Outside Door Handle Won T Open

The repair is a complete door handle replacement.

Outside door handle won t open.

The other handles don t pull as far and they open the doors. In the resting state of the lock the spring is extended. Door opens fine from outside. The outside handle feels loose like if there was cable attached to it it slipped out.

With the door handle off it opened and closed just fine. No it will only open from the inside. The turning of the handle retracts the latch by pulling on the spring and compressing it. Now if the door is initially locked and i go to unlock it with either the fob.

It may be on the. A door knob or door handle uses a spring loaded latch. Look for the set screw on neck of the knob between the handle and door. There should be about the width of a nickel clearance from the door to the jamb.

Jun 11 2015 if you are having trouble because your truck door won t open from the inside or outside there is most likely an issue with rods that hold the lock in place. There is a thin metal rod that runs from the door latch to the back of the door handle mechanism. Could be as simple as loose screws in the hinges lack of the longer supplied when the door was new that are long enough to reach the framing. Texases july 6 2016 5 49am 3 when this happened to me it was a broken plastic connector at the door handle.

I recently replaced the driver side front door latch and handle cables in a 09 cc. Initially only the outside door handle would not open the latch door but the inside worked just fine. The rods are inserted into the door handle which is made of plastic. When the door knob is locked the handle will not turn which keeps the latch from retracting.

The only way to tell what s wrong is to remove the inner door panel it should be obvious famous last words. I replaced the inside the door latch and connected both cables that go to the handles correctly and operation then tested fine. This is a high use item on the vehicle and is made from cheap thin plastic. Some vehicle have updated parts where the stress point of the handle is now metal.

There s two different connecting rods tom the lock one from the inside handle and one from the outside. This is all to say that when your door knob turns but won t open the issue is with you handle not properly interacting with the spring in the latch. Over time the plastic part of the door handle where the rod is located breaks. Once you have identified the problem finding and implementing a solution is fairly simple.

Open the door and close slowly to see if it s dragging some place.