Northwestvtec

Recently started, how can i fix this?

virgineg6

You can start by removing the door panel and looking to see whats broken.

bigJOE671

^^^what he said!

NOFX

Something is either broken or disconnected in the door. When you remove the door panel you'll see there are thin metal rods running to the interior and exterior door handles. One of these likely disconnected or broke on it's way to your interior door handle.

Fix it before the same happens to the exterior (seems once one breaks it likes to bind up the others sometimes) and then you can't open your door at all. I've seen far too many threads where people realize their door only opens from one side and they decide to just live with it. Then one day their door won't open at all and they have to jump in from the other side or NASCAR style.

Northwestvtec

I fixed it, rod came off. But it seems like the plastic lock switches are broke. Cant lock from the inside.

98civdx

The locks have another rod as well. Check it.

start playing with the lock when the door panel is off and see what that rod does.

Remember, if the door is open IT WILL NOT LOCK without the key.

The door has to be closed, or use the key, or, pull the door handle up, and then you can lock the door.

It is made this way, to keep people from locking them selves out of the car

virgineg6

Thats a common problem, the little white clips always brake.

NOFX

I've never had any of them break in the three '97-'98 Civics I've had here and I had those cars for a total of twelve plus years.

Never noticed it was a huge problem either, though it does seem people with '92-'00 Civics occasionally mention having issues with the doors opening (granted the reasons could vary).

98civdx

My 98 is fine. I've had the car for about 5 years.

virgineg6

Thats nice! I guess that means 92-95 models dont have this problem.

NOFX

No one said that.

But I have been on this site for awhile, been into the Honda scene since before that and I've never seen the plastic clips breaking as a common problem. While I've only personally owned 6th gen Civics, not 5th gens, I've had a high number of friends and customers with them. I've helped many of these people with these cars and this has never been an issue that came up. None of them have even had door trouble like this.

The door trouble happens, but it's not a common enough problem that I would worry about it. It's not like the windows coming off track issue that 6Gs get or the main relay issues older Hondas are damn near expected to have.

We've even disassembled and reassembled entire doors several times and I think we broke one, but it was on a crashed parts car so we didn't exactly lose sleep over it.

I don't want anyone to get their hopes up assuming a probable cause being a broken clip when it's just as probable, if not more, than the parts just disconnected from somehow being jarred or from not being reassembled correctly at some point (say they brought the car in for power locks or for audio work in the door).

You're the only one saying it's a common problem.

honda fossil

probable cause being a broken clip when it's just as probable, if not more, than the parts just disconnected from somehow being jarred or from not being reassembled correctly at some point (say they brought the car in for power locks or for audio work in the door).



but that the most commen stuff that go's wrong.and a broken inside handle . so for power locks on some honda you have to dissasamble the latch and there a some people will reassemble it wrong and if the rod cover lock is broken it will most certinly find it way out of it's hole

NOFX

I have no idea what your post is saying. Sorry.

98civdx

Did I say that?

I have only seen this issue a few times. Deffinetly would not call it common.