Intermittent failure of power locks

[127.0.0.1]

Originally Posted by YarisOwnersDad

It sometimes doesn't respond to either the key fob or to the lock/unlock button on the driver's door.

Thanks to all for your replies.

Tom

the power door ecu is the issue.

maybe needs a hit with a hammer (so to speak)

[YarisSedan]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

the power door ecu is the issue.

maybe needs a hit with a hammer (so to speak)

Hitting things with hammers from my experience usually breaks them than more than fixes them.

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by PK198105

but we still don't know for sure if its just one door or all of them if it was the ecu it would be all doors wouldn't it? it sounds more like the actuator mechanism not the ecu

RELAY.... actuators are not designed for a push function and a pull function. They only know "move"... multiple relays are used to get the whole push/pull function. When one relay is on, the other is off, each time a relay switches to on, the actuator moves... do a google search for relay wiring for door locks and you'll find a diagram of what i'm talking about.

the actuator could be bad... but I doubt it.