HELP ME PLEASE!! I CANT OPEN DRIVER DOOR, SO IM CRAWLING THROUGH PASSENGER DOOR. I DONT WANT TO TAKE IT TO DEALER CAUSE ITS GONNA COST ME 547.77 IF ITS THE LATCH. BUT I NEED TO TAKE THE PANEL OFF..HOW CAN I DO THAT IF THE DOOR WONT OPEN? MY GUY FRIEND WORKS AT BODY SHOP AND HE COULDNT EVEN OPEN IT. WHAT TO DO???

 

Most of the time you can pull directly straight up, not out, on the exterior door handle and jiggle it to get the door open, if not and the interior handle doesn't work either, you r gonna have to access the latch asm from the inside withe the door closed. Make sure the window is UP. Now behind the inner PULL handle, not inner latch release handle, there is a penny size trim cover, pop that off and take out the phillips screw. Then pull briskly and fast one the top half of the inner door panel. It won't come totally out cause there are still 2 screws @ the very bottom that u can't see w/ the door closed. Now if you have a small flash light look @ the latch asm. while operating the inner release handle. This will be very tight and hard to doan but you will be opening the door directly @ the latch. I've done it plenty of times and its hard as **** but works.
P.S. It probably looks hot when u climb over the console and strattle the shirter!