I accidentally let a backpack strap get caught under the back door of my 2013 Toyota Venza. It has an electric door open/close, but no obvious mechanical handle to open it. Now the back door won’t open. I can’t pull out the strap - it is wedged under there too well. If I try to open it, using eit…

[image] ChrisTheTireWhisperer: or attached to an item you placed back there? [image] grunes_183031: I accidentally let a backpack strap get caught under the back door Don’t people read these posts? Tester

Had a tailgate hatch stuck, just took brute force, unlock the doors and get in the back seat and bump it out?

I will try some of these things, though I’m afraid to use much force. I found a similar topic in another forum: www.justanswer.com/toyota/c3khs-2013-venza-rear-door-piston-tries-open.html I wish this vehicle had a lot fewer fancy features to go wrong. I wish I’d bought something else - e.g., an o…

You could have this problem with a simple car, the hatch is jammed. This is basically a two row Highlander.

There really does not seem to be a release lever, in the front or back. I tried pushing the door in, pushing out, pulling out, while trying to open. Didn’t fix. Tried the open on the key fob. Didn’t fix. Tried the rear door button on the front panel. At first didn’t work, pushed the normal length…

[image] grunes_183031: Tried the rear door button on the front panel. At first didn’t work, pushed the normal length of time, but maybe I didn’t hold it long enough for dealing with a stuck door? How can you pull the back door open while holding the switch on the dash? Two people? I understan…

there’s a switch on the dash that turns off the power tailgate, at least that’s what Toyota forum’s are telling me.

[image] grunes_183031: vehicle had a lot fewer fancy features to go wrong. I wish I’d bought something else Pretty much everyone has experienced purchase regrets. Good for you for learning to focus on purchasing only important must-have features.

[image] grunes_183031: But this problem is way too easy to create, if even a thin strap is enough to cause it. Bad design. Bad design or Bad judgement? Who was it again that closed the door with something in the way? Oh yeah, it was you. Please explain how that was the cars fault.

Maybe the cars are tighter now. Before roll up seat belts, you’d see one dangling out the door from time to time.

2013 Venza strap under back door, can't open or closed

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Nevada_545 March 6, 2024, 5:35pm 14

How can you pull the back door open while holding the switch on the dash? Two people? I understand that it is a power door, but it can’t open automatically when something is jamming it closed. Someone needs to hold the release button while the door is pulled open, no different than a manual door.

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2013 Venza strap under back door, can't open or closed

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