1989 Bonneville - Trunk won't open and Driver's Side Door

golly...I hope someone can help me. My trunk for my Bonneville will not open. I thought it froze up this winter (NE Ohio). finally got it opened in the spring...my husband sprayed something in the mechanism. worked great for about a week. Now will not open.

The driver's side door. Will not open from inside and outside. I had this problem twice before. Someone said to roll down the window....at the same time...hit the open power lock inside and press the button on the outside. Worked twice before...now...will not. Something to do with the lock? I drove it last night and locked the doors when driving. That is when the problem occurred. Now the seat belt indicator light is on even when the driver's side seat belt is fastened. When you push the door handle in from the outside it is loose. I cannot keep crawling over from the front passenger's side to get in and out of the car.

Anyone have any suggestions?


Thanks.

Laura

See this thread (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=246443) for details on non functional door latches. This is kinda common for your generation Bonneville but usually affects the rear doors and not the front. It seems that a particular spring in the latch assembly becomes weaker (or in my case dissolved) as it rusts. Replacement of the spring corrected the problem in my case so hopefully it will do the same for you in the front door.

This just happened to my 89 Bonneville, to both rear doors and the front passenger, all within weeks of each other. Pulling the interior door panels off while the doors are still locked was no fun, but it is doable. If you need assistance in the technique that I figured out, please reply. I discovered that the door push button would not release completely, which is required for you to be able to unlock the door. The bottun came back out completely but the linkage would not. I disconnected the linkage from the lock assembly, locked and unlocked the door and it was able to be opened from the inside. The problem was the 'rocker' assembly at the end of the push botton that is connected to the linkage. It was very tight with the metal assembly slightly tarnished and not moving freely in the plastic housing. I sprayed silicone on the assembly and worked it back and forth till it moved freely. I had taken the door handle off completely to work this free. I put everything back together and the door works fine. The back doors had the same problem, and opened the same way. After spraying with silicone and reconnecting the linakge all doors are fine. If you need details on exactly where the linages are, or how to get to them please respond. I have a few scraped fingers from figuring this out by trial and error, and several hours of frustration. Good luck!