O3' Sequoia rear hatch won't lock... help?!

[ffspiel]

Hello. First off, thanks for your collective help and wisdom. I've posted in similar forums before to get help on any number of things; hopefully, this will also be the case here.

We've owned our Toyota Certified 03 Sequoia for a number of years. We've had intermittant problems with latches, electronic and what-not, but the newest problem is really baffling me.

The rear hatch lock stopped working altogether. Used to be I could keyless lock/unlock all doors, to include the rear hatch, but now the rear hatch lock doesn't even work manually using the key. All other doors still lock using the FOB or manually; just the rear hatch doesn't lock. Q: anyone know what the problem could be?

Thanks for any time spent to help answer my question. Best Regards, Rob

[DClK]

having the same problem with my wife's '04 sequoia. haven't found any solution in the forums yet. me thinks it must be something with the locking mechanism itself since it won't work with the key either. not sure if it's related, but when she use the FOB, remote, alarm keypad, or whatever other names the thing goes by, within 2 or 3 seconds of the regular beep another beep sounds. i'm a deployed servicemember so i can't tinker with the vehicle. would greatly appreciate some advice i could pass back home to the mrs to solve this problem. of course, dealer is the last resort.

be cool,
DClK

[Greggcellent]

Not sure if I can offer any help but,,,,, I just bought a used 04 Sequoia and the mechanic at the Toyota dealer told me to every few months or so to lubricate the latch on the rear liftgate . He said those get a little dried out from rain or water getting down into the latch area and draining the lubricate through some weepholes at the bottom of the hatch . When it rains the water runs down the window and gets the latch area wet . So try lubricating the latch with WD-40 or something else . Hopefully this might help .