I have a 2000 Durango and I need to replace the driver's side rear door but the door is stuck and I cannot get it open. It's locked and I cannot unlock it. I have the replacement part but cannot put it on until I can get the door open. Any ideas how I can get it open?

 

If you are disposing of the door anyway use an air chisel or grinder to cut through the outside skin and access the mechanism.

 

where the power window switch is, pull the back of the plastic section up and then back ( the part the switch is mounted to). once this is out you should be able to reach up and feel the bar that the manual lock uses, move it towards the front. then try your handle, if the handle is disconnected, its bar is a little higher than the lock bar. move it towards the front to open the latch. if those bars don't move or don't open it, then you are going to have to remove as much of the mounting bolts for the door trim that you can, and probably have to break the plastic around the lower screws to lift up on it ( they are at the bottom of the door holding the trim on, covered by your door gasket).

 

Oops I just realized I left a word out when I typed this I am replacing the door lock actuator not the door. Sorry I was in a hurry when I posted this.

 

I have a 2000 Durango and I need to replace the driver's side rear door lock actuator but the door is stuck and I cannot get it open. It's locked and I cannot unlock it. I have the replacement part but cannot put it on until I can get the door open. Any ideas how I can get it open

 

did you try this

 

Not yet, going to try it to see if I can get it open.

 

Tried this but couldn't get the cover off and I think I may have snapped a piece of the cover off. I think if I could get the door to unlock I could get it open but it will not unlock.

 

You could drill out the mechanism or have a locksmith do it for you. I would opt for the locksmith.