[mike.knew]

Hi Guys,

When I try to get out of my car (from the drivers side) I find that I really have to yank on the door handle to get the latch to pop so I can open the door and I think it is getting worse.

I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem and if new door handles like those on ebay may help or are they for broken/snapped door handles like what can happens on the tail gate:
SUZUKI VITARA INNER DOOR HANDLE NEW

It seems as though part of the linkage is too long between the handle and the door latch.

[steak_knife]

www.suzistore.com.au/
try these guy`s to, that bit between the handle & the lock is a rod, just bend it a bit.

[mike.knew]

steknig wrote:

www.suzistore.com.au/
try these guy`s to, that bit between the handle & the lock is a rod, just bend it a bit.

That sounds like the go - that's like exactly what it needs. When I bought her I asked the bloke that had her before "has this car got child locks on the drivers door"?

[steak_knife]

Grab the rod with vice grip`s & put a lil kink in it, not much, you want to shorten it, not snap it.

Or you could get a GV!!

[mike.knew]

Had the phone near my pc so here are some pics. I just bent the rod a bit and now the door opens easy. I had the latch lined up to the screw hole so you can see the original wear mark from the original location of the rod. It was pretty soft actually or I was strong that day

[BlueSuzy]

1 Word.

Lubrication.

I did this to everything moving in my doors etc. Oh so much better to lock and open..My 77 Rolla did this too..And evetually the fuel cap lock did it so i couldnt fill with petrol! So i sprayed the fook outa it, now its beautiful to open!

[atari4x4]

BlueSuzy wrote:

1 Word.

Lubrication.

I did this to everything moving in my doors etc. Oh so much better to lock and open..My 77 Rolla did this too..And evetually the fuel cap lock did it so i couldnt fill with petrol! So i sprayed the fook outa it, now its beautiful to open!

x2 silicone spray in the latch fixed mine

[BlueSuzy]

atari4x4 wrote:

BlueSuzy wrote:

1 Word.

Lubrication.

I did this to everything moving in my doors etc. Oh so much better to lock and open..My 77 Rolla did this too..And evetually the fuel cap lock did it so i couldnt fill with petrol! So i sprayed the fook outa it, now its beautiful to open!

x2 silicone spray in the latch fixed mine

Yep i used silicone spray as it wont harm any rubber parts. Works a treat in the window channels too. Oh so much easier winding by hand and for power windows, the motor has an easier time My civic coupe power windows used to pop out of the track if i didnt used silicone spray. 5x pita!

[mike.knew]

My passenger side window seems to be a bit sticky and I have some silcon spray so I will give that a go soon too.