Hey guys, my driver's side door handle stopped working. Heard a click and something fell in the door. What yall suggest I do?

 

I mean... its not like the obvious thing to do would be to remove the panel and see what broke....

 

go to the texas/mexico border, they can x-ray your car and see what is broken

 

The door latch is operated by a small metallic ball on the end of the cable that operates the latch. Either the door handle hook or the cable itself has likely broken. You'll need to pull the door panel itself (SEARCH for the DIY on this) to open it up and find out yourself, or take it to a Nissan dealer and let them work on it if you not a DIYer.

 

I'd suggest a faith healer, or perhaps acupuncture.

 

Respect for that I think thats what it is aswell, jus wandered if I can reconnect something or jus buy a whole new door handle. ( I dont have time and knowledge to strip down my door panel, for the smart asses)

 

As dkmura said, it's either going to be the ball at the end of the cable OR..... MORE THAN LIKELY (ask me how I know), the latch that said ball connects to broke off. It's a cheap piece of nylon that, over the years, gets brittle. Only way I know of to repair is to replace the door handle - of which the nylon latch is integral.

Repair isn't that difficult. You have to remove the panel and disconnect the window switches and that's far less difficult than it sounds....

https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-an...oval-help.html

The handle itself is held on with a couple of screws. Screw new one after connecting the ball connector and done.

Or take it to Nissan.

 

Honestly the only way to fix this yourself is to remove the door panel as suggested above. In the process you learn more about the car. Nothing hard. Dealership will charge too much for something that simple. Good luck.