I am going to try this prior to attempting my fender removal. I am going to remove my driver cargo interior panel. From there, there is a rubber stopper that is plugging a hole that is in the drect line of site to the door latch and where the latch is located. Perhaps with a screwdriver I can force the latch up and release the door. If that doesn't work then I will try the fender and hindge manuever.

I'll give it a try tomorrow morning. Too dark and too cold right now to try anything.

 

hmm its been about a year since i did mine so i am trying to rember...

put i cant think of how it could be put together so it would latch but not unlatch....
there is the "tooth"that sticks out that looks around the door pin and comes inside of the door...you should be able to pry in that and push on the door and it should open
i will see if i can find a pic to show what im talking about

 

If you can get the pic that would be of great assistance. Thanks

 

ok so this shows how all the latch works....if you can get to it you should be able to pull/push on one of them to make it open

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one more

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Thank you for those images. I already had them as well and still nothing. Weird huh. I'll let you know what happens thoughout the day as my experiement to open the door continues.

 

Well I attempted to access it from the inside without any luck. There isn't enough room to manuver to push the plastic lock up and out of the way of the latch. I then decided to remove the fender, after removing my 15 bolt I realized that I need to cut my losses and have a professional look at it. To remove the Left Front Fender it there are 6 bolts on top, 6 attached to the front (which are easy enough to remove) but then you have to remove the battery holder, the fuse box and the master cyclneder, jack the truch up, remove the tire, remove the plastic rivets and access the fender from under. I would be happy to do this, however I just don't have the proper tools or facility to make sure everythign goes smooth. I guess I'll have to take it to a reapir shop come tomorrow.

 

well howto tell a good backyard machanic is one who can relise whan they can do something them self and wheh the yneed to take it somewhere...good call i was a little worried about you trying to remoce the fender cuz even if u did anf got the door unbolded i dont think you would have gotten it off the striker latch

 

Thanks for the help you provided when I needed it. I'll keep you informed on what I find out.