1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

Driver's Side Front Door Not Locking

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by anniede, Jun 25, 2008.

  1. anniede

    anniede New Member

    Joined:
    Jul 24, 2005
    8
    0
    0
    Location:
    Sunnyvale, CA
    My husband came home today with some interesting news: the driver's side door on our 2005 Prius didn't want to lock. After some discussion and experiementation we came up with this list of symptoms:
    • When you push the lock button on the fob, all doors will lock except for the driver's side front door
    • When you push the lock button on the console, every door locks except for the driver's side front door
    • When you use the manual key (the one inside the fob), if you turn it a little, all the other doors lock. You really have to TURN the key to get it to lock the driver's side door.
    • The only way we can lock the door is to manually flip the lock (the little flip switch next to the handle that's on the inside of the door) and then close the door.
    NOTE - The car does not have smart-key installed.

    Our biggest questions are: 1) what the heck is wrong with this door? (possession maybe? ;-) ) and 2) is it still covered under our warrentee?

    Thanks in advance...
    Anne
     
  2. Jennjay

    Jennjay Member

    Joined:
    Oct 27, 2005
    142
    0
    0
    Location:
    Fort Myers, FL
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Sounds like the power door lock actuator has gone bad. Probably under 3 yr/ 36,000 mile warranty.
     
  3. ivanbg

    ivanbg Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jun 18, 2008
    54
    17
    0
    Location:
    Alexandria VA
    Vehicle:
    2006 Prius
    Open the door and see if some thing is out of place or is moving with a lot of friction.
     
  4. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2006
    18,058
    3,075
    7
    Location:
    Northern Michigan
    Vehicle:
    2006 Prius
    Most likely the power actuator.

    Tom