pookie

i was with a bunch of friends and one of them, instead of waiting for me too unlock the door, decided to use all his strength to ply out the door pin in the back passenger door. anyway, i'm trying to avoid a dealer.

the metal part that the door pin seats on decided to be a pain and go under the panel and therefore i cannot just place the pin back on. my question:

how to i get that metal rod and stick the door pin back on. do i have to remove the panel, and if so, how.


note 1: stff turns up nothing!
note 2: i already tried sticking a paper clip to try to grap the metal thingy with no success.

phattbam

have you tried using really thin needle nose pliers?? it happened to me once and I was very fortunate to get it..

nlpamg

first off, I'd kick that "friend's" ***. then, I'd make his *** pay for it.

good luck!

FrankW

I'll ***** slap him for you...

NO_WUR_E

this happened to me too....
i first had the door opened, then i used the remote lock all the doors.
i used a paper clip: use a pliers to bend one of the ends into a "U" shape (small enough to fit in the hole). after you do that, you will have to bend that end at an angle like similar to a golf club. it may take sometime to get the angle right. with a flash light in hand, use the paper clip to make contact, and lots of patience....i was able to line up the door pin. with a steady hand, i use the remote to unlock the doors. pin came up!

essa

Just follow NO_WUR_E advise.

EDC320

Door pin got dislodged on my car a couple of weeks ago.
The door panel comes off real easy.
There is a screw under the SRS badge, and one under the plastic grab handle on the door panel (to access the screw, remove the cover on the grab handle) carefully pry the door panel off at the edges, guide the metal rod back through the hole and reattach the plastic pin.
The whole process should not take longer than 30 min.

raymond g-

soda straw

pookie

thanks guys. dealer is 30 min away so i'm going to try my best to fix this thing. i could get angry with my friend since i did things much worse to him in life overall. :]

i tried pulling out with a paper clip, but did not get a good grip so i will try with some pliers as recommended.

if not, i'm opening it up!

thanks again gentlemen.

raymond g-

Just tried it with hemostats and it worked well...twice. I've now decided to
become a surgeon. :-) I see these regularly at swap meets, gun shows,
small tools shop, Sears, Radio Shack, to name a few. Any well equipped
toolbox should have several of these in different sizes. $3-7 avg


Sorry, I was thinking of dinner and didn't finish. No panel removal needed.
Just a flashlight, hemostat, and remote key. Cycle lock several times and
look for movement. Shine light inside and look around - locate threaded
rod. Grab with hemostat. Maneuver to center of opening. Cycle lock to
UNLOCK/UP position to bring rod above surface. Shouldn't take more than
5 mins.