Doors will not open

Tiny
SANDRA COLON
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  • 1999 HONDA ACCORD
  • 6 CYL
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  • 160,000 MILES
Driver side door won't open from in or outside, both back door same issue. Need help my kids go in car too.
Friday, October 11th, 2019 AT 2:03 PM

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Tiny
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Hi,

More than likely the door latches have been jammed and will not release now. Did this happen at one time? It is just odd that all the doors would do this at the same time. If it did, is there any chance one of the kids was playing in the car or with the doors? The reason I ask, I just had a vehicle that both rear doors did the same thing and it turned out the child locks were jammed from the kids playing with them. Then when the doors were closed, they didn't open any more.

Unfortunately the only way to get them open is to remove the door panels on the inside of the doors to release the latches. This is what is going to have to happen here as well.

Again, it is just very unlikely for all these to do this without there being some sort or common thing that happened to them.
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Sunday, October 13th, 2019 AT 10:17 AM
Tiny
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We changed the door handles in back worked. But driver door aculator isn't the problem. My door is jammed and we have no clue how to undo this repair.
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Sunday, October 13th, 2019 AT 10:52 PM
Tiny
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So the rear doors are fixed but the drivers door is not? When you say you don't know how to "undo" the repair does that mean you replaced the actuator and it is jammed or what repair did you make?

Are you able to get the interior door panel off? It is not going to be easy because you can't open the door but we need to gain access to the interior of the door.
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Monday, October 14th, 2019 AT 5:14 PM
Tiny
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Yes actuator is in driver door (new) still jammed shut. And back doors have handles put in they open finally.
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Monday, October 14th, 2019 AT 6:24 PM
Tiny
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Oh yes panel is off.
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Monday, October 14th, 2019 AT 6:25 PM
Tiny
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The only way that I know to get them open at this point is to pull the actuator up at the actuator and pull the door hard. I am not sure how this actuator would have gone on wrong to cause this but as long as you can release the latch then it just requires enough force to open it.
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Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 AT 6:10 PM

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