NHTSA Complaint #10705260 — 2015 HONDA CIVIC

UPON VIEWING AN ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF ME, I PARKED ON SIDE OF ROAD, APPLIED EMERGENCY FLASHERS, CALLED 911 (HAND HELD- NOT ATTACHED TO CAR) AND WAS REMOVING KEYS FROM IGNITION & TRYING TO OPEN DRIVER SIDE DOOR & EXIT CAR TO RENDER AID. CAR DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. I UNLOCKED DOOR MANUALLY AT HANDLE. STILL WOULD NOT OPEN. I RE-INSERTED KEY, TURNED ENGINE ON, PUSHED DOOR OPEN BUTTON. DOOR NOT OPEN. (I WAS DIALING & TALKING WITH 911 OPERATOR DURING THIS TIME. I WAS GETTING EXCITED ABOUT NEED TO GET TO VICTIM(S) OF ACCIDENT, BUT COULDN'T GET OUT OF MY CAR. I EVENTUALLY CLIMBED OVER MIDDLE CONSOLE TO EXIT CAR FROM PASSENGER'S DOOR. NOW-- DRIVER'S DOOR STILL CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE, BUT WORKS AS USUAL FROM THE OUTSIDE.. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND IT SCARED ME OF THE IMPLICATIONS, AFTERWARDS. IF I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN EMERGENCY AND NEEDED TO EXIT CAR QUICKLY, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO. *TR