Fix jammed car door lock 

You might want to grease the mechanism to prevent it from seizing up again. WD40 isn't actually a lubricant, it's a solvent.

I am going to try this out when I get home from work. This is, coincidentally, happened to my carolla too. Thank you, so much!

Thanks so much for posting this video!! I've got a 1996 Toyota Corolla with the same exact problem. This looks so much easier than I thought it would be. Now I just need to tackle it when I have a few minutes. Thanks again!!

Great to see this. Thank you for spending the time to make this film.

Thank you sooo much for this video; I opened my commodore back door for the first time in 3 years because I followed these steps on your video... cheers

Thank you so much! I had a rear electric door lock on 97 Geo Prism LSI, a.k.a., Toyota Corolla, that moved partially but won't unlock the door. I never got around to repair it until I viewed your video. I removed the door handle per your video and moved out of the way a plastic sheet and sprayed a few shoots of silicon based garage door opener lubricate with Teflon on the mechanism. The door lock is now working on what I call my "Moon Car" since it has over 320,000 miles and still running. The moon is about 250,000 miles from earth so this car is now on its way back to earth. My advice to you is to keep your car if you yet to sell it. Thanks again for the easy fix.

It did cross my mind 'faintly' but passed on in ignoring it. I had booked it in for the garage to do...then seing your video I thought why should the garage get my money...proberly costing me £175.00 when I could spend that on tools for my self!? So thank you for giving me a gentle nudge...say, "hey you can do this!!" That I will!!

Exactly the advice I needed to fix my old Ford Festiva passenger door. Thanks!

Same problem here. Same car and same door side. Nice to know this method before taking it to the professional. Thanks, will try this now.

Thanks for the content - my Mom told me her passenger door has been locked all summer. Can't wait to fix it for her. You saved me a ton of time trying to figure this all out by myself. Much appreciated.

This is happening to the back driver door on my 1992 chevy suburban.. Gonna give it a try. The unlock button works for all other doors except one. I cannot pick it up by hand either.. Thanks for the video. This was exactly what I was looking for!

This saved me! My daughters car door was having the same problem and I too searched all over the internet and all I could find was how to fix it with the door open. I finally got it

Hey thanks! I've got a Chevy Prizm (the same build as the Corolla) and I've had to replace the door handles a few times. Now my passenger door is stuck on unlock, but I'll have to give it a go. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you sir things like this can piss you off, you have now put faith in my jammed door lock. Cheers

And now we have just the video for this problem. You have my gratitude sir!

I'm about to try this on my Passat driver side door thanks man this was extremely helpful I'm trying a bunch of things to get my door to unlock and yours is the first one

this actually works for my 1998 Honda Civic where the door lock mechanism snapped off inside it so I can unlock it so I removed the handle panel at the sky said and then found the locking mechanism on the inside unlocked and now I can open my door from the inside and the outside! Thank you sir for this video

You mentioned the same search problems I was having even though it’s ten years later from your video! I have a 2016 Genesis with this problem. The interior handle looks a little different but I’m going to see if this works. Thanks!

Thank you so much! This video helped me fix both of my back doors of my 1996 Toyota Corolla which would not open. No telling how much $$ this saved!

The only video that actually told the person what to do without jumping from thing to thing rn and you

You're a bright guy thanks for your video very helpful

I'm going to try to to this on my brother in law 96 Honda crv.......great video very helpful Thanks Scott

brillant thankyou for shareing this had the same trouble worrying over how to get the door open tryed everything just watched your video and worked a treat many thanks :)

This video was a life-saver. My mechanic got my door open without damaging the panel.

My Corolla manual lock stuck yesterday. Driver door so it locked me in. I finally got it open to work on it by taking the grommet-like trim piece off of the pull-up mechanism. This gave enough wiggle room to work the latch. Now I can take the door apart to fix it.

This worked great on our old Toyota Tacoma pickup! Thanks for saving us a lot of trouble and possibly money!! 👏

awesome, I got the door loose and open this way. and found that the electrical locking mechanism was jammed. cheers!

Thanks for the tip! It wasn't the solution to my problem, but at least now I know my door isn't stuck because of my locks.

I'm gonna try this on my 2003 Galant. I am in the same position, I can't open the panel since I can't open the door. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Thank you I will give that a try. What you did makes a lot of sense.

I'm going to try this... I couldn't find a video to get the door open to get to the Panel either so thank you

You BEAUTY !!! Exactly what I needed. Many thanks

Oh my goodness! This is exactly what my Toyota Camry is doing on the front passenger side. I will try this and keep you posted. Thanks! RU-vid rocks~!

This was the perfect fix to my problem. You saved me lots $. Thx

this is awesome, thanks for sharing this, for taking time to make this video....door lock is jammed on my hyundai...however, i can still move the lock thing-ie into position....but will do as you suggest here anyhow, eyeball it carefully, with wd-40 in hand, and see how things look...

Got the same problem with my 06 acura, thanks for the video!

Great advice thank you! Very clever. 😊

I have the same car, same color and same problem with the same exact door. I'll give it a try. Thanks!

Thank you. I have the same problem on the same door lock.

Thanks. Very useful if ppl search b4 they go too far and cant put the pieces back together

I think this video just saved my life...will try this today. 97 corolla.

thank god someone mad this video :D life saver

This is what i was looking for thanks pal👌🏼

Saved me loads of time , very useful video

Thanks buddy. We are going to try this today.

thank you! only video I could find with my problem!

Such a great idea, I'll try it and let you know!

Very helpful video, thanks.

exactly what I needed. Thankyou.

Thank you! I am going to try this.

Hi there. Hey, thanks so much for this video. I have a 2002 Nissan Sentra 4-banger beater that give me problems this morning after washing it and parking it outside. The temperature dropped overnight and in the morning I couldn't even put the key in the keyhole the auto unlock feature wouldn't work didn't work either. I'm going to try this to free things up. Hopefully it works.

Thanks for posting this 🥂

You save me money. Thank you!!

Thanks man! I am going to try this on my stuck Saturn vue rear door. I will let you know how it went!

Hay man thank you for helping think outside the box a bit. 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

Great video is exact my problem, i could not get the door to open.

My older Car lock like this I needed to see something like this before I tear something up hahaha

Thank you so much, this seems easy enough for me to try it, I will try it as soon as I'm able to get home to my tools, Lol Thanks!!!

Must be a corolla issue. I seem to remember having a similar issue on one of my dad's old ones....

Very relevant to my situation thanks Pal

Good video very helpful thanks

This video is very helpful.

what bout an electronic locker???my dads has same problem.but he has electric locker and no pin to pull up

very nice, I'll try that! but what about using some lubricant, like the GT85?

thanx for sharing it really solved my problem

Thanks so much i will try this tomorrow on my car

thanks dude. should do the trick

Thanks very much. I tried your method and in about 20 seconds my F350 door lock was unstuck!

Would this method be a similar solution to a Toyota echo. Rear passenger side door is stuck closed from both sides.

Thanks I also have to do that to mine too!!! Thank you

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you... going to try it tomorrow! Hope it works for me....

I couldn't get that plastic plate around the inside door release to pop off. Felt like it might break. But using a pliers to grab the lock knob, I was able to pull it up. It now will open from the outside but not the inside. What to do next?

My drivers side door is doing the same thing! And it’s electronic. Running errands today will be interesting as I climb in from the passenger side

Cool, good idea when you're in a pinch. Wasn't 100% sure I wanted to try this incase I bent the mechanism but if other people are doing it might as well give it a shot! Haha I'll just use some type of lubricant rather than wd40 if I get it unstuck. Wish me luck!

Good idea without damaging anything.

I have an 08 Buick Lucerne with an issue where both rear door locks are stuck. I can unlock and lock them by pushing it up and down but otherwise all you can hear is the clicking sound and the door lock mechanism will not work on it’s own. It sounds like it is partially working but I don’t know what is causing not just one but BOTH of them to get jammed up.

i had this happening to my 2001 kia rio a few days ago it was getting annoying i had to have whoever was going with me somewhere ride in the backseat lol. i did what youre doing my passenger door was stuck in lock while closed there was no way to open it and i removed the panel and cracked a good size hole on the door frame but small enough so that the panel will cover it 100% and still be held in place basically did it cus different car than this one in the video and the the part seen in the video was located different but what i have found out is that when door is closed and in lock if someone tries to open it while locked it will get stuck but if they dont do that and only open it while not locked door works perfect only thing pending as of now is to clean it up with WD40 and give it a test im praying it works lol. i dont wanna have to pay someone who will lie to me and will tell me its bigger than it really is.

You're a saint

Great video, tks.

How long did you mess with the door before he came loose? My 1999 toyota corolla is doing the same thing right now

Thank you. I sent this to my brother who has the same problem. How to fix a door if it won't even open.

Will this work on a 1968 ford mustang coupe?

Life saver thank you sir

Will try this one

Nice, same problem; can't take panel off because I can't open the door!Thanks!

That would be helpful but mines the driver side I can’t see it I managed to get the panel off from inside but I can’t figure out how to unlock the lock

same thing happened in my honda. I need to try this

Great, thanks.. I have the same problem...

This video is probably the solution to my problem.

Gonna try this right now..

Thanks man!!!!!

thank you!

Need help with my i20 drivers door lock jammed, using key to lock it, not a remote.

Thank you

thanks so much👏👏👏👏

I have a Corolla with the same problem in the same door!

Thanks

How do you do it on the driver's side

Thanks a lot.

Thanks man