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Driver door (only) locks itself while car is still on

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Technical Discussion' started by chinarut, Feb 12, 2023.

  1. chinarut

    chinarut Junior Member

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    Location:
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    Vehicle:
    2019 Prius
    Model:
    LE
    I’ve got a 2019 Prius LE and run into a very peculiar problem that has happened 3 or 4x in the last 3 months…

    I leave the car ON and step outside the car and walk away maybe 40-50 ft, in these 3 or 4 instances (out of about 1000 - so 0.3% or 0.4%), the driver door just locks itself.

    No beep, it’s not central locking as I can get back in the car through all 3 other doors (talk about annoying!)

    Because the car is ON, pushing the remote doesn’t do anything.

    I get the door open by physically pulling the door latch from the inside.

    Anyone have this happen to them?

    I haven’t tested it but perhaps it has something to do with the “touch lock” area on the outside door handle? (which I assume is only supposed to be active when the car is powered OFF but maybe there’s a bug in the design?)

    I’m a bit puzzled and thought I’d post here to see if anyone else has run into this issue and if they’ve solved it.
     
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