Hawks102089

My drivers door will not open from inside or not. The power lock does still work however. Any idea what this could be? Is it something common?

Blue Bomber

Is it cold out and have you taken it through a car wash lately?
Mine freezes up all the time.
The electic activator gets water in it.
Now I use WD40 prior to and after every winter wash.
I soak the lock set, door handle area and door latch area.
I had mine washed today and it will be -15 C tonight.
Here's hoping the WD does the trick or I'll be climbing over the console again.

dr_2010SV

Hard to tell. You could try and disconnect the neg batt term for a few minutes and reinstall then check the door.

The BCM in these cars does some weird chit!
I have had on-again off-again problems with the functionality of both left side doors in my car. In fact the left pass door lock finally decided to start working again today?
This is a total PITA because I'll start to think it's locking ok and if I'm not vigilant it will remain unlocked while the 3 other doors lock....so I have to pull on it each time I leave the car to verify it's locked or unlocked.

Hawks102089

I had it in a garage for several hours and no luck. I took it to 4 body shops and none of them could get the door open, they said the latch is locked and they can't get it open. I have no choice but to take it to the dealer. Not sure what they can to get it open or If there's a way to get the door panel off with the door closed. We will see. Hopefully it doesn't cost an arm and a leg..

Hawks102089

Went to the dealer. They said the actuator is broken. Cost is $550 to fix, HOWEVER if they can't get the open without breaking the door panel then is will cost $1050.

Nitehawk11sv

Holy moly man. You can get a whole new door for way less.

Nopike

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If they don't even know if they are able to open the door without breaking the door panel I go elsewhere

Hawks102089

I just ordered the actuator. I'm going to a custom audio shop tomorrow, they said they think they can get the door open.

CHIBLACKMAX09

Same happened to me,my window tint guy was able to open the door without removing the panel and wd40 the ish outta the actuator and get it working again,that was a year ago and only charged me 30 bucks and told me to keep aplying it at leats once a month on all doors as a preventive measure...hope this helps

Hawks102089

Thanks man. Are you in Chicago? I am, who is your guy maybe I'll go over to him if I don't have any luck where I go today.

CHIBLACKMAX09

Yes im in chicago, what area are u by? My guy and me are by midway...

Hawks102089

I am around Schaumburg. I'll get back to you if I don't have any luck.

andremike

Hi Schaumburg and chicago friends... I am in Schaumburg to..

Hawks102089

The gentleman at the audio shop was able to get the door open without breaking the panel. I'm definitely impressed considering 4 auto body shops said there was no way and the dealer said the same thing. A job that was quoted at $1050 from the dealer will now cost about $400.

Nopike

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Just goes to show, best to avoid the dealer whenever possible. Glad you found someone who was willing to put some effort into the repair.

CHIBLACKMAX09

400 for just labor?

Hawks102089

No, $400 including my replacement parts and the labor.

3.5Maxi

Same thing happened to me. I just had the actuator replaced today for $291 installed at the dealership. I swear this car knows when I have money because something always seems to pop up.

xtreme1

How did you open your door? The same thing happened to me and I am trying to figure out what to do to fix it except for me it's the passenger side front door. A couple places said it would be around $50 for them to take the panel off to figure out what's wrong with it but I forgot to ask them if they know that there's no way to open the door for them to be able to take the panel off.