I need to know how to take the drivers side door panel off a 90 accord with the door closed. This is because the locking mechanism is broken. , anyways if anybody can help that would be great!

 

LOL,
Have fun. You May need to remove to seat to do that,& unless the door is open,
There is 1 screw that the door must be open to remove it.

 

have you removed the handle from the inside yet? Once you take that off you can see if perhaps the linkage from in there is just off? You do need the door to be open to get the panel off. There's a plastic fastner up towards the mirror that you can't get to without the door open, plus it's a pretty tight fit and you would probably break all the fastners that need to be pulled straight off not at an angle.

Good luck man.

 

if your talking about the latch went bad... you dont need to completely remove the pannel, but it is REALLY tough... it has to bend alot.. but it is possiable.. i had to remove my seat... good luck

 

I got the seat out and I have been drilling at the latch to try to get it to release to no avail. Once we drilled a big hole in the latch we tried to poke the insides with a screwdriver but nothing happened. If you have had this problem please provide your insight. It's making me .
Thanks
Jess

 

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Thanks
Jess</TD></TR></TABLE>

do you have the door panel off yet...dont pry or poke or Drill?huh? just use a screw driver and be gentle. if you have an interior popper that would help too,.

 

Yeah, i got the door panel out of the way and i have just been drilling at the locking mechanism. Here is a website http://www2.fwi.com/~djmccoy/door.pdf

 

It seems like everyone has been having this problem lately.