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Door handle not broken but door won't open

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Hi guys, I've not posted in a while due to having two children but I'm hoping someone might be able to help....

 

Today, after 6 years on and off of trying to fit my passenger door pin and central locking rod to the damn lock connector I finally succeeded. However, after putting my door card back together my outside handle will not open The door. The inside one works thankfully but not the outside.

 

I have took the lock off the side of the door and I can see the rods are all still attatched to the handle and they both go up and down when I lock and open the handle when the latch is not connected.

 

The latch/ lick mechanism works fine when I press it with my fingers so I'm a bit stumped.

 

Any suggestions?!

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I've took the handle out its all intact. The central locking cable had got caught somewhere so straightened that out but it still won't work. Gggrrrr

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Sometimes what can happen is that while not broken, the striker part of the handle won't reach far enough to make contact with the metal plate/tab it's supposed to push to release the lock. This happened to me and I was able to fix it by putting a plastic cap on the end of the striker to make it a bit longer. Or you could try repositioning or bending the lock plate a little.

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They really were a piece of crap these things were.

 

 

A Corrado is for life, not just for the MOT.

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