locking me out... Options

[eclipse_04a]

ok, well my car has picked up a bad habbit. I think the grand prix it parks next to must be a bad influence.... Anyways, when the car is unlocked, and i use the door handle to open the car, it locks itself. It will open about 3/4 of an inch and then it wont go any farther. even if the door is open, and i pull up on the door handle, you can watch the lock on the inside flip fowards. the only way i can get into my car is to hold the key turned in the lock while I pull up on the door handle. has anyone ever heard of something like this happening? I did find a nice feature about the locks though, If I unlock the door, then turn the key to unlock again, it will unlock the passenger door as well.

[eclipse_04a]

where would i check? I pulled my door apart today, and as far as i can tell, its something in the white box right behind the outside handle in the back of the door. I cant get that stuff out. I dont see how the relays would get crossed when I've never touched them before. It rained alot before it happened, but i dont know how that would be causing it. Its like the rods are bet and hitting eachother in that white box or something. any advice would be greatly appreciated. Its really a pain to deal with.