With the type of metal they use today, it's hard to say what the problem is.
You said the door doesn't open if you use the remote. Can you work the door otherwise? Do you have electric door locks inside? does the door unlock with the button? Checking that will mean someone has to stand outside so you can check using the outside handle of course. It's possible the actuator isn't moving the lever enough. Now if the handle is loose, as in you can move it by hand and it actually moves around a good bit, you will have to take off the panel and see what has happened. You'll have to take it off even if it's the actuator, just trying to narrow it down some. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Vos To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 6:43 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Car door question We have a Ford Focus. The inside handle workds fine for opening the door. But the outside handle is loose. It will open the door if it has been setting unlocked, but if we use the remote to unlock the door, operating the handle will not open it. I can take the inside panel off, but can someone tell me if this is likely to be just a loose something or other in there? Or is it more likely something is broken? Blessings, Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
