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I installed new door handles (colormatched ones) yesterday and tested each door and made sure everything was working fine. It is the front passenger door and the outside and inside handle both aren't opening the door. It was working yesterday because I tested getting in and out of the truck from the outside/inside with the door closed.

 

I pulled the cover that goes off the locking rod off and physically pulled up the locking rod and it acts like it is still connected (snaps up and down like a regular lock) but the door stays locked.

 

My battery is also dead (could be from a number of things but probably related to me leaving my doors open most of the time while installing the handles) which I dont think would have any effect on the door handles, but maybe since I cant physically unlock it from the outside since there is no keyhole on the passenger side.. only the lock on the inside.

 

I am at a loss. Anyone have any ideas how I can get the door open if the handles dont work? I could be overlooking something simple, but it was working fine yesterday. All the other doors work fine.

 

Thanks,

 

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update: got a jump and battery is alive.. when i push lock/unlock the lock moves up and down so now i'm really out of ideas.. both inside and outside handle does nothing when door is unlocked.

 

what really messes with my head is that it worked fine yesterday after i got them installed because i had trouble getting the panel back on and tested it for sure when i got it back on.

 

oh well i guess i cant use my passenger door now.. unless anyone out there has any great ideas?

jrrod2004 Senior Enthusiast

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happened to me when the truck got two new doors after my brother wrecking it. Body shop forgot some spring and short rod to reconnect at the lock itself (connects to the handle). Be on the lookout for a small connecting rod and a maybe a spring.

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sounds legit. i will see what i can do with a flashlight and a coat hanger.. i dont know how it would work one day and then not the next day, but i will give it a shot.

 

thanks.

 

normally i would post tits in return, but i think i might get banned or something.. so how about a free carwash?

 

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jblakeney Senior Enthusiast

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sounds legit. i will see what i can do with a flashlight and a coat hanger.. i dont know how it would work one day and then not the next day, but i will give it a shot.

 

thanks.

 

normally i would post tits in return, but i think i might get banned or something.. so how about a free carwash?

 

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Yeah, sounds like quite a problem..... I had a similar problem with a Explorer i was fixing for a friend after he totaled it and bought it back for salvage (it would have cost like 18k to fix it at a shop I fixed it for around 6.5k no labor just parts I was helpn out, anywho it got him out of his note the car was about 2 yrs old)... He still drives it.... It was something in lock mechanism, I don't remember what thou. I cut a 12 inch square in the door out of the way of any braces on the outside... I was going to paint it anyways..... Got the door open and the latch fixed..... Then welded it all back up. Painted it and he would have never know if I had not told him...... Cutting a 1foot square I could figure it out for ya and get the door open, is that ok with ya???

 

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I had the same problem on my 07, I had installed new mirrors and when all put back together the pass door would not open. Took it to the dealer. I dont remember what they did but they got me in a rental for a day or two because they had to keep it overnight. Of course I didnt tell them I did anything to the door so i didnt pay for anything. But I had the same problem as you, everything worked like supposed to but the door would not open.

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damn!! now I am getting second thoughts of installing the new handles I just ordered!

 

 

Thats why I took mine to the dealer to get them installed! Just so if anything was messed up it was on them!

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damn!! now I am getting second thoughts of installing the new handles I just ordered!

 

 

Thats why I took mine to the dealer to get them installed! Just so if anything was messed up it was on them!

 

 

 

how much did they charge?

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think i could call the dealer? what if they are like 'wtf your door handles were black/you dont have an LTZ' or whatever?

 

i want to fix it on my own because i jacked it up.. the dealership is cool here i will give it a shot.

4x4txed Enthusiast

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I installed my door handles tonight, I took my time in both doors...Everything went fine, followed the directions to the teeth!! When you installed the door handles, did you remove the whole door panel? meaning that you disengaged the interior door handle mechanism? Maybe it is caught somewhere?

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yes i took the entire door panel off.. didn't want to sit there and have to keep having it swing back and forth while im trying to put the handle on.. that was the easy part.

 

i also followed directions perfectly.. it opened and closed when i got finished because i tested it.. the next day it wouldn't work :thumbs:

 

i took it by the dealer today and they said they dont know how they are going to get into it, so i am going to take it in tomorrow during work and see what they can do.. no telling how long it will take them to figure out how to open the door when the handles wont work.. i sure cant figure it out.

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