# 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe - Remote won't open door

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-hyundai-santa-fe-remote-wont-open-door/149089>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai\
**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-hyundai-santa-fe-remote-wont-open-door/149089 "2019-09-19T20:27:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![joseph17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@joseph17](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joseph17)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-hyundai-santa-fe-remote-wont-open-door/149089/1 "2019-09-19T20:27:20Z")

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front passenger door lock not working on remote.

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-hyundai-santa-fe-remote-wont-open-door/149089/2 "2019-09-19T21:00:36Z")

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Unless you’re an experienced do it yourselfer, I recommend taking this in to a good independent shop to get repaired. The door panel will probably need to be removed, and there are many sharp metal edges inside the door. Every time I work inside a door, my hands wind up looking like raw hamburger.