Lube the keyway leave the lock cylinder on the door and spray inside the keyway.
Front door lock stuck in locked position.
Deadbolt lock stuck in locked position if you have an older lock you might find that the bolt or internals have rusted into position or otherwise been gummed.
Make sure the lock is unlocked before you do this.
The first step is to troubleshoot the issue and get a sense of what the symptoms are with the door latch stuck in its position.
The lock normally takes a key for the outside and inside you turn the knob to locked position to lock from the inside.
This accident could be a fender bender a crash or a particularly aggressive slamming of the door.
Lube the bolt mechanism.
It would appear from your photo that the latch cam has broken or become displaced from the 2 3 4 backset position remove the other side knob if you can t get to the other side simply push it out from the photo side.
What it amounts to is that the latch is not working.
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There are several different ways a door latch can be stuck.
There can be a door latch stuck open or a door latch stuck closed but the reasons for each can vary quite a bit.
Frist unplug the unit washer and then let s manually open the door.
Troubleshooting a stuck door latch.
Remove the 3 screws along the bottom of the lower front panel.
The panel will then pull straight down and off.
The key may be worn or damaged so it will not work in the cylinder.
Yesterday the lock got stuck in locked position and turning the knob on the inside no longer worked to unlock it.
Lube the lock cylinder photo 1.
The door lock on my house door is stuck shut in locked position and the door will not open.
Once you remove this panel you can reach up behind the upper front panel and pull down on the small plastic pull tab attached to the bottom of the door lock assembly.
You can do this by using the phillips head screw driver to unscrew both screws on the door handle.