Driver side door latch ??
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3rd Gear
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Driver side door latch ??
2006 base coup floor latch release works, trunk release works but door handle button and key fob do not open door . Does anybody have any experience with this combination Does the whole latch mechanism in the pillar need to be replaced ?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2013
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From: Bridgewater New Jersey
If you are experiencing a noise inside the door and the window indexing down upon using the interior and exterior door latch buttons, and the door doesn't open then yes, sounds like the latch is bad. But make sure that neither one of the door buttons (inside and outside one) do not open the door. Not uncommon, and you'll find on YouTube a DIY to replace the unit.
There are issues with dirty outside door pads that sometimes can cause this problem, but usually the inside door button will work. Also, if your hearing the latch try to operate, this points to a bad latch. If you hear nothing trying to work, may need to look elsewhere.
There are issues with dirty outside door pads that sometimes can cause this problem, but usually the inside door button will work. Also, if your hearing the latch try to operate, this points to a bad latch. If you hear nothing trying to work, may need to look elsewhere.
Last edited by extrapilot; Jul 10, 2017 at 09:28 PM.
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3rd Gear
Joined: Jul 2017
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If you are experiencing a noise inside the door and the window indexing down upon using the interior and exterior door latch buttons, and the door doesn't open then yes, sounds like the latch is bad. But make sure that neither one of the door buttons (inside and outside one) do not open the door. Not uncommon, and you'll find on YouTube a DYI to replace the unit.
There are issues with dirty outside door pads that sometimes can cause this problem, but usually the inside door button will work. Also, if your hearing the latch try to operate, this points to a bad latch. If you hear nothing trying to work, may need to look elsewhere.
There are issues with dirty outside door pads that sometimes can cause this problem, but usually the inside door button will work. Also, if your hearing the latch try to operate, this points to a bad latch. If you hear nothing trying to work, may need to look elsewhere.
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Joined: Apr 2017
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From: Northern Lower Michigan
Hey OP, I hope you don't mind, and have no intention of trying to hijack your thread, but I have a similar question. For the third time today (over the last 3 or 4 days), my passenger is unable to open the door from the inside by pushing the button. There is no discernable noise while the button is being pushed...just nothing. But, to thicken the pot, the other 4 or 5 times, it opens without a problem? I tell him it's user error (it's my 12 y/o son), to poke at him, but it doesn't make me a bit concerned. Any thoughts on that? And, OP, if this is a hijack, please let me know (I'm new here), and I'll bail.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2013
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From: Bridgewater New Jersey
Hey OP, I hope you don't mind, and have no intention of trying to hijack your thread, but I have a similar question. For the third time today (over the last 3 or 4 days), my passenger is unable to open the door from the inside by pushing the button. There is no discernable noise while the button is being pushed...just nothing. But, to thicken the pot, the other 4 or 5 times, it opens without a problem? I tell him it's user error (it's my 12 y/o son), to poke at him, but it doesn't make me a bit concerned. Any thoughts on that? And, OP, if this is a hijack, please let me know (I'm new here), and I'll bail.
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3rd Gear
Joined: Jul 2017
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Hey OP, I hope you don't mind, and have no intention of trying to hijack your thread, but I have a similar question. For the third time today (over the last 3 or 4 days), my passenger is unable to open the door from the inside by pushing the button. There is no discernable noise while the button is being pushed...just nothing. But, to thicken the pot, the other 4 or 5 times, it opens without a problem? I tell him it's user error (it's my 12 y/o son), to poke at him, but it doesn't make me a bit concerned. Any thoughts on that? And, OP, if this is a hijack, please let me know (I'm new here), and I'll bail.
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From: Northern Lower Michigan
Thanks a lot Pilot, and Vettt. I ordered a new button for $20 online. Like simple to put in. If it's not the button, then I will put it in my new bin I bought for vette parts. Sure I'll need it anyway someday.