Outside Door Handle Won T Open

Now if the door is initially locked and i go to unlock it with either the fob.

Outside door handle won t open.

I recently replaced the driver side front door latch and handle cables in a 09 cc. 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. Open the door and close slowly to see if it s dragging some place. There should be about the width of a nickel clearance from the door to the jamb.

No it will only open from the inside. 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. Door opens fine from outside. Some vehicle have updated parts where the stress point of the handle is now metal.

The only way to tell what s wrong is to remove the inner door panel it should be obvious famous last words. With the door handle off it opened and closed just fine. In the resting state of the lock the spring is extended. The outside handle feels loose like if there was cable attached to it it slipped out.

This is a high use item on the vehicle and is made from cheap thin plastic. An exterior door that refuses to open can be caused by several things from swollen or warped wooden door and frames or old neglected hardware. The rods are inserted into the door handle which is made of plastic. If the bolt moves but not enough to allow the door to open the mechanism probably needs lubrication.

There is a thin metal rod that runs from the door latch to the back of the door handle mechanism. Over time the plastic part of the door handle where the rod is located breaks. Texases july 6 2016 5 49am 3 when this happened to me it was a broken plastic connector at the door handle. The turning of the handle retracts the latch by pulling on the spring and compressing it.

Once you have identified the problem finding and implementing a solution is fairly simple. The repair is a complete door handle replacement. When the door knob is locked the handle will not turn which keeps the latch from retracting. I replaced the inside the door latch and connected both cables that go to the handles correctly and operation then tested fine.

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. The other handles don t pull as far and they open the doors.

There s two different connecting rods tom the lock one from the inside handle and one from the outside.