Symptoms
You press the hatch button, it beeps once as if it's going to close, then beeps twice and doesn't move.
The fix, step by step
- First, clean the rubber pinch strips along both sides of the hatch opening and check nothing is caught in them.
- On the IH8MUD owner's truck the left-side pinch sensor was sticking, and replacing it fixed the problem.
- Under warranty, let the dealer do it.
Tools & part numbers
- Trim tools
- replacement pinch sensor (left or right as diagnosed).
Where to buy the parts
OEM back door diagram — 'Sensor Assy, Power Back Door' LH/RH (pinch sensors)LexusPartsNow ↗
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