What Are The Most Common Reasons For Lexus Car Loc

When your Lexus car doors are jammed or locked, this can affect your ability to get out and about. Whether that is preventing you from getting into your car or being unable to lock it when you reach your destination, this can cause an unwanted disruption to your daily life.

To get to the root of the issue and take the most effective way to resolve the problem, check out these most common reasons for Lexus car locks malfunctioning.

Dead Battery in Key Fob

This is one of the most common reasons your Lexus car locks may be malfunctioning, and also one of the easiest to fix. If you find that your locks aren’t working as they should, try placing the battery in your key fob and see if the issue gets resolved.

Faulty Key Fob

It may be the case that the problem lies with the key fob itself instead of with the battery. Sometimes the key fob can fail to send a signal to your car door. As your key fob would have been programmed uniquely to work with your Lexus car, everything depends on its ability to send signals to lock and unlock your door.From time to time, it is not unheard of for this programming to become faulty and stop working.

The best thing to do during this situation is to head down to our service department at Prestige Lexus, where one of our technicians can hook your key fob to a computer and check its programming.

Blown Fuse

It’s easy to tell when this is the problem as only the door with the blown fuse will be impacted. The other doors will still be functioning perfectly fine. You can try locking all the doors before unlocking each one to identify where the problem lies. Thankfully, resolving this issue is easy. All you need to do is replace the fuse.

Damaged Solenoid

The solenoid is the component attached to the opening mechanism of your door handle. If you are unable to open an unlocked door even after pulling your handle, a damaged solenoid could very well be the issue you are facing.

The only way to resolve this is to replace the solenoid on your car door, which will require a technician to remove the door panel. For this particular problem, we recommend going to a professional instead of taking things into your own hands.

Faulty Wiring

If you notice that the door locks only get jammed some of the time, faulty wiring is the most likely reason for this. This is a sign that you should get the wiring on your power lock system looked at by a professional. When you head down to our service department at Prestige Lexus, our trained and certified technicians can take a look at your car door and identify the issue quickly before taking steps to resolve it!