Try greasing it up some. I bet the cable is in a bind on it some where.
Fold the rear seat up and move your front seat as far forward. Then I pulled the top part of the door which is a clip not the one ways things. Then just worked my way down the door popping of the one way push tabs with a tab remover. Its possible because I have done it.How do you go about taking off the door panel when you cant get the door open?