3rd gen... driver side door not opening :(

amalik · 2013-09-22T06:36:11+00:00

hey gents (and ladies)... 97 limited 3.4 4wd... Today I was blessed with my driver side door unable to open from both the inside AND outside. Unbelievable... It worked on and off most of the day but now is totally "off" if you will. The other day (In fact, just yesterday) my brother was pushing down the lock and pulling it up and I got a little upset with him since it's automatic locking/etc. What are brothers for, right? I read some of the forum posts here and saw that the locking actuator could be broken? Anyone have some more information? I have a service manual... and tools... and the desire not to pay $500 for this fix, but I would like to know *whats broken* and also if anyone has removal pics, I haven't come across them on the threads I looked at. Another symptom is that when I put my key in the Driver side door it turns left or right only after quite a struggle with the key.

Thread starter amalik
Start date Sep 22, 2013

amalik

Senior Member

Feb 9, 2016

kball said:
Sounds like something is jammed up in there. Taking the cover off would be the only logical next step to see what's up in there.

[MENTION=44978]kball[/MENTION],

So glad to see you still active on this thread bro.

As i scroll up, i see myself asking questions in 9/13 and that was my first post.

Learned so much since then man from t4r, it's surreal.