After 3 weeks of ownership I finally tried to get out of the back door and found it locked. This is only the case with the passenger side door and it works just fine from the outside. This happen to anyone else???? This is the case when the engine is off or on. Tried everything, so guess a trip to the dealer is on tap for next week unless someone has an idea !!!!!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(B Rad @ Jul 16 2006, 06:44 PM) [snapback]287264[/snapback]</div> The child locks are activated. There are levers on the 2 rear doors. In the locked position the doors cannot be opened from the inside. Just flip the levers in the opposite direction.
Sounds like you engaged the child proof lock. Check the rear part of the door panel just below the door strike and be sure the switch is UP.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Vincent @ Jul 16 2006, 05:49 PM) [snapback]287269[/snapback]</div> Thanks a whole bunch !!! You saved me a 45 mile drive. I love this Prius Chat site !!!!!!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(B Rad @ Jul 16 2006, 03:59 PM) [snapback]287274[/snapback]</div> Hmm.. is this the first 4 door you owned? That child-proof lock has been in 4-door sedans in the U.S. since the 1970's - I had it in my 1978 Audi Fox and 1980 4-dr Rabbit!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(yauman @ Jul 18 2006, 03:39 PM) [snapback]288391[/snapback]</div> Everyone is ignorant about something. :mellow: B Rad can take comfort in this being one of his areas of “inexpertise.†Up until a year ago, a friend who has been driving for 20+ years did not know about the day/night feature of the rear view mirror. No, not a dumb blond. She is a Berkeley grad. Common Sense is sometimes a misnomer.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sufferin' Prius Envy @ Jul 18 2006, 07:06 PM) [snapback]288400[/snapback]</div> After being a teaching assistant at a prestigeous, Ivy League university, no one will ever be able to impress me again about how smart they are by talking about where they went to college. There are some very intelligent people at "2nd Tier" colleges and some not very intelligent people at "top" colleges and universities.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(yauman @ Jul 18 2006, 05:39 PM) [snapback]288391[/snapback]</div> It's not that I was to dumb to know about the locks, It's because I was to smart to have kids !!!!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Betelgeuse @ Jul 18 2006, 04:12 PM) [snapback]288402[/snapback]</div> Thank you Brother Bete. You honor me too much! (I told Harvard to shove it!) Alnilam Astronomy Inst. at "2nd Tier" college <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(brandon @ Jul 18 2006, 04:29 PM) [snapback]288407[/snapback]</div> Sure it does: the more intelligent you are, the more ignorant you know you are.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Betelgeuse @ Jul 18 2006, 04:12 PM) [snapback]288402[/snapback]</div> True enough, but it was me talking about her. The fact that someone attended a prestigious university increases the odds that they are intelligent, but it definitely does not guarantee superior knowledge in every area. Unfortunately, having attended a prestigious university also increases the odds that they are a social misfit. :blink: The prime example: Ted (The Unibomber) Kaczynski. He graduated from Harvard and was an assistant math professor at Berkeley. Definitely some major screws missing and loose in that head. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unabomber In the case of my friend, she truly is intelligent and well balanced, not just book smart in one subject. I live quite close to UC Davis Medical Center . . . and therefor have many doctors and med students for neighbors. Absolutely the cream of the crop. How can I say this? The ones amongst them who are book smart realize that fact and ask for help. I have yet to meet one who acted like a superior know-it-all. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the lawyer in our midst - An absolute pariah with no neighborly social skills. He is more than ready to say, “I am a lawyer, and I say I am right.” He also attended UC Berkeley.
