Back door latch has become a sticky mess. When opening, a tar like substance gets all over your fingers.
2007 Toyota 4RUNNER: doors won't lock, open or latch
5 of the 154 complaints about the 2007 Toyota 4RUNNER describe doors won't lock, open or latch.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year
What owners say
The back gate door handle melted and gets very sticky. This makes the door sometimes not able to open in cold weather and is very hot and can burn in the hot weather. This car as been well maintained and all other seals and gaskets work. This rubber handle cover has failed and is not due to normal wear and tear but manufacturer defect.
The rear hatch door handle is deformed and turned into a tar-like mess that covers our fingers whenever we try to open the rear hatch. I have noted numerous other 4-runner owners having the same exact malfunction. Problem is the melted rubber cover which is part of the switch assembly, part #84840-35010. Totally unsat!
The rear hatch door handle turned into a melted rubber/plastic mess. Our hands are covered with black melted rubber type material whenever we try to open the rear hatch. After online research, I see there are allot of other toyota 4 runners with the same problem. The part is called, switch assembly, back part #84840-35010. No doubt that the part is faulty.
The first of my 2007 4runner door lock assemblies failed just after the warranty expired. For the second one, my dealership. The vehicle has just over 80,000 miles and the 3rd of 4 door locks has just failed and been replaced. I believe this door lock assembly is obviously a design flaw and is not an item I would expect to fail at all over the life of the vehicle, even one, much less three out of the four. My car is garage-kept and does not even come close to receiving abnormal use.
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No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2007 Toyota 4RUNNER door locks
Is doors won't lock, open or latch a common problem on the 2007 Toyota 4RUNNER?
5 of 154 owner complaints about the 2007 Toyota 4RUNNER (3%) mention doors won't lock, open or latch. The model year with the most reports is 2014.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2007 Toyota 4RUNNER?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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