Driver door won't open..
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 2,713
Likes: 31
From: Shreveport LA
LA Events Coordinator
Driver door won't open..
Yesterday, I tried to open the driver side door and it acted like it was locked...just went down. I had to open the passenger side door and open the driver's side door from the inside. I removed the door panel, the plastic barrier and the access panel and tried the outside door latch while looking inside the door...NOTHING MOVED. Can't find the vertical rod that the door latch is attached to and opens the door. It's not where it's supposed to be NOR is it anywhere in the door! It's worked perfectly since I had the car (15 years)..now this. HELP!!!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 2,632
Likes: 112
From: Great Plains Iowa
Yesterday, I tried to open the driver side door and it acted like it was locked...just went down. I had to open the passenger side door and open the driver's side door from the inside. I removed the door panel, the plastic barrier and the access panel and tried the outside door latch while looking inside the door...NOTHING MOVED. Can't find the vertical rod that the door latch is attached to and opens the door. It's not where it's supposed to be NOR is it anywhere in the door! It's worked perfectly since I had the car (15 years)..now this. HELP!!!
The rod is in there somewhere.
Heel & Toe
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 15
Likes: 0
Yesterday, I tried to open the driver side door and it acted like it was locked...just went down. I had to open the passenger side door and open the driver's side door from the inside. I removed the door panel, the plastic barrier and the access panel and tried the outside door latch while looking inside the door...NOTHING MOVED. Can't find the vertical rod that the door latch is attached to and opens the door. It's not where it's supposed to be NOR is it anywhere in the door! It's worked perfectly since I had the car (15 years)..now this. HELP!!!
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 4,022
Likes: 30
From: Los Angeles CA
Yesterday, I tried to open the driver side door and it acted like it was locked...just went down. I had to open the passenger side door and open the driver's side door from the inside. I removed the door panel, the plastic barrier and the access panel and tried the outside door latch while looking inside the door...NOTHING MOVED. Can't find the vertical rod that the door latch is attached to and opens the door. It's not where it's supposed to be NOR is it anywhere in the door! It's worked perfectly since I had the car (15 years)..now this. HELP!!!
Racer
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 488
Likes: 43
From: Vancouver British Columbia
I just replaced both of my door handles this week on my 1969. The bottom of the handle where the rod attaches on one side simply sheared off. Though there are two different types of clips that hold the top of the rod and the bottom of the rod, after 40 years they may have fallen off.
All I can say is I hope your hands are not too big, both my hands are cut to shreads having just finishing both doors, neither which would open probably explaining why the back window of my convertible top was cut out! Don't give up, mine finally are operating like new!!
Good luck
Pete
All I can say is I hope your hands are not too big, both my hands are cut to shreads having just finishing both doors, neither which would open probably explaining why the back window of my convertible top was cut out! Don't give up, mine finally are operating like new!!
Good luck
Pete
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski