Jeff in TX

I'm not sure what you mean by "Check the attitude at the door Jeff." If I have offended anyone, I apologize. I will not be causing a problem again.

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Does your's look like this?

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The human nose is able to detect odors in infinitesimal quantities. I think you need to give more thought as to the cause of the odor and less thought as to how it gets into your car. Check this link for some possible insight: http://www.lambros.net/LexusTechInfo/2007LS/L-EG001-03.pdf

The knob adjusts the volume of the audible feedback from wireless key operations such as locking the doors and trunk and the audible feedback from lock and unlock operations using the door handle and trunk buttons. Maximum volume would be fully counter clockwise and OFF would be clockwise into the detent - sort of counterintuitive.

If what seems to be happening is really happening, then you would need to take your electronic key to the dealership and have them put a new battery in, take it out to your car and demonstrate to them that it will operate your car. Leave it, the suspected defective electronic key, at the dealership for two days (an extra day for good measure) and then ask them to go out and demonstrate to you that it will operate your car. That should help move your case along one way or the other.

Thanks, I understand. Your electronic key is defective!!

There is a lot going on with these devices and to assume that the battery is bad when they don't work may not get you anywhere. The only way to determine that the battery is dead is to remove it and test it with a voltmeter. Do you have another electronic key that works? Are you just concerned about the touch-open feature or is it that you are unable to start the car except with the emergency procedure? The technology that is employed to enable this process employs Radio Frequency transmitters and receivers. I suspect that what is happening to you is that there is an interfering RF signal at the location where you start your day. An example of how this can occur and seem to be time-of-day dependent is a defective sodium vapor night light. Let's say that the defective light is generating broadband noise that interferes with the key operation and that the light is only on in the morning. That may make it seem that your key battery has been discharged overnight. There are many possibilities regarding Radio Frequency Interference sources such as defective cell site transmitters, defective motors, Radio Station transmitters, arcing power lines, defective fluorescent or sodium vapor lights, etc. Most of these interfering sources only propagate a short distance at levels that cause problems so you might evaluate this by seeing if your car works okay at a different location such as a friends garage.

Denny, I am trying to determine how you know the battery is "dead." Are you measuring it, the key battery, with a voltmeter?

So, how are you determining that the battery is bad?

Ask your dealer to show you three other cars on his lot that have this "Direct Fuel Injection Noise." To remove sujectivity from your discussion with the dealer, use a sound meter to quantify the peak noise from your car and the other three for comparison.

The plug deal is a red-hearing. I did that to mine, a 2007LS, with no noticeable change. Many others have reported the same results, no change. The only thing that has been effective over the past 7 years is the DIY trim repair and there have been many, many reports of success with that.

I don't think you will get good results with a repair in the manner you cited. Several owners have reported trying that approach without good results and then moving on to the two step process with outstanding results.