Drivers door won't unlock with the remote

[Cheza63]

Hi All

my car has just gone out of the three year warranty period and of course the first thing to go is the drivers door locking. The remote works on every door but the drivers. Opening and closing happily. It will lock when you put the car into gear and drive. Clearly not the battery. Is something just stuck??? Help I want to kick the door.

thanks in advance. 

[trentmeyer23]

The actuator has possibly failed. The only way is to find out for sure is to pull the door card off and diagnose it.

[Cheza63]

Thanks I doubt Toyota will help me.... worked twice today... 

[trentmeyer23]

3 hours ago, Cheza63 said:

Thanks I doubt Toyota will help me.... worked twice today... 

I didn't mention Toyota.

If it is working intermittently, then it could be failing or a connection issue. Either way it would be worth checking.

[Tony Prodigy]

No harm in trying Toyota anyway. Call them and see if they can help.

Failing that, do what Trent said. It could be as simple as cleaning the electrical pin socket. I use the CRC product for electronics.

If the actuator was faulty, then it wouldn't work at all. Intermittent suggests to me a dodgy contact somewhere.