Door jamming not opening

ayagirl · Dec 5, 2018

alanclarkeau said: ↑

That sounds like it's got them thinking. It does make sense to check the connectors (what they've referred to as door harness pin).

Odd that it's only if you've left the car after a short time? I can't really fathom that one.

Good that you're getting a new battery - even if it proves not to be the problem, you'll have a new one under warranty. And it will prove whether that is or isn't the problem.

The door harness pin?

There is a bunch of cables called a HARNESS connecting the door "gadgetry - (motors, sensors, switches, relays etc)" - you can see it running inside a flexible rubber protector from the door to the car near the top door hinge.
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It will have a plethora of cables going - one way goes to under the dashboard - the other way goes inside the door. The photo below isn't our car, but a typical car (an old PRIUS actually) - and I've marked in RED the cable protector like in the photo above. I've circled in BLUE where it goes under the dashboard and 3 plugs connect wires to the "Brain (ECU)" of the car or to other switches. The GREEN connectors are where it connects to the gadgets inside the door of your car. Likely there will be more on a 2016 than this one. But the connectors are often referred to as "Pin Connectors" or "harness pins".

Each "pin" will be numbered - as to what it does. Looking at a wiring diagram will show where each pin goes to.
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Hope it's fixed soon!!!
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Thanks for the explanation! I really hope this is it.

bisco · Dec 5, 2018

to me, if it happens every 5 weeks, something is draining your 12 volt. it may be that a bad connector is grounding and causing that. i hope so!

ayagirl · Dec 5, 2018

bisco said: ↑

to me, if it happens every 5 weeks, something is draining your 12 volt. it may be that a bad connector is grounding and causing that. i hope so!
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They're replacing the 12 volt so I assume if it is a bad connector that would take care of it?

bisco · Dec 6, 2018

i hope so!

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