Door Stuck Shut

[parkerbink]

Great friend.

[tcp88]

No I think the whole thing was an accident but he isn't fessing up to it.

[ELVA164]

WTF, like a prank?!

[tcp88]

So my friend is obviously lying to me about what he did because I just got my hand up in there door and the entire locking mechanism/door handle stuff is distended and free hanging so I think he fucking locktited my door together and isn't fessing up to it.

[AngeloF10]

In my case, the locking actuator was seized. On both the passenger and the driver door, at the same time... This prevented me of unlocking the car from the lock cylinder, locking knob, and even from the trunk.

I somehow got the driver's door to open with it being locked. I then removed the door card and removed the 2 screws that held the locking actuator in place. This allowed me to manually lock/unlock my doors until my replacement actuators came.

+1 I experienced exactly this on my passenger side

[ELVA164]

So if your car catches fire you dont want whoever is in there to get out.

at least there's a point to it :-)

The two non-immolation reasons for it are to make it so only your key will open the car (only master keys can double lock) or if you discover someone trying to steal your car you can lock them inside until the authorities arrive. Option 2 probably doesn't end well for the car, but I guess that's what insurance is for? At any rate, it's designed to only unlock the car if a master key is used in the driver door cylinder.

[youngmineeh]

In my case, the locking actuator was seized, on both the passenger and the driver door at the same time... This prevented me from unlocking the car from the lock cylinder, locking knob, and even from the trunk.

I somehow got the driver's door to open with it being locked. I then removed the door card and removed the 2 screws that held the locking actuator in place. This allowed me to manually lock/unlock my doors until my replacement actuators came.

[tcp88]

I could be wrong but it seems as though the locking mechanism is non-functional as I get no response from working the lock rod or the door-handle.

[parkerbink]

This might come in handy:
FS: Lock Set - Trunk, Doors, Ignition - $85

https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=410708

[Maddog]

If in the double lock position and the key will not turn lock, most likely you need to rebuild the cylinder or buy a new one coded for your car. To unlock, push down on the pull knob and lift up the door handle from the outside.

[parkerbink]

Ummm why did he Loctite your lock mech?

[jeffnhiscars]

No, that's the point of double locking.

So if your car catches fire you dont want whoever is in there to get out.

at least there's a point to it :-)

[ELVA164]

Sounds to me like he used too much Loctite and it bled into the mechanism, seizing it up.

[ELVA164]

Wouldnt he be able to open it from the inside if it was ?

No, that's the point of double locking.

[jeffnhiscars]

If the door panel is off did you try to pull the rod that connects the handle to the lock