Dodge caliber sprung door

They have been a known problem and need to be lubricated often. There may even be a technical service bulletin on them , check with dealer for possibility of any partial extended warranty regarding those hinges.

with the door open, look at the latch mechanism.. it is usually a two finger item or a one finger item that hooks on the stud or heavy bar mounted on the body door facing..these fingers must be in alignment in order for the door to close..while working the door release try to reset thes fingers by opening them up by hand as wide as they will go..some are spring loaded and may pop back to preset position.. now if the door has been"sprung" it will need readjusted to fit the body of the car..(was there an accident with the car or did a gust of wind pull the door open?)..this issue can be addressed by a body shop...good luck..

Caliber door panel romval

The wind likely bent your door framing where the hinge attaches. It seems like it is obviously bent downward just a little or it would not fasten. I would first try to adjust it by loosening the hinge bolts a little, not very much and either put something under the door-wooden block maybe then push down on the car or pull up on the door to see if you can align it better, or close the door and push in on the part that is sticking out. You may get lucky. Otherwise I would look for junk yard door.

You can try pulling up on the lock piece located by the window several times really fast! Another wards, grab on to the lock pull it up push it down and do that 3-4 times and then try unlocking with the remote if that doesn't work, try pulling up on it again and at the same time try opening the door from the outside, people don't understand that with Saturn's the piece that holds all the lock parts in place is a thin piece of metal that can get out of place by driving over time from the bumps and jarring that your car goes through, its not difficult to **** it back into place basically! Of course there are springs in the bottoms of the doors, sometimes by chance that spring could be sprung.

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To change the window motor driver side, follow the steps below:

1. remove 1 visible bolt left side of arm rest
2. Pop out window switch/door lock/ mirror adjustment control panel with a screwdriver
3. Use panel remover or just pull on interior panel to remove must slide it off of door handle
4. Slide control switch panel down through hole you popped it out of
5. Pull vapor barrier loose bottom right side to expose coiled spring and window motor
6. Tape window in the up position using masking or package tape
7. Mark a straight line across coil spring to make sure you can realign it when reinstall
8. Use tool j-38864 connect it near outer part of coil sprint where it hooks to retainer or in a pinch use pointed vice grips at same location ensuring they are firmly locked on spring ( be very careful, I'm not responsible for any injury if you are not)
9. Force spring clockwise to disengage it from it's retainer point
10. Pull spring slightly outward just enough to clear the retainer point and slowly let it uncoil counterclockwise and let it sit there
11. Disconnect wire connector from right end of window motor
12. Use your hands and push 3 plastic retainer points outward as you lift up on window motor to disengage from retainers careful not to break the plastic retainers comes out pretty easy
13. Install new motor into the plastic retainers, make sure filly seated ( lining up plastic Guides into holes in motor (3 points)
14. Reconnect wire connector to new motor
15. Use J38864 or vice grips to recoil spring, resit it to retainer point as before you have to be very careful in order not to hurt yourself
    
16. Remove tape from window and test up/down switch ( key must be on)
17. Reseal vapor barrier in place as it was prior to starting
18. Slide switch control back up through hole in door panel from where it mounts
19. Slide door over door handle
20. Align retaining clips to holes and push them home with gentle raps of your hand start at the top and work downward on panel
21. Replace both bolts in arm rest
22. Pop window/door lock control panel back in place

That is how to change the window motor of the drivers side of a 2000 pontiac montana.

Take care and good luck

There is a spring in the bottom of the door attached to the lock, that spring gets out of alignment, which creates your dilemma, I found the best way to get the door open is to lower the window, then standing on the outside of the door, push down and yank up quickly and then open your door. You can also use the keyless remote to do the same thing but the battery in your keyless must be very strong. My 06 has done this to me on several occassion's, and it gets my dander up each time, its a very frustrating situation. The dealership that I took my to to have it diagnosed wanted to replace the entire door lock assembly for $250, as I choked down their estimate I said no thank you I will fix it myself! So I deal with it when it happens. Its definately not broke though so don't dump a lot of money into fixing it because you will be getting ripped off, its out of alignment basically, and jerking up on the door lock a couple of times should solve your issues until the next time. Try not to slam the doors as this does not help keep your problem from surfacing again.

the door has 7 sets of screws one at the door knob another at the handle one on the bottom and 4 at the speaker pop the case around the speaker and then once u got all the screws pull the panel off it is held on by clips then take the wind blocker off and there you go you got the window note; dont break the clips on the handle

lever on the left hand side of drivers seat. pull up to raise seat. push down to crank it down.

I think the actual frame the hinges are on is bent, you should take it to a body shop to have them re-align it.