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Astro van door latch stuck.
The handle or knob must be jiggled to unstick the latch.
The knob will not turn to retract the stuck door latch.
Customer reply replied 11 years ago.
Some people call this cab style.
The door has sagged and i replaced the hinge pins and bushings.
The rear door hatch on my 1994 chevy astro van will not open.
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Video shows the removal process for repair.
The truck in the video is a ford supercab with rear suicide door.
If it is the latch assembly insert a screw driver into the opening in the latch in the door where it closes around the pin that it latches on.
The door latch is not extended before rotating the knob.
Once the door is open try to actuate the door latch with the handle.
If that s the case the molding is held on by both screws and push in retainer clips.
The hatch button does not work and neither does the key.
Do you know how to remove the door panel.
More force is needed to turn the knob and unstick the latch.
Usually caused by a broken cable housing preventing you from triggering the latch.
At the area of the latch you may be able to pull the molding out enough to access behind it.
Rear door handle broke on the little arm thing.
Answered by a verified chevy mechanic.
Tighten the screws that retain the panel to the door to 2 n m 18 lb in.
Can you access the latch thats stuck sort of easy.
I m assuming your van is the passenger version with the full garnish molding around the perimeter of the doors.
Ensure that the weatherstrip fits into the corner and matches the corner of the radius of the body flange.
I have a 1989 chevy pick up and the drivers side door will not latch.
The latch is stuck open so that it does not close and it does not latch either.