# 1994 Blazer Back gate won't open:(

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-blazer-back-gate-wont-open/66856>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** blazer\
**Created:** [August 4, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-blazer-back-gate-wont-open/66856 "2011-08-04T15:08:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![joner18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@joner18](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joner18)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-blazer-back-gate-wont-open/66856/1 "2011-08-04T15:08:58Z")

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The back gate of my blazer won’t open, nor will my window close. It seems like the lock won’t unlock. But Other than that, I’m stumped. 😕

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-blazer-back-gate-wont-open/66856/2 "2011-08-04T16:05:05Z")

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Have you removed the latch access panel on the tail gate?

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**Author:** ![joner18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@joner18](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joner18)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-blazer-back-gate-wont-open/66856/3 "2011-08-04T16:08:43Z")

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How do I get to it if it won’t open? Am I able to crawl in through the back and do it?

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-blazer-back-gate-wont-open/66856/4 "2011-08-04T16:52:20Z")

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If the window won’t close reach through.

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**Author:** ![joner18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@joner18](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joner18)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-blazer-back-gate-wont-open/66856/5 "2011-08-04T17:32:50Z")

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I’m going to be honest with you, I’m so car retarded I wouldn’t know what the access panel is.

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**Author:** ![joner18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@joner18](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joner18)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-blazer-back-gate-wont-open/66856/6 "2011-08-04T17:52:43Z")

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Rod, I figured out what was stopping everything from working. the lock got stuck in the locked position. But thank you for your help.

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-blazer-back-gate-wont-open/66856/7 "2011-08-04T19:41:35Z")

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Glad you got it open. You might remove that access panel now and inspect and lubricate the hardware.