After only about 2 3 4 years of use the rubber cover on the hatch release handle the exterior handle of the rear hatch of our 2007 toyota prius started to melt into a sticky tarry black rubbery gooey mess.
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The 2007 toyota prius has a manufacturing flaw the rubbery covering on the hatch release button has a tendency to de polymerize creating a big gooey mess that prevents the latch button from operating.
I went to buena park toyota dealer customer service guy said he is seeing a lot lately with other toyota models and he can t do anything about it because it s not under warranty.
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We have 2007 toyota sienna with melted back door hatch.
A new part is 70 plus labor and overhead.
Toyota 2004 2010 broken hatch handle this is a nightmare to work on this as you need to get a metal cowling interior tool from pepboys or kragen.
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So he suggested to me to call toyota headquarter.
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This disintegration has nothing to do with being in a warm climate it s just chemistry gone wrong.
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