# 1990 Honda Accord Driver's door won't open

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-honda-accord-drivers-door-wont-open/53279>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** doors, accord, honda\
**Created:** [August 10, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-honda-accord-drivers-door-wont-open/53279 "2010-08-10T01:39:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mfischer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@mfischer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mfischer)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-honda-accord-drivers-door-wont-open/53279/1 "2010-08-10T01:39:44Z")

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Need to get the driver’s door to open to repair the latch. (Found the latch at a junk yard.) A friend said you have to drill a hole to get to the latch. Someone else told me not to drill but, to take of the door panel from the inside. Don’t want to make a mess.

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-honda-accord-drivers-door-wont-open/53279/2 "2010-08-10T01:54:42Z")

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Take off the door panel from the inside.

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**Author:** ![mfischer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@mfischer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mfischer)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-honda-accord-drivers-door-wont-open/53279/3 "2010-08-10T01:58:25Z")

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Thanks!