intermittent lock problems

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by sumguy, Feb 2, 2010.

  1. sumguy

    sumguy Junior Member

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    Yesterday was the 2nd time I've had a problem with the driver door lock. Only happened since its been cold and may be related to no-touch high pressure car wash. 1st time the door wouldn't shut. Manually unlocked it and used buttons but it kept bouncing open took a few minutes but it finally shut. Can't remember if that was a car wash day. Yesterday, washed car in morning and everything fine. Temps in 20's. After I got to work that night, the door wouldn't open - had to exit passenger side. Tried manually locking and unlocking and using buttons but nothing worked. Was fine in morning to go home.
     
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    So this happened after the car was washed and the temps are below freezing? And it's the door that will not shut/open right, not the actual lock itself? If that's right then it is simply water freezing keeping the door from opening/closing properly.
     
  3. sumguy

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    yeah. the weird thing was the door worked fine then 10 minutes later I'm at work and it wouldn't open.