Back passenger door won't open inside or out

If you can't get things to work and you are in waterloo, I would recommend tony koebel at carstar on Northfield. I worked for him a few years ago. He is a straight forward guy that won't screw you over. I I were closer I would offer to stick my hanose in. But I live between grand bend and goderich. ... bit of a hike

 

my brother used to work as a detailer there haha. I appreciate all the help, ill let you know how it goes. i just dont see why it wouldnt open from the outside if the child lock was really activated or even half cocked

 

It might just be sitting in the sweet spot of no man's land where it won't let anything work. It wouldn't be the first time that has happened. A good dousing with fluid film while it's apart wouldn't hurt. It's really tough to oil those hard to get at spots when the door panels are on. Good luck

 

So child safety lock looks like it's in the on position and have tried refeeing on it the door open cable with a pair of visse grips. Thoughts? Lol

 

Tried opening from the inside and had my roommate pulling the door latch from the outside with zero response. Im stuck guys dont know where to go from here

 

Destroy the latch, from inside the door, with a die grinder.

 

ill consider this as an absolute last possibility lol

 

FUCKING GOT IT OPEN.

so I pulled back the sill protector and weather stripping. Notched the child safety lock down and it worked. Now I need to figure out why that happened but I am fucking stoked





edit: this leads me to believe that the child safety function was backwards? Still would be able to open it from the outside though

 

Good job. Now, after you fix the problem, test the latch, by latching it with a phillips screwdriver, about 10 times before closing the door.

 

lol yup. hopefullly my fuck ups can be used as future training aid.
For now the child safety lock latch is not moving freely up and down which leads me to believe its internal. ill have to break it down some more but this video helped a metric fuck-tonne with understanding how actuators work

 

So with all the shenanigans I went through, i thought it only right to show some of the function for the door actuator so you too dont fuck it up like me








red circle = child safety lock nub
purple-ish = activates the actual door mechanism

video goes through the function of all parts to confirm they are working correctly before placing inside the truck.



Hope this helps!

 

Was there dirt in it? Have you found out what happened to it? Maybe over time it readjusted itself?

 

No idea what caused it to shut down in the first place. I did wash the gunk off of it in the cold which might have frozen some of the contacts. If I does die again I'll know how to replace it lol

 

Thank you for this thread saved me alot of time o. Rear drivers door, but rear passenger door wont open from either side and ive followed insrtuctions on this thread it will not open wtf is a guy supposed to do now

 

Ive even got hinges on door unbolted. That latch will not release. There has to be a solution out there i cant be the only person to ever have this problem?

 

I need help i cant get my door open . Ive tried everything. The door panel is off and I can open the door. Ive tried the child lock in both positions. Now im panicing that i fucked my self. This what i get try to save couple hundred dollars. Any help would be appreciated

 

I ordered a refurbished actuator on ebay and totally destroyed the one inside door . Lock mechanism is in locked position i couldnt get it any othe way and felt dam good to smash thatvstuck one

 

How did you get the lock out?

 

Broke it to pieces until i could pull lock latch with a pick

 

Christ. I’ll have to wait until its not so freaking humid out. Ahhh FML