83 key door locks fell in

[mematney]

The keyed door lock on both doors now has fallen inside the door. You only see a hole now where the key should go. I have taken the inside panel off and can push the lock back up to the hole but what holds it in place? Is it glued? Help, I can't lock the doors now unless I want to crawl through the back hatch.

[danomac]

This is an old thread, but...

Those key cylinders fit into the handle and are screwed in. If it fell in the car door, one of three things happened:

-The screw just fell out (happens...)
-The screw is stripped
-The door handle is so brittle it broke and the cylinder has nothing to attach to.