'87 4kq: Is this what they mean by Team Doorhandle?

[Larry C Leung]

Personally, I found pressing the door handle in whilst pulling on the
trigger worked well for sticking handles.

LL - NY

On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:35:33 +0000 "Doug Hill" <badoug at hotmail.com>
writes:
>On my 4kq the rear driverside doorhandle always seems to be the one
>that
>fails on me(I have had to replace it twice now) the first time it did
>the
>same thing as you described, the second time it just would get stuck
>and by
>pulling the lever back and yanking on the door it would open. So, it
>would
>apear that it is just the typical door handle woes.
>HTH
>Doug Hill
>87 4kcs quattro
>
>
>>
>>Lately the LR door on my car has gotten a bit touchy about being
>opened
>>from
>>the outside--from the inside hasn't been a problem. As a single man,
>I
>>don't
>>need to open the rear doors often, but occasionally I do.
>>
>>Yesterday the door just didn't want to open. At one point I gave a
>good tug
>>on
>>the handle, and it came ~1/2" away from the sheet metal, but snapped
>back
>>when I
>>let go. I figured it was wise to take no for an answer! The door
>still
>>opens
>>fine from inside.
>>
>>So, is this the garden variety door handle failure mode, or something
>else?
>>Is
>>it likely that that tug on the handle damaged anything? TIA
>
>
>
>
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