my door wont open on the sc300
05-22-07, 03:38 AM
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i brought the car from a guy last week and he said he replaced the door latch but when i cut my passenger door panle with the air saw i found out that the latch was stuck due to there was no grease on it, nothin to lubricate it so that it can pop back open, but i sray some lube on the latch and it opened
02-18-08, 09:21 AM
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Hey guys I had this same problem. I was able to partially remove the door panel with the door shut!! 
It was kind of a pain in the *** because you need to remove both the drive and passenger seat to give yourself room to work. Once you have the seats out you can stick a screw driver in between the bottom of the door panel and the scuff plate to reach the 3 bottom screws of the door panel. also unscrew the screw behind the inside door handle and the 2 screws under the arm rest. the only screws you can't reach are the 2 by the hinges, but you will be able to move the panel out of the way enough to stick your had into the door and reach the lock assembly. It takes some force to get the door panel loose and you might break something if your not careful but it's better than cutting up the panel. I was able to do this with no damage to the door panel so it is possible!!! Good luck and if you have any questions I will do my best to answer them.
It was kind of a pain in the *** because you need to remove both the drive and passenger seat to give yourself room to work. Once you have the seats out you can stick a screw driver in between the bottom of the door panel and the scuff plate to reach the 3 bottom screws of the door panel. also unscrew the screw behind the inside door handle and the 2 screws under the arm rest. the only screws you can't reach are the 2 by the hinges, but you will be able to move the panel out of the way enough to stick your had into the door and reach the lock assembly. It takes some force to get the door panel loose and you might break something if your not careful but it's better than cutting up the panel. I was able to do this with no damage to the door panel so it is possible!!! Good luck and if you have any questions I will do my best to answer them.
06-03-08, 02:02 PM
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If you were only a little more patient
Hey, my door got completely stuck 2 days ago at first only the outside door handle wouldn't open but i could open it up from the inside then I thought that I had fixed it and the damn thing got worse I couldn't open it up from either side it was stuck closed. So in the end it took me about 30 minutes and a close hanger to open it up and I didn't have to cut the beautiful black leather either. You just have to hit the pressure switch in that plastic housing that the metal rod goes into and pull the inside door handle when it's depressed, then it will pop right open.
03-25-09, 05:49 AM
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awesome i opened my door panel cuz it wouldnt open from the next side i got tired called it quits and closed the door expecting it to open with the wires that the handle and lock go to...no luck now i cant open driver side from inside or outside
03-25-09, 06:50 AM
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is the acutuator for the lock like when you hit the lock/unlock button? if so that works
just when i pull the handle nothing happens someone tried to break in before i bought it i was just assuming something wasn't connected
just when i pull the handle nothing happens someone tried to break in before i bought it i was just assuming something wasn't connected
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