1998 camry XLE - driver door won't unlock

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mgb - 23 Dec 2007 18:41 GMT

This morning my driver's door "broke". It failed to unlock/open from the
outside. Neither the key-fob or the key work. I can open the door from the
inside and the auto-lock button on the driver's door console does work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Grant

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Mark A - 23 Dec 2007 23:03 GMT

> This morning my driver's door "broke". It failed to unlock/open from the
> outside. Neither the key-fob or the key work. I can open the door from
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>
> Grant

Try some WD-40 in the lock (be generous with it). If that does not work, it
looks like a trip to the dealer.

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M.Balarama - 23 Dec 2007 23:48 GMT

>> This morning my driver's door "broke". It failed to unlock/open from the
>> outside. Neither the key-fob or the key work. I can open the door from
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> Try some WD-40 in the lock (be generous with it). If that does not work,
> it looks like a trip to the dealer.

try the wd-40-but it sounds bad-I had that problem ina 99 camry-dealer said
a little plastic clip or something was broken and replaced it..now it works
fine-can't find the receipt-don't remember what it cost-sorry

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mack - 24 Dec 2007 00:33 GMT

>>> This morning my driver's door "broke". It failed to unlock/open from
>>> the outside. Neither the key-fob or the key work. I can open the door
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> said a little plastic clip or something was broken and replaced it..now it
> works fine-can't find the receipt-don't remember what it cost-sorry

WD 40 is no help a-tall. The problem is that there's a little rod that
hooks into another bracket and that opens the door from the outside. It's
held on by a little fastener that sometimes pops off, and lets the rod fall
away from the bracket. If you're handy and don't mind taking the inner
door panel off, which isn't too bad a job, you'll quickly see what's
happened when you pull on the outer door handle. You'll need to replace
that little fastener onto the end of the rod, once you've placed the rod and
bracket together.
If this sounds intimidating, take it to the dealer...it's about 1/2 hour to
1 hour's work, which is largely in taking off the door panel. Forget the
WD 40...it'll just make things oily.

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mgbannister - 09 Mar 2008 16:31 GMT

Well, it did turn out to be a clip that holds the rod. A quick trip to the
garage and $75 to fix.

>>>> This morning my driver's door "broke". It failed to unlock/open from
>>>> the outside. Neither the key-fob or the key work. I can open the door
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> to 1 hour's work, which is largely in taking off the door panel. Forget
> the WD 40...it'll just make things oily.

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