Rear door (driver side) is locked from inside and outside .. please help

amansour14 · 11-04-2009, 01:21 PM

I have Nissan Maxima 2002 SE

My rear driver side door is locked and I can not open the door from inside and outside ... I can not open it from inside because the child lock is on but I do not know why I can not open it from outside ... Maybe the exterior door handle is bad ...

the center lock is working fine..

I do not know how to remove the inside door panel .. because it is locked

Is there a way to remove the exterior door handle without removing the interior door panel?

please help ... anyone has the same problem before ?

Feldman · 11-04-2009, 02:03 PM

I think you are going to have to take the door panel off, i bet you you can get the door panel off with the door closed. You might have to take your lower seat cushion off to make some room though

amansour14 · 11-04-2009, 04:00 PM

I did not try to take the lower seat cushion, I think this will help ..
I will try it and let you know

madmax17 · 11-04-2009, 08:26 PM

you definitely need to take the lower seat cushion out. There is a thing that you need to pull on. I had a similar problem and I had to take it my car to the nissan dealer. They said there was a little rust in there. So they sanded it and used some lube. They ended up doing the other door too. It ended costing around $300. Definitly try to fix it your self first.

Professor · 11-05-2009, 06:03 AM

Sucky, i have the same prob, i havent opened that door in at least a year, i had the panel off and I still cant get it open, i dont know what else to do. i want to avoid the dealer.

gotendbz1 · 11-05-2009, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Professor

Sucky, i have the same prob, i havent opened that door in at least a year, i had the panel off and I still cant get it open, i dont know what else to do. i want to avoid the dealer.

use the other door.

Professor · 11-05-2009, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by gotendbz1

use the other door.

ha ha ha i kill me