5000cs door handle/latch

[Huw Powell]

You might need a new outer door handle.  The "trigger" is made of pot 
metal and eventually cracks and stops working.  At the worst of times.

On 10/13/2010 12:52 AM, Stephen Sherman wrote:
>
>    I had posted a couple of months ago about door opening problems with
> my 87 5000CSTQ driver's door. In cold weather it would open from the
> outside but in cold weather the inside handle would not work.  Well I
> procrastinated about doing anything, and today I took the 5000 as it was
> our first snow. Now the problem is reversed, the inside handle works
> well, but the outside handle will not open the car door at all.
>
> This is puzzling. Opposite symptoms without any overt change in
> anything. Short of the door latch/handle just wearing some more, I am
> curious what these symptoms could point to. Door latch just going crazy,
> loose parts shifting so that first one handle works then the other.
>
> Anyone have any clue as to what may be going on here.
>
> TIA
>
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Huw Powell

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