 Hatch Lock Broken |
 Sep 5, 2008 - 1:07 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 19, '08 From Fountain Valley, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Hi Everybody, this is my first post.
I picked up a '97 GT a few weeks ago. I love it. It has 170K on the clock but is pretty damn clean and runs well. When I bought the car, everything worked on it but I've run into my first problem. Yesterday I put my key into the hatch lock cylinder and jiggled it around to pop the hatch. The key turned 90 degrees CCW and kinda just didn't feel right. The key came out but now the cylinder is stuck in that position and I can't pop the hatch. I can't pop it from the driver's seat either. When I pull the lever it just feels like it's not catching anything. I'm assuming something's loose in the hatch mechanism or something but I haven't had time to crawl back there and check it out yet. Anybody have this problem before? Thanks for your help. |
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Sep 5, 2008 - 7:37 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Feb 6, '08 From Oregon Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
QUOTE (evanthebruin @ Sep 5, 2008 - 2:07 PM)  Hi Everybody, this is my first post. I picked up a '97 GT a few weeks ago. I love it. It has 170K on the clock but is pretty damn clean and runs well. When I bought the car, everything worked on it but I've run into my first problem. Yesterday I put my key into the hatch lock cylinder and jiggled it around to pop the hatch. The key turned 90 degrees CCW and kinda just didn't feel right. The key came out but now the cylinder is stuck in that position and I can't pop the hatch. I can't pop it from the driver's seat either. When I pull the lever it just feels like it's not catching anything. I'm assuming something's loose in the hatch mechanism or something but I haven't had time to crawl back there and check it out yet. Anybody have this problem before? Thanks for your help. I've had similar problems... You should start by taking everything out of your trunk, i knows its a pain since you cant get it open and have to go in through the seats  once its empty undo everything that is holding all the fabric in place on that back wall, from there you should be able to see if the cable used to unlock the trunk is snagged on something or has come lose, if that cable is out of place it could be what is causing the problems with the lock selonoid...
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evanthebruin Hatch Lock Broken Sep 5, 2008 - 1:07 PM
cjh4l22 i have the same problem. locked at a horizontal. k... Sep 6, 2008 - 2:49 AM bccentaur3 hmm... This could be a common issue, because mine ... Sep 7, 2008 - 10:20 PM tfrock Aaah yes..I have the same problem and was told tha... Sep 8, 2008 - 12:03 PM AnaXyd If you take apart the plastic cover in the very re... Sep 8, 2008 - 3:11 PM cjh4l22 QUOTE (AnaXyd @ Sep 8, 2008 - 4:11 P... Sep 8, 2008 - 9:33 PM AnaXyd Yeah I know, but if the cylinder is stuck, you can... Sep 9, 2008 - 2:42 AM cjh4l22 how would you bypass it standing outside of the ca... Sep 9, 2008 - 3:06 AM
AnaXyd QUOTE (cjh4l22 @ Sep 9, 2008 - 3:06 ... Sep 9, 2008 - 6:35 AM 808celica i thought you're supposed to turn it CW to pop... Sep 9, 2008 - 3:40 AM cjh4l22 no it can be opened from the inside via either pul... Sep 9, 2008 - 1:04 PM evanthebruin Finally had time to mess with it today. Crawled in... Sep 9, 2008 - 3:27 PM evanthebruin Just got back from Toyota of Garden Grove. I had a... Sep 9, 2008 - 4:48 PM AnaXyd Just the method I was talking about.. Sep 9, 2008 - 5:08 PM |
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