Help! I can't get my rear door open!

[exploderowner241]

first wanna say awesome site very helpful have a few issues that i'm sure will be addressed here later but first my rear left door is stuck shut. what can i do to rectify this

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

welcome

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! You basically don't feel anything when you try to open it with the handles, power locks, etc? It's very rare for a problem like this to occur. Was it in some sort of accident? Did you leave the child safety latch in the locked position to disengage the inside handle?

 

[exploderowner241]

don't knowabout the accident thing but the power locks seem to work tried wd40 inside is there a way to take the door off without to much trouble

 

[BrooklynBay]

I've moved your thread to the body work section. I hope that somebody else more knowledgeable could further assist you.

 

[exploderowner241]

thanks once again this site has proven to be very helpful
i was able to fix a problem myself that i was quoted over a thousand dollars at a garage with the suspension

 

[BrooklynBay]

Did you have any luck getting the door open? What was wrong with the suspension system?

 

[exploderowner241]

no luck yet with the door but had torsion bar adjustment issues that where diagnosed as ball joint and shock problems from now on i'm doin all my own repairs my power windows are fubar as wellif ya have any insight that might be helpful lmao i feel i gotta send money to some one for all the info i get from here jk

 

[BrooklynBay]

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[MONMIX]

taking the door trim off with the door stuck shut is a task.

When you pull either release do you feel any resistance or tension?

 

[exploderowner241]

no no tension got the door panel off on the inside seems like all the rods are attached and routed properly I'm wondering if it's a mechanical issue with the latch itself

 

[Dopler174]

If you can grab the rods, try and open it with that. If no luck streeeeeetch your arm and open it from the latch.

 

[MONMIX]

well if you have the door pannel off you are just about there.
Hopefully you have small hands.

Sounds funny but it helps to soak your hand in WD-40 and then work it into the door and feel around. Eventually you will find where the linkage ( rods) meet the mechinism and then from there you should be able to open it. Wile you have the WD-40 out soak the latch area too. Hopefully unstick what is stuck.
Good luck