I have Nissan Maxima 2002 SE

My rear driver side door is locked and I can not open the door from inside and outside ... I can not open it from inside because the child lock is on but I do not know why I can not open it from outside ... Maybe the exterior door handle is bad ...

the center lock is working fine..

I do not know how to remove the inside door panel .. because it is locked

Is there a way to remove the exterior door handle without removing the interior door panel?

please help ... anyone has the same problem before ?

 

I think you are going to have to take the door panel off, i bet you you can get the door panel off with the door closed. You might have to take your lower seat cushion off to make some room though

 

I did not try to take the lower seat cushion, I think this will help ..
I will try it and let you know

 

you definitely need to take the lower seat cushion out. There is a thing that you need to pull on. I had a similar problem and I had to take it my car to the nissan dealer. They said there was a little rust in there. So they sanded it and used some lube. They ended up doing the other door too. It ended costing around $300. Definitly try to fix it your self first.

 

Sucky, i have the same prob, i havent opened that door in at least a year, i had the panel off and I still cant get it open, i dont know what else to do. i want to avoid the dealer.

 

use the other door.

 

ha ha ha i kill me