 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 9, 2008 - 3:06 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Oct 18, '06 From cincinnati Currently Offline Reputation: 10 (100%) |
how would you bypass it standing outside of the car w/a key in your hand?
-------------------- proud =3sgte SWAPPED= '95 Celica ST owner [calling it the GT2 or half-trac]
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Sep 9, 2008 - 6:35 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 15, '08 From Norway Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
QUOTE (cjh4l22 @ Sep 9, 2008 - 3:06 AM)  how would you bypass it standing outside of the car w/a key in your hand? You have to get inside the car from the front? If you cant pop the hatch at all, you have to unhatch some cables at the locking mechanism. |
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evanthebruin Hatch Lock Broken Sep 5, 2008 - 1:07 PM
Legit94GT QUOTE (evanthebruin @ Sep 5, 2008 - 2... Sep 5, 2008 - 7:37 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
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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