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[fiend61]

hi all
cleared all the white stuff off car today and drivers door was stuck solid  anyways pulled on handle and it eventually opened but now outside handle doesnt work  probally pulled to hard  inside handle works, so is there any linkage that could have come off or broken, if i take card off what should i be looking for
thanks

[vauxfan2k]

the mech is probably still frozen for the outside handle, try pouring some hot water over the handle area, it will take a bit of time but should thaw

they other favourite is the door opening but not closing because the mech is frozen.  same solution to be used.

[fiend61]

i'll try that vaux  but when operating exterior handle there is no resistance whatsoever  all other doors are ok, locks and unlocks and opens from inside, hopefully its frozen but sort of thinking something has come adrift inside 

[vauxfan2k]

if the hot water doesnt work, you will need to take off the door panel, pull the membrane away from the outer top corner, and you will be able to acess the handle mech, 2x 10mm nuts hold the outer handle on, you should be able to see if the small linkage has popped off before you remove it tho.

[Welung666]

Normally the tail off the handle to the bar has snapped off.

If it is broken I have one here in Z282 Polar Sea blue

[fiend61]

ok wellung going to wait till it stops snowing  then have a look could do with a white one though  if it is broke   

[fiend61]

ok braved the snow  and took the door card off for a look- the piece of metal bar coming from handle with the white plastic at the end has come out of a green bit of plastic on the opening mech, has this snapped off or just come adrift? can it be glued back into place? or does it require a new one
thanks

[Welung666]

Confused.com! The metal bar coming up to the handle has a small plastic part pushed through the bar from the handle and holds the metal bar in place. Has the metal bar and plastic clip come away from the handle? If so, is part of the handle still attached?

[fiend61]

ok lets try and explain abit better  :-?
from the handle there is a metal bar that runs down to mech, at the mech end of this bar is a white plastic bit, this in turn looks like it pushes into a green piece of plastic on the mech, want to know whether this is broke or fixable  :-? hmm i know what i mean 

[Welung666]

Is it that part that's broken then? The saddle (green part) or the cup (white part)?

[fiend61]

the white part has come out of the green part 

[Welung666]

Thats easy then!!!

Take out 3 x torx bolts on the outer edge of the door where they latch. This lets you move the latch mechanism. Re-allign the cup with the saddle and hold the latch mech. in place and replace the 3 x torx bolts. Job done!

[fiend61]

so it (white cup) just pushes into the (green saddle)
that sounds to easy  i will give it a go
ta 

[Welung666]

Have you done it yet?

[fiend61]

err nope  somehow i managed to unclip the saddle and it fell into the door    just spent the last half hour fishing it out with a piece of wire (!!!!####!!!!) got it now so having a coffee getting warm and calming down