The contact owns a 2014 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the driver’s side front door automatic lock failed to operate as designed. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was informed that the door actuator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that later all the door lock actuators failed, and the doors had to be locked and unlocked manually. The contact had not returned to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000.
2014 Toyota Camry: doors won't lock, open or latch
8 of the 455 complaints about the 2014 Toyota Camry describe doors won't lock, open or latch.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- typical mileage
- 85,000
- 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 contact owns a 2014 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the rear passenger’s side and rear driver's side exterior door handles had dislodged from the doors, making it difficult to open the doors from outside the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 145,000.
My door lock actuators have failed. It started with the passenger side front then driver side now all have failed making it impossible to lock or unlock car except by manually doing it. This is inconvenient and makes the car hardly accessible except using key to manually open driver side
The driver door wont unlock with the remote key. It will only manually lock/unlock. The passenger door, and 2 back doors, and the trunk will open with the remote key. But not the driver door.
The front door locks no longer operate by remote. This is not a remote problem since my rear door locks do respond. I believe the front door lock actuators have failed on both the driver and passenger sides. The repairs for this will cost hundreds of dollars. There is currently a class action lawsuit in california. I think this is a wide spread problem.
For the fourth time, an actuator in my 2014 camry le failed. I now have had four ' different ' actuators fail in my car. This as a safety issue. Most consumers expect that if the car has an auto-lock feature ' as ours has' that it will do so. If one depresses the remote lock button, or the lock button on the driver's door, they expect all doors will lock. Our doors fail in all these ways. Having four locked doors in our sedan is a vital safety feature, both during movement, and while parked. We bought our camry as a new car in 2014. Approximately one year ago at 31k miles, the rear, left actuator failed. The oem part cost $341. I purchased a replacement, and fixed at my expense in march, 2018. The day of the repair, the front passenger side failed. I called toyota experience. I asked for assistance to which their response was a $200 refund on a new actuator purchase from a toyota dealer. The cost of new oem part was $329, plus, installation. I would have to foot the difference and jump through various hoops to seek a re-imbursement. In early november 2018 the front, driver door actuator failed. Really, three actuators going bad on one car ' starting with a three year old automobile, garaged and very well maintained, with only 31,000 miles? In mid november the rear, passenger side did not properly lock. Now all the actuators in our car have gone bad in the last year! This is a safety and welfare issue. We constantly worry if any of the doors auto-lock on movement. Similarly, we worry that if a door is left unlocked we could be victimized with an unauthorized entry with loss of personal property, vandalism or assault. As we have never experienced similar problems with door lock mechanisms since we started driving (late 1960s), we think this is a safety and quality control issue that toyota should remedy.
Both front power door locks have stopped operating. The locks still work manually but it is cumbersome with the smartkey, as the smartkey has a very small blade style key that is difficult to remove from the smartkey. Only opens the driver's side door has a key hole and the blade style only goes in facing one direction. A quick internet search make it apparent that this is a common problem across all toyota brands and many models and many years. Out of warranty costs to repair at dealer are $600-$1200. This seems like the door lock actuators fail prematurely dues to poor (perhaps intentional) design.
The driver door will not lock with the remote and now the passenger doors will not lock or unlock the remote or manually.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2014 Toyota Camry door locks
Is doors won't lock, open or latch a common problem on the 2014 Toyota Camry?
8 of 455 owner complaints about the 2014 Toyota Camry (2%) mention doors won't lock, open or latch. The model year with the most reports is 2002.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2014 Toyota Camry?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2014 Toyota Camry
Shudder 65Hesitation 44No deployment 22Stalling 19Sudden acceleration 18Check engine light 11Jerking 9Airbag light 8Headlights 8Harsh shifting 7Loss of power 7ABS 6Grinding brakes 6Slipping 6Transmission failure 6Ball joint 5Brake failure 5Sunroof shattered 5Tire blowout 5
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