My driver's side power lock has stopped working. I searched and I see this is a common problem, but there was one thing I didn't see in any of the posts. My driver's lock is very, very stuck. If I put the key in the door to unlock or lock it manually, i have to force it almost to the point of bending, snapping the key. Same goes for the plastic tab on the inside, it takes a lot of force to push it to the lock or pull it unlocked.

Is this still a motor/actuator problem or is there some other piece that could be stuck? I don't want to dive into it right now because I heard you need torx bits for the actuator so I'll need to find a friend with those cause I'm broke.

Thanks.