1998 Gmc Sierra, door wont open at all

Did you take the handle off to see if it is connected to the rod to the latch ?

Take the door panel back off and work the handle and see what is going on. There may be a adjustment or a sleeve the linkage came out of.

you have to take the door handles out and replace with new ones they have to be drilled out they are riveted in but there only $15.00. easy to fix.

remove the inside door trim to gain access to the inside of the door, there may be plastic covering the large openings in the back of the door panel, you have to remove that as well to gain access to the rear of the door handle.
there will be a couple of nuts or bolts that you have to remove and also a metal rod which connects to the handle, once these are removed you should be able to remove the handle from the door

take door panel off and make sure the steel rods are still on tight

not good,try to pull off the door panel a little enough to get your hand in there to reach the latch itself ,and is the lock hooked up?maybe its not unlocking first

DO you have power windows or manual. If you have standard cranks then you have to remove the clip holding it to the mechanism inside. if not then there are several screws in the door panel itself. remove all of them. Pry out the bottom of the door there are plastic buttons that should stay with the panel. then lift the door panel straight up the top is hooked inside the window trim. its stiff. but it comes out. The buttons are reusable.

the push rod is morethan likely un hooked...for more info email me at [email protected]

standard problem; must replace the handle on the inside which entails drilling out rivets, etc. Easier to have a mechanic do it and the cost is around 150$... kind of worth it when you try to do it yourself. Let the problem go longer and the handle, itself, just lies there in a retarded fashion. Basically, the inside of the door latch has a piece of plastic that breaks off. Go figure. Build cheap ****; expect bad results.

This should have been made from a higher density material to offset this problem.

Hello,

You may have 2 issues going on at the same time.
1. The child lock safety latch is up, preventing you from opening the door from the inside.
2. The inside clip to the rod that opens the door from the out side could of come off from closing the door to hard. Or the lock itself is getting stuck.

Options:
Roll the window all the way down, and look through the window crack with a flash light and see if any of the rods are just hanging and not connected.
If there are you can try using a slim jim with the cut out part facing up and try to catch the latch and pull up this could open the door.

Or you can try to take off the door panel from the inside, however this is very difficult and should be done by a professional becuse you don't want to break any thing or cause more dammage.

Once the door panel is off you can then pull the inside door release rod and open the door.

One more thing you can try: Pull the inside handle and the out side handle at the same time while having some on pull or push on the door, it just might be stuck and need a little force to open!