Celica Forums General Discussion General Power Lock buttons help

2000 celica GT owner.212,000 miles.Anyone having/ had issues with their power door locks not working by pressing them in the middle council?Funny thing is the the power windows still work!!! Another thing,all my digital reading work on the cluster gauge but yet , my gas reader doesnt work and always stay completely blank.any help is appreciated.

Power door lock eventually will fail.

You can buy an actuator assembly from Toyota dealer ( about $200 ). It's just 1 small motor connected to a wire cable.

Just open the door panel, only 3 or 4 screws, unplug the old assembly, remove a few screws and plug the new one in. Pretty easy. All Toyotas and Lexus have the same design for lock actuators, just different cable lengths.

Another cheaper fix is to buy the little DC motor ($5) in eBay, about the size of a match box, and replace it. You need a little $10 hand tool to press the motor shaft out of the wire cable. You tube has all kinds of videos about replacing either the assembly or the motor.