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My 98 XLT failed in a similar way. With the door open, look inside the latch mechanism that hits the striker and if you see a thin spring that does not appear to be attached to anything, that is the problem. To fix it you must replace the door latch assembly. Others here have done it...

Garth Sorry, I was away -- on a trip to VA in the truck, where my stuff was securely locked inside. I was not confident that the lock for sale on FPN was the right one, either. Once I decided to have the mechainc do it I let him figure it out. Here is what I used to try and find out the...

I had the door latch replaced today by my local gas station mechanic. Funny thing, he charged me $43 for the part...according to the dealers quote, the part would have cost about $75. anyway, the whole repair with labor, part and tax was $135 which was less than I'd anticipated. the door...

bentley, the dealer told me over the phone today that i'm looking at +/- $200 with labor, parts and tax. he said the whole latch assembly has to be removed, they can't just replace the spring. the labor is $121 -- not "about $120", he said $121.00 -- which I presume means they are using a...

Here's an update on my situation...for benefit of others surfing these forums. It turns out there is a thin little spring in the door latch that you can see by looking in the latch -- no need to remove the panel -- that in my driver door is broken. If you compare to the passenger door and...

bentley, thanks for your reply. i managed to get the door open last night, but am not sure why. A combination of yanking on the inside handle and simultaneously pressing the unlock button on the door did it (altho i had tried this many times before). I had to do this many times to get it to...

Jeff thanks for your reply. Yes, i tried the inside handle...this is how I found out the door was locked. I also tried the outside handle. I even tried swearing at it. Since I can get inside the door, sort of, from the inside, with the window up I would expect to be able to pull on...

The driver door on my 98 XLT AWD V8 is locked and I cannot open it. The key, keypad, remote and all other door lock buttons don't unlock it either. All the other door locks work. The actuator seems to be clicking and the lock button moves a little but won't pop up. So I suspect it is...