Hi everyone!
So about a month or so ago, my interior door handle stopped working (absolutely no tension), couldn’t open my door from the inside, but also couldn’t close it without forcefully shutting the door. Long story short, I needed to replace the door latch cable, but because we figured it would be best for a mechanic to do it (didn’t want to mess with anything within the door) we ordered the door latch cable and had the mechanic exchange it for us. Fortunately, my interior door handle now works BUT now I cannot open my door from the outside.
The mechanic warned us about possibly needing to replace the window regulator; however, I was curious as to why this would happen (considering my window was working perfectly fine) so I tested out the windows by using the key in the door lock & they seem to be rolling down and back up perfectly fine. The only problem I can seem to spot with the drivers side window is it doesn’t automatically adjust itself when I open or close the door (it remains raised in the closed position).
I also found that when I open the door from the inside and close it from the outside (without locking) the door handle works fine; however, once I lock it, the exterior door handle will not open the door, until I open it from the inside.
Has anyone encountered a problem similar to this? Or does anyone have any helpful tips? Anything is truly appreciated. I’m trying to avoid taking it to my local VW dealership, as I’ve had some troubles with them in the past, but if it leads to that then so be it. Just thought I’d ask around first!
thank you!!
also this is a 2010 VW EOS
So about a month or so ago, my interior door handle stopped working (absolutely no tension), couldn’t open my door from the inside, but also couldn’t close it without forcefully shutting the door. Long story short, I needed to replace the door latch cable, but because we figured it would be best for a mechanic to do it (didn’t want to mess with anything within the door) we ordered the door latch cable and had the mechanic exchange it for us. Fortunately, my interior door handle now works BUT now I cannot open my door from the outside.
The mechanic warned us about possibly needing to replace the window regulator; however, I was curious as to why this would happen (considering my window was working perfectly fine) so I tested out the windows by using the key in the door lock & they seem to be rolling down and back up perfectly fine. The only problem I can seem to spot with the drivers side window is it doesn’t automatically adjust itself when I open or close the door (it remains raised in the closed position).
I also found that when I open the door from the inside and close it from the outside (without locking) the door handle works fine; however, once I lock it, the exterior door handle will not open the door, until I open it from the inside.
Has anyone encountered a problem similar to this? Or does anyone have any helpful tips? Anything is truly appreciated. I’m trying to avoid taking it to my local VW dealership, as I’ve had some troubles with them in the past, but if it leads to that then so be it. Just thought I’d ask around first!
also this is a 2010 VW EOS