How do you get the door open when neither handle works?

 

iced over?

 

yeah there was about 2 inches of ice on my car.. ijust pulled the door real hard and it opened lol.. cobalt driver, getyour ass on aim dude

 

no it opened then i got to work and it didnt no tension in handles

 

huh...thats weird. i have no clue what that cud b bro.

try to go in through the trunk. i've had to do that before.

 

My car is doing the same thing. Sometimes it wont latch and then it wont open. I am taking the door apart this weekend. Its enough to **** you off when you are in a hurry. lol.

 

hmmm, maybe the metal link inside the door assembly is broken?

 

It's not broken but something is wrong, both my doors do this as well but only occasionally in cold weather and the only solution I have found so far is to pull the outside handle a few times really quick, like jiggling it or something. Works 100% of the time, typically pretty quickly.

Now that I think about it, the cables going to the latch release might be getting stuck, or the release itself is stuck.

 

ive had that twice...if you have your lock remote, press the unlock and locks really fast alternatively....that has freed it up for me

 

maybe u have to lube it? or the rubber sheathe might contract on the metal because of the cold?

 

the only thing that works to make mine open is to pull on the handle fast alot till it opens. Becareful though, the handles are only plastic and i am going to be replacing mine cuz i pulled too hard.

 

yeah i'd say crawl in the trunk and put your back seats down.......

 

IS IT UNLOCKED?........Try unlocking the door

 

Ok just got my car back from the chevy dealer. If this happens to you its magnified by the cold. They need to be greesed and in most cases if they have been doing it for a month or so the latch is totally shot and they will replace it under warranty as part of the TSB, I dont have the number but take it to your chevy dealer cause it actually is a big problem

 

This has happend to me twice now, so I guess I will be going to the dealer to get it lubed up

 

most likely they will replace the whole latch like they did on mine