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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
When, not if, the stupid thing malfunctions.
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The car will be in a scrapyard well before the electronic door locks fail, probably from someone hitting and totalling it.
I've had malfunctions with physical keys, but never with electronic locks. Everything from water freezing in them, to a girlfriend breaking a key off in one, to a thief using a dent puller to try and yank the lock out, which ruined the pins and made my key unable to turn the tumbler (fixed by taking the tumbler out, inserting the key, and using a bench grinder to grind pins flush with tumbler).
Newer Japanese cars are very reliable, including all the accessories. The only thing I've had fail in the past 15 years is a catalytic converter (Subaru). Most of Oregon doesn't smog, so I didn't fix it. My 1998 Dodge Ram is a different story. It would be quicker to list the things that haven't failed, which is the frame and the Cummins motor. The funny thing is, that truck has no options (manual windows, manual door locks, manual seats).