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Interior door handle stopped working

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Old May 5, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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Interior door handle stopped working

Passenger side interior door handle will not open the door.
Anyone experience this?
Is there an easy way to take the door panel off and check to see what happened? or will i have to take it to the dealer?

BTW, the exterior handle works fine.
 
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Old May 5, 2006 | 04:34 PM
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Sorry,

You will have to take it to the dealer

Victor
 
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Old May 5, 2006 | 05:03 PM
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happened to my 2005 mcsa - dealer fixed it overnight.

don't sweat it.
 
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Old May 5, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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Mine just got fixed today, there is a TSB and the dealers know about this. I'm picking up my MINI first thing in the morning. No bigge with this, hope it gets fixed soon.
 
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Old May 5, 2006 | 08:41 PM
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yeah happened to me the other day, unfortunately have to wait a week to bring it in, worst part is its ont eh drivers side, so i have to do a whole orchestrated thing to get out of the car, open window grab door handle, lock car with key and use the key to close window
good luck with it
 
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Old May 5, 2006 | 08:54 PM
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From: A street address or space indexing system.
This seems to be a common problem. Dealer will fix it in a snap!
 
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Old May 5, 2006 | 09:17 PM
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It's called a Boden cable.

Looks alot like the cable used on those newfangled bikes. You know the ones where you have to use your hands for the brakes not your heels.
 
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Old May 6, 2006 | 05:37 AM
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Thanks guys... now i know i dont have a project this weekend.
Funny... now my wife thinks i'm being so kind to open her door for her.

I'll make an appt for the dealer.
 
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Old May 6, 2006 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by coopercrazy
Thanks guys... now i know i dont have a project this weekend.
Funny... now my wife thinks i'm being so kind to open her door for her.

I'll make an appt for the dealer.
 
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