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Old 08-10-11, 09:33 AM
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My rear passenger door handle is giving me a fit. I have to repeatably pull on the exterior handle until it decides its gonna open. Any ideas of what could be worn out or needed to be replaced? It does have full chrome replacement handles on it. Been doing this ever since I bought the car this year.
Old 08-10-11, 11:10 AM
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The chrome handles have a factory defect. The 'lever' on the handle on the inside isnt long enough to pull the mechanism that opens the door. It needs to be removed and fixed. I got a small rubber hose shoved it over that 'lever' (which is round) and it was just big enough to do what it needs to do.
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Thanks. Guess I gotta pull the door panel for this fix then.
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second that notion
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how to get rear door panel off of es300?
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