Driver side door will not open
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Driver side door will not open
Not sure what happened but I went out to my car and the driver side door won't open, attempted to open it from the outside and inside. It seems like it won't unlock. like it's jammed in the locked position. I attempted to use my key, and unlock it manually from the inside but the switch won't move all the way over. Any suggestions? I would attempt to remove the panel to look at the mechanism but seeing how I can't open the door to do so, I'm stuck.
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All I can say is do some searching, I do know that it has happened before, but can't remember how people got to the mechanism with the door shut.
Use advance search, it works better and look for thread titles.
Use advance search, it works better and look for thread titles.
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Speaking of which... now I can only open my trunk because my batter must have died or my keyless entry will not work.... Any way to get into the car from the trunk?? I'm searching... But I must suck at searching this site
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Where is the pass through? I looked for a way to push down the seats/middle consle and they wouldn't budge. Just push harder? My car is parked at a bus station, so I'm kind of in a bind and need to make sure I get get in when go back over there
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I can access the inside of my trunk, I can't access the inside of my car. Due to the lock issue with the driver side, and the battery being dead (and lack of a key hole) on the passenger side
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Breaking out (or perhaps unlatching) the passthru between the rear seats might allow hooking the passenger side latch from the inside (but I doubt it).
Try going the route suggested by 9krpm or break out the passenger side glass; it's probably not that expensive to pick up a replacement from a junkyard or partout.
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I have a locksmith looking at it now, makes me nervous as hell though. I like working on my own stuff. If only I knew how to break into my own car lol
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Fixing the door latch was a total pain in the ***, probably even harder than replacing the engine and turbo kit, Do yourself a favor or order a new latch so you don't have to mess with it again.
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I never knew how much I loved the feature of an opening driver side door until it's gone. From now on every time I open my door, without crawling around the inside to get out the passenger side, I will smile
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A locksmith can open the passenger door so he can get into the cabin and work on fixing the drivers side door latch. But a locksmith will almost certainly not be able to open the drivers side door if his spring is broken like mine was (which I am sure it is, many have had the same problem).
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Probably starter than, it's at the mechanics right now, I'm curious to see how much they charge for the amount of label everyone described in the other related post. If it is intact that spring
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He had to have meant the starter. Still stupid though, too much room for error. Why not just pop the lock on the passenger side door? The girl who did mine did it in like 5 seconds.