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Old 12-24-2018, 12:06 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by gravitylover View Post
The old style key hole in the door turns the opposite direction than you'd expect to unlock. I found this out the hard way when my doors were frozen shut last winter and almost bent the key before I thought to turn it the other way.
I think Toyota is generally backwards compare to other brands. My gf's RX300 is the same.

BTW when I first got the car I tried the BRZ mechanical key on the door and trunk and it took some finesse but I eventually got it to work. The key will no longer bend after the initial try.

It feels mechanical to me. Are you guys sure it's just a solenoid? The inside door lock pulls 2 cables as I've taken the door cards off before to see that.
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