Hello! Looking for advice. I have a 2004 Prius. I have it stored and sometimes 12 v battery drains and I have to jump start it. Don't know if that is the case with this issue, but perhaps so: went to open the door with FOB- got nothing replaced battery in FOB just to make sure that was not issue (still nothing) I removed the hidden physical key in the FOB, and tried to manually unlock the door. When I turned ket to the left, slight "thunk" noises came from inside door (s) [sounded like noise came from back door too, [but not sure] though the 'thunk' noises sounded like door was unlocking, it remained locked. I'm baffled. What expected to happen was physical key would unlock door, I'd climb in back and open rear hatch from inside, charge 12 volt, and be good. I have AAA, assume they would have a way to open door....but wanted to see if there was anything I was missing. Any help appreciated! [in the future I'll leave one of those trickle chargers on 12 volt]. Thanks!
Spray some lubricant in the lock mechanism and try the key with pliers, both directions, not too hard!
It's weird because you'd like to think leftey-loosey, but turn the key to the right to unlock the door.
Much thanks Bisco & Chapman! Little WD-40 in lock....and Chapman is right, clockwise opens door. Come to find out, the problem is not with drained 12 volt, but worn out casing on the FOB. The plastic is clearly worn, so despite a new FOB battery, the lock/unlock buttons don't work. Checked out Amazon, and found this. Seems to have good reviews....looks like simple operation of transferring FOB innards to new FOB shell. Thoughts welcome.
Of course when you turn the top of key in one direction, the bottom of the key goes in the other direction, so it can still be confusing if you don't say counter-clockwise rather than clockwise.
don't follow.....when you turn key to right, top of key goes clockwise, and bottom goes clockwise. am I missing what you said?
I thought you said your buttons didn't work so this is no help no buttons or board the green thing it states so in add. So your existing green board goes in this plastic Black cover so you'll have new cover but no working buttons but it'll look nice . Pay the 425 at dealer programmed ready to go . Or you can mess around with dingbats and save about $75 in a waste about two three days of your time depends on what you'll put up with . Good luck . They're some emulator like remotes folks have gotten to work . Are you SKS?
ok, Im confused. Not sure if SKS. If I use the Amazon FOB shell referenced above, and transfer battery/ circuit board from my current FOB, are you saying the lock/unlock buttons wont work?
