Help!!!

"mazdaspeed2" (mazdaspeed03) 03/22/2014 at 22:37 • Filed to: repair

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I was putting speakers in my BRAND NEW Mazda 2 with a friend last night, and now my passenger door is stuck locked. I believe the rod that connects the lock to the lock on the interior handle is disconnected now. The door panel can't be taken off without opening the door which can't be done. There also is no physical key unlock on the outside of the door, and there is not a big enough gap when I roll the window down to try and look down inside.

Only way I see fixing it now is cutting a hole in the door panel which I don't want to do because I have only had the car for a week. I am pretty sure we did open the door after it was put back together though, so it must not have happened right away. Any ideas?

PatBateman > mazdaspeed2 03/22/2014 at 22:40

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Pay someone to come jimmy the lock.

Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT > mazdaspeed2 03/22/2014 at 22:41

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If there is no evidence you opened the door panel, take it to the dealer and claim it just sotpped.

signintokinjalol > mazdaspeed2 03/22/2014 at 22:42

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Ahh, the consequences of modifying. How i know you so well...

So the lock is disconnected.

Can't do something like this?

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > mazdaspeed2 03/22/2014 at 22:46

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Baer Gryls would tell you to drink your own piss.

signintokinjalol > Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT 03/22/2014 at 22:48

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And he'll say those aftermarket speakers came from?

Hell, they might not even notice. Go for it.

mazdaspeed2 > Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT 03/22/2014 at 22:48

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It doesn't have the stock speaker, so that is a give away, along with broken pop clips. I was thinking about saying it worked after I had put it back together and seeing if they will do it under warranty, which really isn't a lie.

mazdaspeed2 > signintokinjalol 03/22/2014 at 22:49

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I might try in the morning, but I don't want to scratch the glass or anything.

mazdaspeed2 > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 03/22/2014 at 22:49

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I'd do it if that meant I could open the door...

Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT > mazdaspeed2 03/22/2014 at 23:05

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Go that route then.

Call them and see what they say.

Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT > signintokinjalol 03/22/2014 at 23:05

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When I worked at the dealer we overlooked everything like that... lol

Mailbox Cancer > signintokinjalol 03/22/2014 at 23:39

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Yup. I got all the modifying bugs out of my system. Even if the work is done by absolute pros, I'm at risk of seeeeeriously screwing up my ride.

If it requires undoing any fastener, it's not worth doing.

NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > mazdaspeed2 03/23/2014 at 00:42

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Do you have a shop manual? Or is one available online? If you had a diagram of the internals of the door, you might be able to find a way to get to the latch mechanism and pop the door so you can get the inside panel off and fix it.

SteyrTMP > mazdaspeed2 03/23/2014 at 04:41

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Did you consider removing the speaker and reaching up to undo the lock from there?

mazdaspeed2 > Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT 03/23/2014 at 08:54

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That's good to hear, haha.

mazdaspeed2 > SteyrTMP 03/23/2014 at 08:55

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You have to take the door panel off to get to the speaker.

mazdaspeed2 > NotUnlessRoundIsFunny 03/23/2014 at 08:56

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I will have to look, thanks.

mazdaspeed2 > Mailbox Cancer 03/23/2014 at 08:58

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I've done this plenty of times to a bunch of cars, and this is the first time anything like this happened. My friend was working on that side of the car, so I think I will be doing everything myself from now on.

Mailbox Cancer > mazdaspeed2 03/23/2014 at 15:43

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Good call. Still there's a risk, I guess.