Good Sudjestion I considered it but the salvage yard is a 2 hr drive.
In the past the only reply I ever got from the dealer was make an apointment and we will look at it for $110 an Hr.
In the mean time I sprayed some WD 40 through the plug hole inside, waited several Hrs then pushed on the handel harder than I was comfortable with and it reset and unlatched
I moved it back and forth a few times and it got a little eaiser each time.
So now that it is open I can at least get to it to do whatever is nessesary.
It has rained a lot the last few days so it might have rusted ? It seemed fine two days ago though. The car has electronic corosion control, I have never seen rust on any thing else. On the other hand this is Hawaii and most cars rust away before they break down mechanicaly.
Thanks for the sudjestions