2009 Accord LX Rear Driver door stuck

Started with rear door would not lock/unlock with key, but worked fine manually. Troubleshot and found little motor (actuator) was bad. Reassembled door until new part arrives. Closed the door and know will not open from inside or outside. Managed to remove door panel but still no luck. Any suggestions before I go in and completely gut the door.

Kinda hard to say without peeking into the door itself, but a friend of mine had a similar issue with his Corolla some years back. Long story short, one of the small plastic pieces inside the door had snapped from its cable so the door had to be opened by engaging the mechanism with your finger through the opening where the handle was supposed to be. Getting a hold of the replacement piece was more of a headache to him than manually operating the door mechanism for a few weeks.

Check You Tube user briansmobile1. He has a video on how to.

Good luck,
Sam