Door stuck closed, cant get open to repair

Tiny
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I have a 2005 Saturn Ion, the door is stuck in the closed position, and i've also witnessed the window "falling out" of place (i would assume knocking out the lock latch), I can not begin repairs with the door closed. How might I go about getting the door open to begin repairing it
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 AT 5:50 AM

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Tiny
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Thats a very difficult repair what happens is the bolt comes out of the rear of the window regulator and the bends the lock rod and the inside handle door handle release rods. Making the door not open from the inside or outside. Its the rods that go to the inside handle that bend its even hard to explain the repair I never looked forward to them coming into the saturn dealer for repair. You will need to two new rods when you get the door open to fix it. Also you will probably end up breaking something. You might even want to take it it to the dealer for the repair its not a easy fix just getting the door open can be very difficult depending on how bent the rods are. Also you need small hands strong enough to bend the rods back enough to bend the rods. You have to remove the pull cup handle etc and get to rods to bend the rods around while every once in a while trying to open the door.
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 AT 6:34 AM

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