Internal door handle r230

[Denis O]

Yesterday I opened the drivers door to exit the car and it was stiff and went completely slack like something broke as I pulled the door handle. The door did not open and the internal handle just flaps around and does nothing. I can wind down the window and open the door with the outside handle, which is awkward but possible.
Goes into my local indy next Wednesday.

 

[mioba]

Could well be something got frozen in the mechanical side and something snapped. Hope the Indy fixes it.
Let us know.

 

[Uncle Benz]

Common for the metal handle to break on the other side of the doorcard where the cable attaches. You can buy just the little metal bit that slides in. Fiddly though

 

[Denis O]

Not fixed yet but indy found the cast metal bracket at the end of the bowden cable HD fractured right through. Clearly the cr is ****ed at me for making it live outside having been in a garage for many a year.
New part ordered and will be fixed when it arrives. Part is about £13.

 

[Uncle Benz]

Like I said, common problem. At least you can buy the part. With the w204 you have to buy a complete door card. Bonkers.

 

[star]

Like I said, common problem. At least you can buy the part. With the w204 you have to buy a complete door card. Bonkers.

This ^ but we buy 204 handles on tinternet, which saves buying a door card, fitted a few, seem ok.

 

[Uncle Benz]

This ^ but we buy 204 handles on tinternet, which saves buying a door card, fitted a few, seem ok.

Not done one for a while, but I used to buy the bog-stock cheapest pov-spec door card and cut the handle out of it. The leather-clad doorcards are eye-wateringly expensive.

Goodness me, I’ve used up my whole months supply of hyphens with that one!