2002 Volvo S60

[POSJ]

I posted already on www.volvoforum.com and no replies. They don't seem to have the traffic that we do here so I figured I would try you guys. I've taken door panels off of Yukon's, Chevy Trucks, Jeeps, Ford...I just don't want to mess up the wifes car.

Here is the story: I had a baseball game in town about 40 miles from home, my wife locked her keys in the car 2002 S60 AWD about 5 miles from me after dropping me off at the game. She called a tow company to have them try to get in but rather than slim jim it they tried to wedge the door open. Since this is her baby she told them get stop touching her car and to leave. Another guys wife on the team said she knew how to slim jim doorhandles. She tried, now the door handle doesn't work from the outside but works fine from the inside.

So here is my question: Is this an anti-theft feature that disconnects the door handle when tried to break-in? Or did something get broken inside the door that I need to take it to a shop to get fixed? Could I take the door panel off and fix it myself or in the space between the window and the door too small for standard tools to work in? Does anybody have pictures of the inner working of an S60 door handle? Thanks in advance.

Tyler-

 

[PstrKd4BrthCntrll]

i work at a car dealership and what we do to get into cars on our lot that have the keys locked in them is wedge the door frame open and slide a long bent metal rod and hit the unlock button or pull the inside door handle open. I believe Matco? makes the lockout kit we use...

Trying to use a slim jim to pop the lock up only works in the 70's...

I'd say try and see if you can get the dooe handle to work again. I've been into a few door guts[camrys, silverados] and what the slim jim probably did was knock of a small rod or something... When you do go into the door panel, make sure you got all the screws that hold the door panel on to the door itself[look around the bottom, behind the interior door handle, and there are usually screw that go through the grab handle too.]

 

[bfred]

Slim jims should not be used on vehicles with side air bags. there has been many cases of people catching the wiring for them and I've even heard of them being set off by accidently sending power to them. spreading the door frame and using the long rod from the top is probably the suggested method. chances are they probably knocked a linkage rod off. pull the panel and check...

 

[POSJ]

It has already been done, and now the exterior handle doesn't work any longer. Does anybody have knowledge on how the door panels are installed onto the S60's?