Consumer Reports Warns Lexus Owners About Risk Of Locking Self In Trunk

Consumer Reports magazine has found that the new Lexus ES and GS sedans have emergency trunk release handles that break too easily, increasing the risk of trapping someone in the boot.

The consumer magazine found the fault by accident, during an evaluation of 2013 ES and LS models. According to a statement from Consumer Reports, the 4-year-old son of Jake Fisher, director of vehicle testing, got into the ES 350’s trunk to try the interior release. What happened next is that the boy’s “small hands snapped off the lever that opens the lid. He was not able to escape from the trunk until I opened it from the outside,” Fisher said in the statement.



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Agent009 - 10/12/2012 2:24:39 PM

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only if the kiddo is dirty and you want to protect the leather.

vdiv - 10/12/2012 4:06:14 PM

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You haven't watched Top Gear, have you? If you are in the Albanian mafia, it is a must-have feature.

USNA1999 - 10/12/2012 12:30:08 PM

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Really? Does anyone still reads and believes CR's garbage?

JRobUSC - 10/12/2012 1:46:07 PM

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What model is that trunk photo of? I assume it's a hybrid? The trunk is tiny.

Fijian - 10/12/2012 3:14:15 PM

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When they give Lexus and Toyota high marks everyone loves it. If it did not happen to his son Consumer Magazine would have said otherwise.

Lexus - 10/12/2012 3:49:25 PM

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Every automaker has problems yes including Toyota and Lexus. But the number of problem they have with their cars versus number being sold it's very little when being compare to companies like BMW, MB, Audi, Honda, Infiniti, Nissan, Acura, GM, Ford, Hyundai and Kia.

Willis - 10/12/2012 10:18:55 PM

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Huh? Toyota just recalled 7.4 million cars!

Lexus - 10/12/2012 3:49:42 PM

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Easy fix.

Lexus - 10/12/2012 3:50:10 PM

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@Fijian,

by the way I deboosted you ; )

HughJass - 10/12/2012 8:51:46 PM

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I think this website is owned by Koreans. Its the only thing that explains their bias against Japan and love for all things German and Korean (Koreans love Germans, I think they want to be German).

tundrahq - 10/13/2012 4:27:41 PM

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SO dumb. Seriously? Is Consumer Reports going to warn me that my risk of getting run over is higher than average if I lie down in my driveway? How is this news?

Fijian - 10/15/2012 4:25:12 PM

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If you had a kid and the kid died in the trunk you would sue Toyota and create a ruckus. Otherwise you will not care. When it happens to you it hurts.

skytop - 10/16/2012 8:14:56 PM

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Attention all STUPID Lexless owners!

Do NOT climb into trunk and close trunk lid behind you!!!! This is not an advised activity.

Do you think you are driving a Mercedes which has a far more comfortable trunk?