NHTSA Complaint #10489207 — 2004 MAZDA MAZDA6

I HAVE A 2004 MAZDA 6 WHEN I PARKED AND TRIED TO EXIT THE CAR THE DRIVER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. IT SEEMS THE DOOR LOCK HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT AND THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OUT OUTSIDE! I TRIED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR WITH THE POWER LOCKS AS WELL AS MANUALLY. EVEN TRYING TO MUSCLE THE LOCK OPEN IT DID NOT WORK! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IF I HAD TO EXIT THE CAR QUICKLY I WOULD HAVE TO CLIMB OVER THE CENTER CONSOLE AND EXIT THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR. I HAVE READ THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ON OTHER MAZDA 6. I WENT TO THE DEALER TO GET A PRICE ON A NEW DOOR LATCH I SPOKE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD HE JUST FINISHED CHANGING A DOOR LATCH ON A MAZDA 6 THAT THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN! SHOULD WE WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE TO GET HURT IN A CAR THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF BEFORE THIS ISSUE IS FIXED!. *TR