Lazy Exterior Door Handle Return

Achias · 11-17-2011, 08:12 PM

Any hints on how to help my driver's side exterior door handle return all the way in without help?

yellow bear · 11-17-2011, 08:25 PM

peek in there with the window down. take a can of wd40 or your choice with the soda straw attached and give it a shot and work it in. repeat on the other side door. corrosion due to dis similar metals. just needs some lube.

Achias · 11-26-2011, 10:14 AM

i didn't have much luck with the peeking, so I just squirted WD40 into the hinge areas (with the long tube nozzle) from the outside.

The next time I do this, the window will be UP!

Works great now.

Flying Dog · 11-26-2011, 10:28 AM

Years ago when I first got my SSR the driver's door handle wouldn't return back by itself. If I forgot to pull the handle closed when I got in, I couldn't get back out by the inside handle. Would have to roll down the window and reach the outside handle.
Dealer fixed it. No trouble since.