How to replace door lock actuator. Toyota corolla 

Mechanic wanted $368. I replaced it in an hour with a $28 replacement part. Thanks for the video!

Excellent video, worth every minute, no annoying music or silly adlib. Unsung hero .. you do help forgotten men and women out there. Subscribe now but the t-shirt ... I need to check them out.

2010 Corolla S. Bought acuator off Amazon. A pain in the butt to install. Thanks for the video. At first it took me about 15 minutes but I didn’t line up the door handle “rod” . Also my white cord went to the bottom. It was raining so, I went to the car wash to get out of the rain. Watched the video again because I was having a hard time getting the acuator in. This time I put the white cord up top. Big Mistake. The door wouldn’t open. I almost cried, then I finally was able to push the unlock button as far as I could while opening the door by reaching out the back door. It finally all came together. For me, this was a nightmare, but it all worked. Your video made it look simple, but I also noticed you “edited” it. Thanks for the confidence!

Thanks brother!!!! Took me 15mins following everything you did double checking if I did it right according to how you did it. My locks work great now. Keep em coming

Great video. Your assistant provided just the right amount of comic relief. I had to chuckle at him up on the scooter.

Crazy helpful brother. You need to make more videos.

I work for a company that makes these OEM LOL. Not for Toyota though. Driver side actuator failed, then key got stuck in lock while my mechanic was trying to open the driver side door. Not sure if it was a coincidence. I'm not ready to junk the car yet. Will attempt this asap. Great instructions and you even talked about driver side. I hear we switched to metal gear on the motor, obviously plastic would fail. Will let you know.

He is a mechanic for a living and does this a lot. Most owners of Toyotas never do anything like this at all. Don't assume it is easy to do just like he does it. He is a pro mechanic in practice.

Thank you. Top bad yiu didnt do the one with key side. That took several attempts to get it right. Also, to lineup that handle wore into actuator. U did it so fast. U must have done many. Took me a while, visializing in mybhead and rltrying tonthread it in there as is. Didnt realize until after, you could move the latch to make it move and gove more clearance to make it easier tonthread the needle. Plus i was doing it on a 2004 corolla with manual window handle

You are awesome man!!! great video Thank you for the info

Thanks for the video, applied this knowledge to my 2004 Corolla rear door and replaced the lock successfully. NOTE to anyone thinking about doing this on a rear door! The window mechanism got in the way of things for me, so I had to remove the bar between the small and large windows in order to fit the lock part. Quite a lot more fiddly than this front door in the video, but still doable.

Great video! man

Great video. Well instructed on how to do this. You made it look so easy. Lol. Some people aren't good with cars. Lol.

I didn't know you did stuff like this. I recognized your voice but couldn't believe it. You are a send.

Good video my friend help me a lot ,keep making more helpful videos like this one ✌👍👍

awesome educational video just a note to anyone about to replace the actuator, use a small tool like a small screwdriver to tap below and above the latch as in most cases like mine it was only jammed and is 100% fine after doing so, but feel free if you just want to replace it, yes, it only took me 15min to remove door panel fix issue and put it back and i'm Not a mechanic just LOVE cars :)

thank you!!!

Tanks you for the help

Great video. Well explained

nice job

Very useful. Thank you. How do I verify if the fault is from the actuator? In my case, the remote does lock all doors but opens only the driver door. Same if I use the driver side lock/unlock button. It opens only the driver side door but it still locks all doors. Thank you.

Good video bud

thank u ❤❤

Mine go out about every year a so...about $200 PER DOOR..thanks for the video!

Great video, Doing it yourself often saves a ton of money， Btw.please drop me a message if you need the car door locks. :-)

Will this work on a 2014 Toyota Corolla push to start?

Had to like and subscribe you helped me #jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

Thanks for the video! You helped save me $500 by doing it myself. My rear door lock actuator is also failing. Do you have any tips on differences between replacing the front and rear actuators?

If you're replacing this on the driver side, do yourself a favor and REMOVE THE LOCK CYLINDER before you install the new actuator! Look up a video on how to do this but it's dead simple and only requires loosening one screw. Don't make the same mistake I did and try to angle the actuator around the key rod and seat it back in by feel when you can just pull the rod out and stick it straight back in after the actuator is in position. For some reason every one of these instructional videos fails to mention this and it would have saved me a ton of time and frustration.

Hi @roadsiderescue what model Corolla are you working on in the video ? Thanks in advance 👍

Mine is a BASE model and the driver door isn’t working. It’s programmed with an aftermarket keyless entry. Should I still try it myself?

Where did you order the part and how much did it cost?

How much did the actuator cost and from where?

Dealership wanted $700 🤣

I did what you said and the key fob and in-car parts work but the actual physical key in door no longer locks or unlocks the door(s). Can anyone help on this?

🤙🤙🤔🤔🤔

My power door lock on my 96 Corolla is nor opening.

3/4 of my door actuators have gone out. Part cost $350 a piece🤦🏻

Worst job ever will never do another one of those door actuator so hard go removd

Also make sure that you have your neighbors car in your apartment complex parked next to yours so you have something to push your car door into. WTF!?