Is my battery dead? Or are my doors malfunctioning?

Yesterday, I tried using my electronic key to open my Prius 2007 … as I usually do. However, the door wouldn’t open. I thought maybe the battery was dying on my key fob, so I tried my husband’s key and his didn’t work either. Couldn’t get the doors open with either electronic key. My Prius tends to lose its charge and need a jump start if I don’t drive it for a few weeks (like when we come back after a long vacation). So my husband jumped to the conclusion that it needed a jump start. I told him that I didn’t think that was true because I have been driving my car normally. Ok, I didn’t drive it over the weekend, but that’s pretty much normal.

So, I tried opening the door with the physical key that is embedded inside the key fob. And I couldn’t get the door open with that key either. It turned in the lock but the door didn’t open. There’s is only one physical lock on the car and that is (obviously) the one I tried. I have used the physical key in the past and had no problems then, so …

My husband is still insisting that we need to call for a jump start, but I am thinking that it is a door issue. But does that happen? Could the doors fail like that somehow?

Ideas?

Actually, what I am a little concerned about it that my husband wants to jump start the car himself using our other Prius (and in fact just went out to buy jumper cables). But I have read that jump starting Prii is not as straightforward as jump starting other cars, although I am not sure how it is different. Also, my husband and I must rank among the least talented DYieds on the planet. Not handy AT ALL.

So, I don’t want him to attempt to jump start it (and potentially screw up) particularly if that is not the actual problem.

 

Ok, we did get the door open and it appears to be the battery. Going to start a different thread ….

 

Why is my 2007 Prius repeatedly refusing to start? This is the second time this has happened this summer so far. In the past it happened when I don’t drive the car for a long time (two weeks or more). But this last time, I only let it sit for two days and the battery apparently recharged anyway. After the previous incidents I brought the car to the dealership and they couldn’t find anything wrong with it a couple of times. But a couple of years ago, they did replace some of the cells in the battery,

Should I try to get this fixed again? Or just give up on the car? Is it normal for the car to not start after two weeks in the garage? Obviously, it is not normal that it won’t start after just one weekend. But I feel weary about this. Getting it jump started again. Driving it to the dealership again and either 1) having them find nothing wrong again or 2) having them replace some cells in the battery, then still having the battery die whenever it is left too long.