Repairing a stuck latch on a car door
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2012
- Fixing a stuck latch on a car door. Video shows that the door won't close, how to release the latch, the door then closes .
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You posted this 5 years ago and it's still helping people today. I had a problem with the latch being jammed and the door not shutting. I found your video and it worked and luckily was an easy fix for me. Thanks a lot for the information!
8 years after uploading, but still saved my day. Lol a vehicle at my work had a stuck latch and I was told we were going to have to have the vehicle towed to a shop for repair. 5 mins of my time and a RUclips search saved me from looking like an idiot at a repair shop. Thank you!
I just got brownie points. My wife thought she broke the door and I came out like a boss and fixed it ... Thanks a MILLION . A new subscriber
I'll try a fresh can of w.d 40
Thanks so much sir! This morning my father was going to work. He started his Dodge charger to warm it up before leaving, he found out his door was not closing. We live in Canada so it's really cold here right now in the winter. He didn't know what to do until I found this video and fixed the problem for him. He made it on work on time, thanks.
hey thank you! its 6 am I heard my bf slamming his door for like 5 min lol! I watched your video & went & fixed it like a pro ;) thank you.
Jolisa, it's funny that you one-upped your boyfriend. I would've loved to be a fly on the wall for that one! LOL....
😂😂😂😂😂
i did the same i was cracking up lol
Congratulations. Now I'm in a similar situation
So you really fixed Jolisa😂😂😂 poor fella
You sir are a godsend, Me and several of my friends have been trying to turn around that little latch for half the winter now and never thought to hold the handle up while you turn it. You've saved me countless hours of annoyance, sir. Thank you for doing what you do.
9 years on and still providing knowledge. My latch was stuck in the up position and I tried everything…..apart from pulling up the door handle before releasing the latch 🤦♂️. Thank you so much!
Years later, still saving ppl, I was stuck in the rain with my car door stuck, thanks!
Thank you so much for this video. I was stuck in the parking lot with my kids for 40 minutes and it was getting dark. Your video helped me figure out h the problem before the last sun light. A big lifesaver!!!
Absolute lifesaver. I"ve been driving around with a bunjee cord holding the door closed for the last three days and your video solved my problem. Just had to pull the handle up!! Thanks!!!
I can't believe it!! I was freaking out I had to go to court in thirty minutes (parking ticket guys im not a crook) and all of a sudden my door wouldn't shut I played with it for ten minutes. I watched this video and it worked in 2 seconds on a 2000 ford Taurus!!! AWESOME!!!
The beauty of the internet is that I was stuck in a jam with a used vehicle and no experience with the mechanism, found this video, and solved my problem. Thank you, so much. I appreciate it!
You sir have just saved my life! I can't thank you enough!
+elpaz123 You just did Elpaz :)
watched about 20 complicated videos where people were taking off door panels and damaging their car interior. you can imagine my relief when the advice in this video worked perfectly. thankyou!!
Finally I found this video after many useless wild goose chases. I closed the door with the seat belt in the way. The safety lock mechanism activated. I could not release it and so we had to go back home with the door not close or latched. My efforts to fix the problem in a parking lot failed because of one simple fix explained in this youtube video. I did not raise the exterior door handle while trying to open the safety latch. When following this video's procedure I can fix the problem in about one second or less with any nearby nail file, screwdriver, nail clipper, small finger, etc. pulling on the safety latch WHILE RAISING THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE! I thank you very much providing the answer for solving this dilemma for me.
Apparently Tauruses are known for this problem in cold weather, and I've been known to tie my door to the frame with yarn in the winter. This video finally showed me how to get it working again, without having to wait for Spring. Thank you so much!
I am an air force mechanic and I ran into this problem at 2 AM as it was begging to rain I looked up bad locking actuators bad cables panel removal and them I saw this video fixed my problem saved the interior of my car just wanted to say how simple this is it can be totally over looked and I really appreciate u making the video
Because of you...I don't have to take my car to the shop. I asked 3 different guys to help me fix this and none of them Wimps could. One guy worked at an auto sales place and gave me the name of a friend that had a shop. The idiot was using me to get his friend paid. Isn't that something. You are a lifesaver! Thank God for you.
I didn't find this video until I completely dismantled the door and removed my latch, but sure as shit, this worked. Saved me at least $50, thanks!
Thank you soooooo much. My car door couldn't close, I almost called a mechanic until I came across your video and just like magic it's okey now and closing. I am so relieved
Don't ever think you wasted your time making this vidoe you saved me in ways you don't even know
Never commented on a video before, but this one completely saved me! The step by step instructions and visuals made fixing this so easy. It has been a big issue for me since I live in a place where the winter weather is terrible! Thanks again.
Thank you, sir!! I got home from work last night, got out of the car, and the door wouldn't shut! That is EXACTLY the problem I have. No calling anyone to help fix it, because I just did it myself. Thank you!
Well done Leah !
Honestly, bless you. I was terrified that I wouldn't be able to drive to see my family for Thanksgiving tomorrow, and you absolutely saved the day.
Thank you!. There’s been something up with my drivers door not shutting off the lights and radio when open. I went to fiddle with it this morning and managed to get the latch stuck in the lock position. After not being able to pop it back I found your video.
Never occurred to me I should be lifting the door handle while doing it 🤦🏼♀️
Eight years and this video is still helping!
2 hours invested trying to fix this problem. your video has been one of my top three most helpful. thank you posting it.
Your video saved my friggin life! I know almost nothing about cars, I was checking to see if my window regulator worked, and after I had finished my door wouldn't shut! Meanwhile after panicking and crying, I looked it up, how to fix a door that wouldn't shut, viola!!! Your video fixed my door. So. Thanks man. 👍🙌
Boy you saved my ass. Thank you so much. I was tinkering with the door for a while. Nearly about to cry. Yours was the first video I watched. Fixed in 10 sec flat. Thank you !!!❤
After 11 years, this video is still helpful
I almost got in trouble because i push the small thing inside
Thank you 🙏
THANK YOU! Your VIDEO just saved me life today!!! I fixed my doors...This happened to both of my front doors on my Nissan Van. I had to drive home last night with the doors tapped shut!!! LOL
Thank you so much. I thought I was going to have to take the panel of the door off. My dodge dakota has been having issues with the latch and sometimes it would just open as I was driving. Very scary! But you saved the day for me. Thank you so much. I truly appreciate it.
THANK YOU!!! Bitter cold snap and my car lock froze. I was messing around trying to get it unfrozen, and flipped the interior lock. So frozen and flipped. With heat and your video, I was able to fix the car lock. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this.
this was extremely helpful thank you! my five year old stuck his finger in the door and clicked the top latch and I didn't notice until my driver side door on my suv wouldn't close. I messed with the latches for over an hour until jumping online for help. who would have thought it would have clicked back after just simply lifting the door handle!! you are awesome for making this thank you!
thank you soooooo much for making this video. I worked on getting my latch unlocked for about an hour. I became so fustrated then i remembered you can get anything off youtube 😃
And thank you for commenting Jerimeshia
Hey, partner. Thanks a lot. I just fixed my wife's door instead of paying someone else to do this simple procedure. Folks like you make the everyday problems of the world easier!
I was having this issue with the back door of my suv and didn't know what to do. I told my husband what was happening and while I was on the Internet looking up what to do, he just went out and fixed it. I asked him what he did and he described exactly what was in this video!
extremely helpful , easy to understand. I am by far no mechanic and with these helpful instructions even I was able to get my door fixed. And now I know what to do when the door will not close. Thank you and keep those videos coming!
Just want to send a quick thanks. My car doors were frozen shut and I guess with the ice, it didn't close right and next thing you know, the latch got stuck. I was in a big rush to drive my daughter back to college (Sunday night), so zoomed to youtube, found this video.. with flashlight in hand, fixed the issue. Thanks.. this video saved me a trip to the dealer.
Good work & thanks for commenting Michael !
All of a sudden as a cold front moved in, I found 3/4 of my doors would not close. This worked like a charm and I had some lubricant on hand too. Very grateful!
Those quick temperature changes can definitely cause this JD !
Thank you so much, my mom's door not latching was the icing on the cake to so many car problems, and we were able to fix it without taking in it or breaking anything trying to do it ourselves with no guidance. Woo!!!
so this morning I went to take my son to school and went to warm up the car while he was getting dressed. he was taking too long as so I decided to go check and see why he was taking forever because he was already late and when I went to close the door it bounced back. I had no idea how I was supposed to drive him to school so I literally drove him while holding the door closed the whole time. Long story short I tried for about half-an-hour freezing my butt off in 12 degree weather and killing my fingers. I couldn't fix it and figured I would go on RUclips and see if there was a how to do video since there's always a how to do video about everything. I watched this video and fixed it in 30 seconds!!! it really pisses me off that I spent so much time trying to fix it when there was a 30-second fix the entire time. You saved my life thank you so much for the video good job!!!
I got the same problem n I set up appointment already in the morning. I talk to myself why not look at RUclips n see how they fix it. Thanks to ur video brother, I fixed it 😊😊😊
Thx for the info brother! Still helping folks out 10 years later!
Thank you so much! I drove to work today with my door open, and my arm trying to keep it from flying open, had no idea what was wrong and you helped me fix my door! :) Not too shabby for a 32 year old woman! Thanks friend!
You totally, 100%, saved my bacon! This happened to me today after I dropped my fiancée off at the doctor and I tried to get back in my car in the pouring rain. You made our day. Thanks!
Amazing. Very specific and helpful, and exactly what needed to be done with the rear door latch on my 08 RAV4. Saved me a 15 mile drive to my mechanic, and probably $$$. Thank you very much!
Thank you! besides being a bit long only because you’re stuck in the cold 🥶 very helpful
Thank you for this tip. It's 14 degrees out and snowing and with your video, I fixed the door in :30 seconds!
I just wanted to let you know THANK YOU....I had this happen today in icey weather ....I freaked out when I could not figure out for the life of me what to do....I DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU DEMONSTRATED AND WORKED INSTANTLY!
OMG I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIX MY DOOR FOR 20 MINS. I COME IN WATCH YOUR VIDEO AND NOTICE YOU HOLDING THE DOOR HANLE UP. IM LIKE DUH GEEZ THATS WHY THAT PIECE OF METAL KEEPS BLOCKING IT. TY SO SO MUCH LOL. I FEEL TOTALLY DUMB RIGHT NOW LOL.
Helped me Ford Mustang '98. Thank u very much. Saved my life at 9pm in a parking lot
My friend almost killed me because, I broke it. But thanks to you she didn't kill me, you are a true life saver. Thank you so much
LIFE SAVER.... Thanks so much. I have a daughter whom pop the lock and I was going crazy trying to fix it. I watched your video and Ran to the car!!!!! You rock Sir
You just saved me from a New Years Eve Mark up repair. I am so grateful. Thank you for this video
Omg!! Thank you so much for making this video. My man is at work, not answering his phone and I thought I was screwed!!
Thank you very much! Finally, I was able to close that door! After a 30 min. drive on the highway with a hand on the door handle to keep it closed, I was very happy to find your video! Thanx!
Thank you! I was trying to fix the child
Lock and accidentally caused my door not to shut. You saved me a trip to the dealership!! 👍🏻🙌🏻
This worked perfectly!!!!! I tried to fix my driver door and ended up breaking the passenger door as well. I thought I was screwed. Saw this video and it told me EXACTLY what to do! Now my doors close! Thank you!
I am sooo HAPPY YOU PUT THIS VIDEO OUT!! You help single moms and women without mechanical knowledge - thank you so much!
Thank you! Your connect at the end about the piece needing to be moved worked!
Thanks bruh! I was about to snatch the damn door off the hinge! Lol
No problem & thanks for commenting Booyah
I've never had this problem before. Today the latch on my 85 IROC Z decided to do this. Thanks for the help.
You saved my life mister ..thank you soooooooo much and God bless you 🙏🏽
You are my new hero. It rained all night; thank you for posting that video. You saved me SO much trouble with it.
Have a Blessed day. 😊
Thank you so much for the help! I fixed my daughter's 1995 Buick Regal's door. I'm going to spray it with lubricant tonight to mare sure it doesn't happen again.
Yours is the best video. Cuts to the chase and very simple. After seeing it,boom got the lock unstuck.
Thank you
This video just helped me out of quite a pickle & it's 2024! Sir, you rock!💪🏾
Just gave this a shot on a stuck VW Jetta door. Worked like a charm. Thank you!
you are a life saver dude. over at my 1st job trying to fix my door lock rod and all the sudden the door wouldnt shut. damn latch got stuck. lock rod still dont work. but at least i can close my door as i hit the freeway to get to my 2nd job.
very helpful. our door latch was stuck on a rental car. watching this video did the trick. great video
Thank you sooo much for uploading. This literally just happened now. My daughter always slams the door. life changed
THANK YOU OH MY GOODNESS IT WORKED ON MY MERCEDES BENZ!!!!! i accidently got 2 doors stuck after trying to figure out how i could fix the first one and this was literally such a life saver!!! Bless!!!! thank you so much for this tutorial!!!!have a good day!!!!!!:))))))))
Thanku guy! This is us. Ours froze on the beater I bought to "get thru the winter". Two of the damn things one on each side-at the same friggin time! What a nightmare.
+Laura Metheny No problem Laura - glad you fixed it !
i was having a minor freak out because my door wouldn’t close, and now it’s all good thanks to you. thanks!!
Thank you!!! You just saved me a trip to the auto mechanic and $$ because I didn’t have a clue. Fixed it in 30 seconds!
hey man this video is awesome, the only part people should keep in mind is that if its not working make sure the door is unlocked took me awhile to figure out why mine was stuck
Thanks for posting. This led me to a fix I've been working on all morning. My 2004 Expedition latches down instead of up. it was not releasing a catch up inside.
thank God for the internet and people like you who put these things up i was messing around with that door for an hour and this fixed it in a second I feel dumb but thankful!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING WHAT TURNS OUT TO BE A SIMPLE FIX! THIS HAPPENED TO ME THIS MORNING AND THANKS TO YOU I DONT HAVE TO PAY HUNDREDS AT THE MECHANIC
Thankyou saved me a trip to the garage with someone stretching across keeping the door shut and stopped me going nuts!
You saved me! Thank you for this quick informative video! Both front doors suddenly stopped closing. It was late and cold and my son and I was trying to get home. This video saved me. Thank you.
+Shannon Jones And thanks for commenting Shannon!
Thank you a million times for this video - we're having a huge snow storm here in NB with high winds - you can imagine how stressful it was wondering what we were going to do other than anticipate a car full of snow in the morning! This fixed our issue in the blink of an eye (Gotta give a shout-out to the demo car - it's exactly what we have! :) ) You saved the day!!
I was in the cold at 7 this morning and the latch got stuck. Thanks 4 the video. It helped a lot.
You are a lifesaver! My sister's Honda Odysey was giving me this problem today. Thanks for posting.
Thank You so much , I believe in "the inherent goodness in man" again
Thank you our latch was stuck because of the cold and your fix worked perfectly. Thank you!!
Thanks. This saved me in 9 degree weather. I was driving down the highway 3 am holding the driver side door.
Thank you very much for this post. Door latch froze up on me in the morning in this cold Chicago weather. This simple technique definitely solved that problem.
+Leno Delgado Good work Leno !
Such a simple fix but it never crossed my mind to approach it this way. Thanks for the huge time saver! Much appreciated.
+Karl Hammerle Sometimes a little tip is all someone needs for a fix Karl - thanks !
This video has brought me more joy and happiness then anything on youtube.
Thanks! I was trying to fix one thing and I got it stuck and freaked out because it's about to rain and I came inside and looked on RUclips and found your video and couldn't believe how easy it was to fix it!!
I will love you for ever. I was in my dads car and somthin happened to the door and i saw it was jammed and i thought i was going to get into deep trouble but then you saved my life. THANK YOU.
No problem Juan -! Saving lives is just part of the Backyardmech experience ;)
Thank you your video was a HUGE help with my car. I just had to do this in the freezing rain and without this video I'd be pretty screwed with the 100%chance of rain tomorrow.
Thought I was going to have to take my Ford into the shop but you repair worked. Thank you!
This video was perfect. This was a simple repair and even though this is an older car in the video, same logic applied to my 21 Escalade.
Awesome! Thank you, man! I was stuck sitting by my Jeep for 30minutes trying to fix my door at 6am in till I decided to RUclips some help and this popped up. Thanks a lot, man. Very helpful.
+Deanna Drennen These things always seem to happen REALLY early or really late Deanna !
2015 Ford C-Max. Saved my night. Thank you.
Thank you so much kind Sir. I am quite the damsel in distress when it comes to car mechanisms. Your video really helped me out, and was very simple to follow. Thanks a million, your the greatest!
1993 Toyota T100 doing the exact same thing. followed instructions. Worked like a charm. Thank you, thank you
Thanks I'm a typical girl and I don't know shit about fixing anything on my vehicle and you saved the day for me !