My passenger door handle (on the outside) will no longer open the door. Its raining outside right now so I haven't had a chance to mess with it. The handle from the inside still opens the door. I also noticed my drivers side is starting to become hard to open. Any quick tips I can take while I wait for the rain to stop.

lube up the drivers side before you break it too. them's is $200 door handles



mike

yep take the drivers side out and oil the hell out of it, they are $200 and your are **** outta luck for the one you broke. When one of mine broke, I tried every type of super epoxy/glue on the market, all failed :(

mine are on their way out also.....

yep... best thing is to oil it up REALLY good, or try to use some kind of grease that doesnt wash away with water, because rain will only make it worse. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub..._DIR

hmmm something to keep in mind for me........ both my doors on cold days need two tugs to get it open

on the passenger side, you probably broke the clip that holds the rod that connects the handle to the latch.

On the interior of the DOOR, there is a metal rod that reaches up from the latch to the handle. a plastic clip is used to retain the rod. i've seen it break before, causing the exact same prob. Try to jimmy-rig it if you broke it (and it's not just seperated), or try to get one of the clips off a parts car. I don't have any more, sorry.

FC door handles break more often than FD's i'm sure. I've gone thru 3 of them. and i've always been carful. Granted they were used when i bought them, but still for god sake. I am going to just invest in some new ones from Mazda Trix. 60 bucks a piece. and save alot more time and hassle.

Here you go man. Pretty cheap as of right now.



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Just got back from inspecting what happened. The one plastic piece that sits up against a metal bracket leading down the door came apart. I looked at the drivers side, and there is a little give, so i'm guessing there is a little clip or some sort of dowel that holds them together. This is something that can be "rigged" up for sure, might take a little patience but its doable. Thanks for all the help guys https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif