Rear driver's side door will not open at all!

[greeen]

Hey Candyman

I'm in Los Angeles. Hemet is sorta kinda over there past Riverside I think..I went to UCR hehe. But cool any tips are greatly appreciated

[Candyman]

Hey Greeen,

Yep! I am out off the 215 by March Air Force Base just past Riverside. I will shoot over a message to a few of my Mechanical buddy's over their, and should here back in a couple of days at the latest! Ill let ya know as soon as they get back to me 4 sure!

Candyman

[coolhandmike]

I just fixed this same problem today with the 2 back doors on my 2003 PT. The reason this happened is because I never lubricated the latches within the door jams. What I did to correct this was to remove the rear seat, then remove the inner door panels with the windows up. Once the panel was off I removed the inner window track so I could see the mechanism clearly with a trouble light. I then squirted WD40 all over it then worked the rods back and forth and kept pushing the button on the door handle from the outside. After a short time of working these the door opened right up. With the door opened I then wire brushed the corrosion off the U shaped hook opposite the latch and further lubed the latch with more WD40 then greased it and worked the latch back and forth with a scew driver making sure it moved freely. The doors open and close fine now and I didn't need a new latch assembly. The tools needed are a phillips head screw driver, a Torx driver and/or 10mm socket to get the arm rest off and the 2 bolts holding the window track in plus my fingers to pry off the panel. The whole job was pretty easy and didn't take much time all.

[oldcoach]

I know what I have to do today. Put a little white lube on the door latches.

[Johnnyvolvo]

Thanks for the advice Mike i will give it a try.

[Teekypt]

Originally Posted by oldcoach

I know what I have to do today. Put a little white lube on the door latches.

Exactly!!! I plan to do the same!

[minnginn]

I have the same problem with my 2007 - the rear passenger side door was fine - then all of a sudden it won't open from the inside or the outside. It's not locked - I can pull the door a little away from the frame, but can't figure out what is wrong it. Did anyone ever solve this problem? I have an extended warranty, but don't really want to spend $100 to have the dealer fix it.

[CREWZIN]

Originally Posted by minnginn

I have the same problem with my 2007 - Did anyone ever solve this problem?

Did you not just read CoolhandMike's reply ? Wouldn't that solve your problem?

[minnginn]

Actually, I had not seen it as I had only looked at the first page of the responses, but my door locks and unlocks, so can it still be the latch? Sorry - I don't know a lot about cars or how the door mechanisms actually work.

[CREWZIN]

Well, if you don't want to spend the $100 for the warranty, looks like you'll have to do the same as CoolhandMike and take the inside door panel off to find out what's making yours not open.