The original latch actuator on my 2010 crapped out about a year ago and I finally ordered a replacement. the replacement lasted 2 days and the actuator stuck in the open position. After removing and inspecting I believe it is a case of a defective piece slipping under quality control’s nose but wanted to post here to see if you guys might have any insight. a replacement latch assembly is on its way and I put the old lock that crapped out in the meantime so the hatch does not fly open
Do you have any useful information or are you just wanting to demean another poster because they don’t have oem money to keep their 300,000 mile plus Prius on the road? Not looking for an argument or fight but your answers always seem to be OEM or it’s trash.
It was a simple question that was asked. Why not just answer the question that was asked. Why get all bent out of shape.
I've never had to replace one of those actuators, so no, I'm not coming with "useful information" that I already have. If we had other existing PriusChat posts about that particular actuator, they might tell what experiences other people had had, maybe showing aftermarket versions had worked well or that they hadn't. That would be useful information. I just don't recall seeing such threads yet. This thread, once the question is answered, may become useful information to future PriusChat members reading it.
apologize if my tone came off offensive. Being a fairly long term member here who at one point was maintaining a fleet of 4 Prius in my family I have found many here at Prius chat very helpful, including Chapman. I have also been around long enough to understand what direction a conversation is being steered by some of the more intolerable members. Chapman is among a very few here that believes much as I do that oem is superior to the Chinese mass produced. his second reply to me establishes that he was steering the conversation that I purchased a non oem part. I have seen him to one extent or another over the years demean and beat up people that are coming here trying to figure out how to get their Prius back on the road with no consideration that the person asking might be driving a second or third gen Prius not because they view it like a 68 mustang that needs restored but as a means to try to continue to get to their job a few months more until their luck changes and they can get a car that doesn’t eat more of their budget than they prefer. he has until now not directed that at me personally so I did not speak up. I was the target of his superiority this time so I called back. I respect the actual information he provides and recommend to anyone reading this to at least consider his recommendations but also to understand that if you can’t afford own then don’t take his jabs to seriously. and now that that is said, according to the eBay seller I got the replacement off of, it came from a wrecked 2011. I am fully aware that buying used is a risk but for $15 I took the chance. I got very lucky that the seller offered to replace it with one off of a 2012 that, fingers crossed, is working perfectly. I asked my question to find out if any in the community experienced the latch crapping out because I checked the volt and amps at the plug and they were within Toyota spec. There is such thing as intermittent electrical spikes that can effect actuators and on these old beauties the possibility of wire rub and short outs of components is a possibility. the reality is that a rear latch actuator is not a very technical part and oem of aftermarket will tend not to have much quality difference. When you can afford oem I recommend buying it but when giving advice on issues have some grace and understanding in your replies because I would hazard a guess the majority asking for help are here because they are not blessed as some of us are to be financially stable
How do you figure? Keep in mind that at the time I asked, I had no way to know whether you had purchased a Toyota or a non-OEM part. So if I had asked the question and you had said "yes, it's Toyota", would that mean I was "steering the conversation" the other way? Sometimes people read amazing things into a question I have asked, and that's what has happened here. Did I ask that question to: Steer the conversation Demean and beat people up Find out whether this was a Toyota or non-OEM part the answer is (3). For some parts of the car, we have fairly voluminous PriusChat knowledge about how the non-OEM alternatives stack up against the Toyota ones. For some parts they stack up ok, for others they have been consistently troublesome. We know what we know about them because of actual reports, not from making assumptions about what is or isn't a "very technical part". The EGR valve, for example, is a dead-simple part—a stepper motor on a threaded valve stem—but we have found non-OEM alternatives to have glaringly different internal construction. For some parts, like this hatch actuator, we don't have that volume of data yet to say how the parts compare. So posting experiences like yours is an important way to contribute to that volume of data. But that means the posted experience has to include whether the part was from Toyota or not. Which is why I asked. I can't stop you from thinking I asked for some other reason if that's what you want to think, but that's all you.
You and I do agree that this issue is a bit of a mystery as little info seems to be posted and your last reply does clearly lay out why this may become of some value. My issue with the second one may be due to a part. Sitting in a wreck for an extended period before I received it but I purposely left that information out to avoid the “simple answer” if others have experienced it. To claim you do not tend to be a bit aggressive toward oem parts over aftermarket however requires overlooking your posting history over the past half a decade that I have observed. the lack of others providing information seems to lead me to believe my issue is because of the roll of the dice with a junk year part for now unless someone can shed more light from experience
It seems as if you may have spent half a decade or so interpreting my other questions for information the same way you interpreted this one. Or you've confused me with somebody else. On occasions when I do post about whether aftermarket alternatives to some part have or have not stood up well in comparison to Toyota's versions, I'm generally drawing attention to whatever information PriusChat has amassed about it, because that information should be helpful for readers. To interpret that as 'aggressive' suggests you think I have some kind of dog in the fight. I don't.
