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If I was bass guitarist in a rock band, that's exactly the plate I'd have.

VW Scirrocco ?

Simca Matra ?

Hailstorms trigger my RX alarm.

Yes, eBay. 99p for 5 delivered last time I bought them.

Hi Mike, welcome to the forum. I ran an IS250C for a couple of years, had two great summers with it around our coastline in south west Wales. The wind deflector is a necessity in my mind, makes for a very relaxed drive with no buffeting. To eliminate rattles in the rear, I bought some rubber door stop wedges from B&Q and "wedged" them in where it could rattle. Very successful solution it was too. Can't help with your rattly door. Enjoy your car, wish I still had mine for the good weather.

It's not actually inside the glovebox, it is mounted on the outer rim on the right hand side nearest to the gear lever. Herbs helped me to find it.

I'll take a look tomorrow Barry, dry and sunny apparently. It will be interesting what I find. I've already thought of using some non-setting plumber's mate type stuff on the threads of the bolts, or PTFE tape maybe. I'll be delighted if I find evidence of water ingress, I then have every chance of sorting the problem.

Thank you Barry. You have just given me a strong clue to where water ingress may be interfering with the operation of my power tailgate.

Hmmm.....it rained overnight, tailgate not working again. Over the weekend I'm going to be a water ingress detective. Any tips where to start please ?

Bushmills Whiskey.

Struts on mine are fine Phil. It's been an electrical problem, the cargo lights show that. I also tested the tailgate switch with my multimeter too. In some ways I wish it was just the struts.

** UPDATE ** My tailgate hasn't worked since the beginning of January, I've been accessing the boot area via the driver side rear door and over the rear seats. This morning I went shopping and used the release on the tailgate above the number plate to open the car doors and unloaded my trolley via the rear passenger door as usual. I needed to visit another shop so went to lock up again using the dimple on the driver's door...nothing happened. I tried locking with the key fob button...nothing. To my total surprise, the tailgate had released when I unlocked the doors and so this was stopping the locking of the car. The tailgate lifted manually and I noticed the cargo lights were illuminated too. I closed it using the close button on the tailgate, then tried the button by the steering wheel and it beeped and opened the tailgate. All was back to normal Earlier in the thread, I think it was Mike who suggested the problem was due to temperature. Don't think this was the case as it was a chilly 3 degrees C this morning. All I can think of is water ingress somewhere has caused my problem and the summer-like temperatures we had last week have dried it. I've read many recent threads here about similar tailgate problems, from memory I think they all originated after the auxiliary battery losing its charge. So, maybe water ingress isn't the problem and it's an electrical gremlin that's self-healed...is that possible ? I'm just very glad that I didn't throw wads of cash at the problem. It will be interesting to see how long it lasts.

Should be ample, 6m is 20 feet. Have a dry run with a piece of string.

This is what I bought Raymond. It's slightly shorter than the battery tray and I had to pack out the top brace bar by about 10mm. It's been working perfectly for me since January. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hankook-SA55020-063-Start-Stop-AGM-Car-Battery-5-Year-Warranty/254122603753?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Nice one Herbs, Happy New Wheels. I wanted the light interior when I got my S3, makes the cabin feel more spacious I think. I'll be in the market for a S4 next year with a bit of luck.

I don't have the answer to your question Jim, but mine only increases/decreases about 1 mph. Don't know how you set it , sorry. Don't have mine to hand, but maybe the manual has a clue within ?

I don't think it's a gas strut problem here Andy. Everything is dead, no lock activation, no beeps, no cargo lights etc.

Done this many times. Everything still dead.

I can't disagree with what you say Tom. My problem started off intermittent, but PBD hasn't worked for weeks now. Just wish a simple fix can be found.

Maybe I didn't word it correctly Kate. What I mean is that the battery going flat in the first place is the trigger for the problem. I charged mine and eventually replaced my auxiliary battery. I still have the problem. I think the common denominator between all here with the problem is that it started with a flat battery first of all.

I'm with you on this Herbs, I don't accept the failure of multiple motors simultaneously. Similarly, I don't see failure of all the switch mechanisms on the vehicle simultaneously. In my intermittent thread, I report that I prised the lowering switch from the underside of the tailgate. There are only two wires going to this switch and the circuit should always be live...it was dead ! The common factor that I see is a flat auxiliary battery to trigger the tailgate failures. I guess that the LOC has a small percentage of all RX owners, I wonder how many there are UK wide ? Is this a "not fit for purpose" issue for Lexus to address ?

No, not fixed it Tom. It wasn't intermittent for long, it hasn't worked for many weeks now. It does seem like a plague and I read the posts on the other threads. I prised out the switch on the underside for closing the tailgate. Like the dashboard switch, this should always work irrespective of the engine being powered or not. This switch just has two wires (flimsy, not cables) going to it. My multimeter showed it to be dead. The handbook shows a 30amp fuse for the PBD, but there's just a long, green block there instead of the individual fuses depicted. I'll continue watching here in case a solution is forthcoming. Otherwise, I'll take it to a local auto-electrician who my neighbour recommends. It's not too much of an inconvenience at the moment, but it will become increasingly important as our freedom slowly returns.

My cheque is in the post Herbs 😉

About 15 years ago I had a Mitsubishi Pajero imported from Japan. It had all the tv bits and bobs with it. Trouble is that the TV signals in Japan are broadcast in a different frequency band than in the UK so the tuner wasn't equipped to tune UK channels. I'm going from memory, but I think that's correct.