructions, if I can follow along a video it helps understand what is in the manual. Thanks a bunch for the reply! 

I found this very helpful recently on my ES300 when I could not open the trunk with the button.  I also checked the button in the glove compartment and it was not the cause.

This is for a different Lexus but they all have the valet lock button in the same place (check this as well)

There is an emergency access to the trunk on your ES300.

Found this to easily get into trunk with this trunk emergency open on the ES300.

Found a trunk emergency open accessible from the inside of the car for my ES300.

I found this to emergency open my trunk on my ES300

Just wanted to share this video which helped me emergency open the trunk on my ES300.