The latch for the rear dutch door on my 95 astro van are faulty and i can't open the doors to fix it> How do I open it?

The rear hatch passenger door is impeded by the trim on the top of the rear bumper and not easily noted

You should be able to open it with a large screw driver. Simply put the screw driver in the hole where the latch would go and pull the handle to open the door. With the handle in the open position pull the screw driver toward the inside of the van and the latch should open right up. Then close the door. Hope this helps.

It sounds like to me that u have a rust issue and will have to get into the dorr to get things moving from the inside door panels.

You can pick up the handle from your local GMC dealer. I paid roughly $90 for both (a bit high...but money well spent!) As noted, yes; you do have to remove the interior door panel. From there it's just a matter of removing 4 nuts (metric #10 socket), and replacing them back once the new handle is slipped into place! The bars that operate the door latches simply snap into the plastic clips attached to the handle assembly.
The operation sounds worse then what it really is. It took me longer to write up this review than it did to actually do the work! 5 minutes max...done!! Hell, if you're local; buy the parts

use a large screwdriver,tire iron or a wooden spoon[?] inserted into the 'hole'between the latch levers,where the post should be.lift door latch as if to open door,pull/pry latch 'ears' open.if they don't stay in place when opened fully,latch may be broken.

Van has dutch doors in rear; the lift gate electronic mechanism seems fine as it unlatches on the right side, but will not unlatch on left side

your best bet is to get dutcht doors from a junkyard and replace them because putting the regular doors you might have problems with the alighment of the doors with the latches. good luck let me know how it went.

I slammed the door shut one time and the door wood not open at all. I had to take the inside door handle off and found that the cables simply came off of their post (inside the door) on the outside part of the door handle. More than likely only one cable has come off its post on your van. I hope this helps!

I recently had the same problem with my 2001 Astro.
I don't know how to get the door/hatch to open. Am looking for suggestions on how to at least get the window part to open so I can replace the part that has failed.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Buy a different van. I maintain a fleet of 10 Astros and the automatic door locks on all of them do not work. 5 of them have windows that don't work. The rear door handles on three of them have broken in half. The auto door latch in the 02 will not open.