drivers side door handle

[Greg Galotta]

This site is great, thanks to all that have helped in the past. My drivers side door won't open from the outside, but it will open from the inside, so hard to see in there, is there an easy way to solve this problem.

[five&dime]

I would remove the door panel and make sure the rod/linkage is still attached to the back of the door handle on the inside of the door. Sometimes the rod that attaches to the linkage will break free or slip out of the retainer.

Edited June 5, 2009 by five&dime

[v8eter]

The same thing happened to my Passenger side door, i left it for years and years (to the point that i had auto locks installed and didn't pay for that door cause it wouldnt open) Do like five&dime said, the linkage can break away, or in my case break off all together, a junk yard will sell you a handle pretty cheap (i think i paid 8 dollars for mine) its two bolts on the inside of the door its not too bad.

[240znz]

You need to pull the door card off, then you'll see if there is a rod hanging down. If it has a bit of diecast metal on the end, you have a broken handle. Normally caused by a gunked up lock assembly.

My advise is to pull the entire lock assembly, soak it in a parts cleaner and re-grease it. Buy a new handle and put it all back together. It will be like new.

If you don't want to buy a new handle, you can always swap it with the other handle as they have tabs on both side. Only down side to that is it's twice the work.

Door handle part number is 80606-E4100.