Driver Side Door Latch

Does anyone have a spare driver side door latch laying around? Seems like every time I open mine now, I have to flip it up so I can close the door. It’s really getting annoying...and it makes a hell of a racket if I forget to flip it up.

 

It's probably just dirty. Hose it down with WD40 and work it back and forth. Once it's free spray it with since white lithium.

 

It had not been working good, and I sprayed it with WD-40, and now it works worse

 

WD-40 is not a lubrication product, it is a solvent. You can use it to de-grease your latch as @Festerw suggested but you will need to apply a layer of lubricant such as white lithium after.

 

Takes more than a quick spray. I'm talking like a half can sprayed at it while you work the latch back and forth.

It likely works worse now since you dislodged some crud.

Like @des2mtn said WD40 is a shit lubricant but all the solvents work well for cleaning.

 

When I open my door, this is what the latch does.



I’ve used an obscene amount of WD-40 to flush this thing out and re-lubed it with lithium grease after, and worked it over to get it in there good. The damn thing just will not pop back up like it should. I have to use my finger and pop it back up so it looks like this and I can close the door...and I have to slam it usually:

 

Does it feel springy at all or does it just feel loose when you flip it up?

 

It’s not loose...fairly firm when I flip it up.

Also, it will be at different levels of that each time I open the door. Never the exact same

 

So, funny story. I just bought two doors for an 01 sequoia because I needed the latch for the passenger side and window switch for the driver's side. I stripped off all the other parts to possibly sell them. So I have a driver's side door latch that I don't need. I'll double check, but the DC and sequoia front doors are the same so it shroud work for you. DM me if you're interested.

 

Could be the spring has broken but I've seen some pretty crapped up too and the only way to clean them is removing the whole assembly and soaking it in parts cleaner.

 

I sent you a message

 

I wonder if a can of brake cleaner would clean it out. I just was trying to avoid taking it out to clean it

 

Dangit!

 

You can try cleaning it, but there's a little plastic sleeve that wears out and that's what it looks like happened to yours (the yellow cover piece that's scratched up). I tried cleaning both of mine first, but ended up replacing them.

 

Rock Climber, you are 100% right. I was looking at mine on the passenger side front door of my 04 Tundra DC and there is a plastic sleeve that is messed up. That side of the truck takes most of the Central Texas sun and heat so that could've been what caused it. Is this a part that can be replaced or is it integrated into the door itself? If you know of a part number then I would really be grateful.

 

I checked the parts diagrams at EPC-DATA's site, and it shows the latch assembly as one complete unit, with no internally serviceable parts.

There's a chance you may be able to rebuild it? All I know is, whatever you do, don't buy non-OEM on that part. Two people within the last 6 months bought replacement latches off scAmazon and wound up with a door that wouldn't open. One paid $700 for a body shop to pop the door and replace the latch, the other hired a locksmith who couldn't pop it, then ended up damaging the door skin to get their door open. I wouldn't buy on scAmazon or fleaBay either, you never know if what you're getting is actually authentic.

 

Thanks, Rock Climber. I purchased one from a salvage yard and it works good but that was for the driver side door. Definitely would not buy from scAmazon this part. I guess once I get one I will spray it with lithium grease before I install it. Thanks for the advice!

 

Thats what i do, lithium works well