Q: Passenger door won't unlock

asked by on November 26, 2016

Passenger door won't unlock. I flip the switch on to unlock the doors and the drivers side works but the passenger side won't unlock. The button stays down.

My car has 185000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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