Toyota Camry Power Door Lock Recall

Power door locks are wonderfully convenient as long as they work properly.

Toyota camry power door lock recall.

Toyota will notify owners and dealers will replace the wiper switch assembly free of charge. Car had 20k on it and was not under warranty because it was a 2011. The recall began on november 8 2013. The new recall covers more than 7 4 million cars and trucks worldwide including 2 5 million in the u s spanning the 2007 to 2009 model.

If your key fob remote lock unlock doesn t work but the locks work on the door you need a new battery. The grease inside somehow locks up. Driver door lock actuator stopped working 41 000 miles. Purchased care new from toyota.

2014 toyota camry hybrid. Here is a link to a forum with pictures and detailed steps for an older model toyota camry. Re install the door panel using the reverse steps. Bad design toyota wanted to charge almost 500 for each door lock actuator on each door.

Owners may contact toyota at 1 800 331 4331. I took the vehicle to toyota dealer in my hometown the diagnosis was that both front door actuators are bad and i would need to spend 1 200 to fix. I was told the lock actuators are not covered under any manufactures recall. When they do not work right trying to pinpoint the problem can be frustrating if you are not educated on how the power lock system works.

Luckily this is the easiest and cheapest items that can go wrong.