Ten years later Nissan door lock problems update

Tens of thousands of views of my original videos from 2014 seem to prove that this is a very common problem indeed with many Nissan door locks. I’ll bet that tens of millions of dollars have been spent by owners to replace latches and locks on a multitude of Nissan models, when the problem is actually just a sticky cable that has an inadequate return spring.
Years of dust, humidity, freezing, vibration, all normal in the way we use our vehicles, cause the outside door handle cable return spring to fail. The latch mechanism does not retract. It is as though you are trying to unlock the door while one of the kids is pulling on the handle.
It all happens inside the door so it’s very difficult to notice anything, other than the door refuses to unlock.
I showed a way of retracting the cable from outside the locked door, and a way of strengthening the return spring as a fix that lasted 10 years!
But last winter, the “atmospheric river” got into the cable itself and perhaps froze both my Xterra’s rear side doors shut. So I had to remove the interior door panels with the doors jammed shut. I managed to access the cables and open the doors.
Here is how I did it, and I show more details of the problem and solution. All these years later it is still just a $10 cable and 50 cent spring. Think of all those locks needlessly thrown away and the millions charged for them. Not to mention the labor for un-jamming the doors, as I show here!

[@PaolaLee1010]

Just fixed mine following this video. Thanks so much

[@Jackmanis]

I just watched your other video and your trick worked great. Thanks again.

[@crankshaft007]

Honda odyssey had this issue , dealer recall or update was to goop the lock cable ends up with 3m grease. To stop water from getting into the cable

[@chandrizzle]

Mine finally did this for the first time today. Thanks for the videos, I'll try these things out.
So do you recommend removing that spongy material around the cable? Has anyone found a permanent fix for this new development?

[@rud8051]

ok tried to wiggle the cable to see if it will open.. It didn't work. I slid a flat ruler in to knock the child lock forward.. that opened the door.