Early Ls400 Single Button Keyfob Part Needed

steve2006 · March 21, 2015

Just my luck, I dropped my bunch of keys and chipped a little bit off the casing which I recovered but the little button located on the side has took off under spring pressure and despite searching on the driveway for 2 hours I cannot find it.

If anyone has a scrap fob I could really do with this button otherwise my remote locking is obsolete.

Chris Skelton · March 21, 2015

It'll magically appear tomorrow, when you're not really looking!

Trust me!

Venator · March 21, 2015

Got a pic of it? I've got a bunch of Lexus/Toyota key fobs at work which I can check for you.

cruisermark · March 22, 2015

these keys are very rare - i struggled to find a picture of it - have a look here - on the early ls400 the key has one button which is on the edge :

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls400/336540-diy-battery-replacement-in-lexus-key.html

Malc · March 22, 2015

........... if I remember correctly the key black fob had that small white button just on the upper edge ........... mine never worked remotely while I had the car and I always locked it on the door ( central locking worked ok tho AND it was alarmed too that way ) ... one of the idiosyncracies of my Mk1 no doubt

Malc

steve2006 · March 22, 2015

Thanks for all the input and offers guys, below is a couple of close up pictures of the fob showing where the little oval button fits.

Mine is marked as Toyota being an import model but the Lexus one is the same bar the logo of course.

Been walking the driveway again but no luck so far, the thing is spring loaded so could have launched into space.

I had noticed earlier that there was a bit of casing missing next to the button and thought at the time I'd better be careful in case the buton flew out, as usuual I put the keys down on the ground whilsts removing all the old MOT stickers from the winscreen and touched the bunch with my size 9s. That's when the thing took off,ironically whilst looking for the button I found the piece that had originally chipped off and caused all the problems!

steve2006 · March 22, 2015

Eureka!

Atfer yet another search I finally found the elusive button only a few feet away from the location of the key, the search was severely hampered by the fact we have just had a new flat roof fitted and there are little bits of tar everywhere but there it was intact.

So problem hopefully sorted once I get all the bits back together,it's such a pain having to put the key in the door lock :)