[s-cars] Can't open driver's back door

[weski at verizon.net]

Thanks Mike,

If it's a faulty lock mechanism, which it appears it might be, then this 
idea might be worth pursuing.  I'll look into this as soon as the 
weather breaks a bit more and I can afford to have the car off-line for 
a couple days in case I can't get it to close again if the latch 
mechanics are for crap.

Paul

On 3/12/2015 8:07 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
> Any chance a "slim jim" or other external mechanism would work. I've 
> seen my local sheriff open a door in well under a minute.
>
> --mike
>
> On 3/12/2015 11:19 AM, chris chambers wrote:
>> Paul,
>>
>> unfortunately I am familiar with this situation.
>>
>> In my case my right rear door wouldn't unlock, and because of this 
>> wouldn't open.
>> I was never able to open the door. After wrecking the car and 
>> damaging the door
>> I used a cut off wheel and cut into the door from the outside to gain 
>> access to the latch mechanism
>> .
>> In my case I didn't want to damage my black door panel, so I cut the 
>> damaged door skin.
>> In your case you may be forced to sacrifice your door panel in order 
>> to gain access, and even then if I recall
>> correctly you won't be able to get to the latch.
>>
>> I may be able take some photos of all of the steel Audi has in place 
>> to protect the latch. I don't think you are getting in easily.
>> I can't do it tonight as the car is no longer stored at my house.
>>
>>
>> Good luck
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Wed, 3/11/15, weski at verizon.net <weski at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>   Subject: [s-cars] Can't open driver's back door
>>   To: S-Car-List at audifans.com
>>   Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 10:18 PM
>>     Greetings S-Heads
>>     Patient is my 95 S6 sedan and a couple weeks ago I needed to
>>   put some
>>   things in the back seat and could not get the door
>>   open.  It was -16f so
>>   I figured it might literally be frozen so I just tossed my
>>   stuff in the
>>   front door and onto the passenger seat. Fast forward to this
>>   past
>>   weekend and after the car sat in my garage for 7 days I had
>>   a dead
>>   battery.  I went to open the driver's side back door to
>>   put my trickle
>>   charge on the battery and was reminded that the door won't
>>   open.
>>     Long story short, I got the battery charged by leaning over
>>   the front
>>   seats to open the rear seat bottom and put the charger on.
>>   Now I need to
>>   figure out how to get the door open so I can get to
>>   repairing it.
>>     I tried both the exterior and interior handles and both move
>>   but don't
>>   have any affect or noticeable sound.  When I lock and
>>   unlock the car
>>   with the central locking system I can't see the lock knob
>>   for the back
>>   door move at all.  The other 3 doors and trunk work as
>>   expected with the
>>   central locking system.
>>     Does anyone have any ideas or tricks to open a back door in
>>   this
>>   situation?  I'm thinking there isn't any way to remove
>>   the interior
>>   panel while the door is closed - is there?  Is my best
>>   option to unbolt
>>   the front edge of the door from the hinges?
>>     TIA,
>>     Paul
>>   95 S6 w/261k miles and a stubborn door
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