I have had no other issues with this car, it has been wonderful since I bought it a year and a half ago. About a month ago, I started noticing that I was unable to open the drivers door with the passive unlock system and it would just beep continuously. Eventually the actuator stopped working completely and I had to manually unlock and lock the door with the physical key. I ended up replacing the assembly, a rather simple job once you remove the lock cylinder (also not difficult) with parts purchased from Rockauto. It hasn't failed yet, but now a month later the drivers rear door lock actuator is starting to fail as well. Likely will have to purchase a set of all of them and just replace them all at once.
Update from Jun 16, 2023: Update: I ended up having to purchase the remaining 3 door lock actuators as the rear left started failing, then shortly after the front right also started failing. Not a difficult job so may as well just replace them all.
I have had no other issues with this car, it has been wonderful since I bought it a year and a half ago. About a month ago, I started noticing that I was unable to open the drivers door with the passive unlock system and it would just beep continuously. Eventually the actuator stopped working completely and I had to manually unlock and lock the door with the physical key. I ended up replacing the assembly, a rather simple job once you remove the lock cylinder (also not difficult) with parts purchased from Rockauto. It hasn't failed yet, but now a month later the drivers rear door lock actuator is starting to fail as well. Likely will have to purchase a set of all of them and just replace them all at once.
Update from Jun 16, 2023: Update: I ended up having to purchase the remaining 3 door lock actuators as the rear left started failing, then shortly after the front right also started failing. Not a difficult job so may as well just replace them all.
- Duncan R., Bainbridge Island, WA, US