Hatch Trunk Door Malfunction - 2005 Toyota Prius

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  1. jep4040

    jep4040 New Member

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    Recently, my 2005 Toyota Prius hatch trunk door has been intermittently opening, but most times staying shut/locked. I checked 2 different key fobs, and they both work fine.

    I took a 10 second video of the problem, and it may be an electrical/mechanical issue? As you can see, the latch that is activated when I press the trunk button runs out of "juice" the more times I press it.

    How can i go about fixing this issue? Thanks guys!! Video below.


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    First off make sure you're 12 volt is actually 12 volts and working you'd be surprised. Then after that more than likely the motor you're activating itself just grab one out of another car
     
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    The 12 volt is working fine — everything else in the car is working great. It is reading ~12.45.

    And what do you mean by “grab another motor out of another car”? Do you mean I should buy a trunk activator motor and replace the current one? Thank you!
     
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    It looks like it that's what would be slowing down as you keep activating it does less and less and less because it's more and more and more worn as you continue to keep activating it looks like so grab one out of another car or buy a new one I mean but you never want to have to do it again I would think that might be a little costly I've never bought one I have five six cars here I just take it off another car Just takes a minute
     
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    I have just viewed your short video and it looks like the latch release is failing/has failed.

    This is a low fail part and sourcing a replacement from a wrecker is a viable option.

    Obtain a replacement part, remove the old one, and replace it with the newly sourced part.

    Move on with your life.
     
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    Update: Ended up buying a used trunk hatch actuator on eBay for around $40 -- and it fixed the issue. Thank you to all who've helped--means a lot.
     
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