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xxxscimitarxxx · 11-13-2008

HELP

been driving my new 92 for a few days...all going fine.... then i tried to lock the drivers door manually....and it didnt feel right

now l cant open it from the outside....or the inside.....exterior and interior handle seems to have little resistance to any mechanisms

checked power lock fuse....ok

passenger door works OK

what can i do to get the door open ........but remember... l can take off the interior panel to get to the mechanism yet.....because i cant open the door from in or out

i think a link has become detached

Dave in the UK

GOLDCYLON · 11-13-2008

The plastic door lock piece that rides in the door handle bezel below the handle (the one you moved left and right to attemp to lock and unlock the door) May have become bound somewhere inside door lock rod. Its possible this plastic piece is also binding in the internals of the door. As this door lock piece is simply just clipped to the top of the door look rod I suggest removing it. You can pull it off by hand. Next to see if you can pull on the metal rod behind it a little further than normal to get the door to open. Hopefully the door will respond and you can remove the door panel from there to see whats going on. Good luck. GC

UKZR1 · 11-14-2008

As above and from memory you can remove the trim from behind the door handle whilst still leaving the rest of the door card in place. That will get you a little way in. Whether its enough to enable you to have a poke around and find the problem, who knows

11-13-2008	#1
xxxscimitarxxx Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: England Posts: 219	drivers door lock not working HELP been driving my new 92 for a few days...all going fine.... then i tried to lock the drivers door manually....and it didnt feel right now l cant open it from the outside....or the inside.....exterior and interior handle seems to have little resistance to any mechanisms checked power lock fuse....ok passenger door works OK what can i do to get the door open ........but remember... l can take off the interior panel to get to the mechanism yet.....because i cant open the door from in or out i think a link has become detached Dave in the UK

11-13-2008	#2
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,147	Re: drivers door lock not working The plastic door lock piece that rides in the door handle bezel below the handle (the one you moved left and right to attemp to lock and unlock the door) May have become bound somewhere inside door lock rod. Its possible this plastic piece is also binding in the internals of the door. As this door lock piece is simply just clipped to the top of the door look rod I suggest removing it. You can pull it off by hand. Next to see if you can pull on the metal rod behind it a little further than normal to get the door to open. Hopefully the door will respond and you can remove the door panel from there to see whats going on. Good luck. GC __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V Last edited by GOLDCYLON; 11-13-2008 at 03:00 PM.

11-14-2008	#3
UKZR1 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: South East England Posts: 172	Re: drivers door lock not working As above and from memory you can remove the trim from behind the door handle whilst still leaving the rest of the door card in place. That will get you a little way in. Whether its enough to enable you to have a poke around and find the problem, who knows __________________ Red/red 90 #1281 (UK) Marc Haibeck 368 B&B, Brembos DRM suspension Known as 'Gixer' on corvettechat.co.uk www.corvetteclips.co.uk