Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Driver door handle

Originally posted by Ray:

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You are saying that neither the interior nor exterior handles will work?

That's a doozy, if so. Unfortunately, the only thing I can think of, short of manhandling the door cover off to get to the inside of the door, would be to jimmy the door open through the weather seal on the outside of the glass, though this isn't like trying to pop the lock from outside.. (THAT is do-able...) getting the leverage and angle to actually open the door is going to be next to impossible.

I wouldn't know of anything other than cutting the interior panel off the door, to gain access to the insides without being able to open the door to remove the panel the normal way. Unfortunately, you'd have to replace your entire panel from a junkyard, etc.

Ray

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Ray will use any possible moment to use this phrase... however this time, he actually correct. Had this happen to my last CSVT, I had to break the handle off (PITA) and reach through the hole and push on the rod for teh latch mechanism. More than likly, the linkage has come undone.