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Anonymous Posted on Jul 20, 2014

How to tighten outside door handle on drivers side door

Drivers side outside door handle coming apart from door

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You will have to remove the door trim and tension up the nuts holding the handle onto the door skin on the inside.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 12, 2009

SOURCE: 1997 Jetta Drivers side door will not open.

One thing... If your last 3 doors works fine it's mean that problem is only in your drivers side. In VW like nickalxjoe wrote is air pump. So there might be an air leaking which you can hear. So if you can hear from where air running out try to fix this first.

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Harry Goodwin

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  • Posted on May 13, 2009

SOURCE: My driver side door handle is broken on a 2003 VW.

remove the inside door trim and remove the weatherproof plastic that covers the holes in the door behind the trim.
You should have access to the door handle nuts and rods to remove the handle.
re assemble in the reverse order and make sure the weatherproof plastic is put back on and sealed or your door may let water enter the car via the door

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 11, 2009

SOURCE: How do you remove the passanger side door panel of a 2006 passat?

Take it off the door handle side of the cable, not the latch side.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 07, 2009

SOURCE: 1993 Volkswagen Cabriolet Special Edition door handle.

No you can not switch from door to door, also that is only a dealer item sorry. Goodluck.

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