Passenger door lock stuck!!

[mach schnell]

My passenger door lock is stuck down (locked). The lock won't turn with the key in it, at all. And, I can't pull the door lock up by hand either, it's absolutely tightly stuck down.

The driver's side door lock is very mushy. The electric door locks basically don't function.

Any help?

[jlevie]

You'll have to pull the door panel and get at the lock from the inside.

[mach schnell]

You'll have to pull the door panel and get at the lock from the inside.

I've already got the door panel off, the vapor barrier pulled back - and can't figure out what to do now, since I can't see what I'm doing.

[Vethen]

Have you started the car since this happened?

[Stevie30]

Remove the actuator and manually unlock the door.

[mach schnell]

Have you started the car since this happened?

Yes - why?

Remove the actuator and manually unlock the door.

Which one is the actuator? The one at the bottom of the door with two bolts holding it on?

[jlevie]

Yep.

[brokenbimmer533]

my trunk lock was seized for awhile. sprayed some wd40 in it and worked the key back and forth and repeated that process a couple times and presto, works again. My central locking works intermittently but I can still unlock my doors with the key even if its not working. Check your linkages inside the door. Flash light and mirror helped me the most when I was fixing my locks.