Someone that wasn’t a locksmith professional was using a jimmy to try to unlock my 2004 Chevy Cavalier driver’
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s side door, and they made it to where I can’t open the door at all except if I’m inside. I was wondering if anyone knew if this was going to be very expensive to fix?
s side door, and they made it to where I can’t open the door at all except if I’m inside. I was wondering if anyone knew if this was going to be very expensive to fix?
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You will have to take it to your local body shop and have them remove the door trim panel and reattach the linkage rod to the outer handle if the didn’t break something trying to jimmy the door open. Possibly broke the retaining clip.
no- just take off the door panel (on the inside)) and reconnect what’s missing. next time, you should jimmy the back door – any damage done is less of a problem
they probably popped the linkage out of the out side handle not too hard to fix just have to pull the ’skin’ off of the inside of the door…
this exact same thing happened to me a year ago, and it costs about 2oo-260 dollars to fix
More than like not. He may have just unhooked something that can be put back rather simple. The door panel is very easy to remove, so it shouldn’t be a big deal. I would say no more that $100 or $150 at the most.
If the person portrayed himself to be a locksmith or if he was a cab drive you could possibly sue him to make him cover half the cost.
ur friend mus tnot be to smart its easy to jimmy a door… im sure he just moved something probly find a friend that has tools to take off door insides and he can re attach if they dont have tools theres a chance plastic thigns that hold it on will snap (they are crappy thats why they will)
they knocked the clip off the handle and the rod that controls the door release. you have to remove door panel with the window up and clip it again. look in a auto parts store for the clips…out the dealer
It’s probably still under warranty. Take it in and tell them it doesn’t work. Don’t volunteer that it was tampered with. They might cover it.
They did something to the inside lock linkage,200-300 to fix.