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Thanks 👍 your's was the most easily understood demonstration

OMG! Thank you so much. I have this issue with my Ford Focus!! Now i know i can get it done.

Thank YOU intelligence

Very useful! Thankx a lot. Off to repair mine! 👍👍

How did you remove rods

Thanks

Rod fell out of latch component. How to put it back on. HELP

What would help me is where to get the white housing piece that holds the rod in place. The one in the car I was working on was broke off.

This is the only video I found on trying to figure out why my rod was broken and I found what I needed! Thank you! And about the tab. Very much appreciated 💕🐬

You Sir are Scholar and a Gentleman. Thankyou very much!!! Peace & One Love from the UK.

Your voice is dreamy and my car is fixed!!! Thank you for posting this!

Thanks for the video . I have a 2002 1.8 tddi focus and the driver's door finally stopped opening after years of yanking on the handle. The problem was not so much the length of the rod ,which I couldn't adjust without loads of work , but the white block pivot was very wobbly after 17 yrs of use and so wasn't directly pushing down . I tried lots of bending the rod and finally found a position where it stopped the pivot wobble and hey presto ..all is good. Took a lot of trial and error but got there in the end. I expect a lot of other well used cars will have the same problem with the white block pivot having lots of play. ( think yours is yellow and slightly different ) .

I have a 2003 focus but my problem I don't see the other rod behind the rod connected to the actuator

This helped fix my door handle. I found the rod that pushes the latch but couldn't work out how to adjust it. Didn't think of just bending it a bit. Door's working now, thanks!

The door handle is stopping the rod from pulling down far enough to unlatch the door. Any suggestions?

You helped a lot! I was doing whatnot in order to get that think working, then I found your video and bent it to extend the rod and now it works perfectly!

Thanks for the video you made,It did really help me out Thanks.......

Same lol

I have the same problem with my 2001 ZX3 and I can't fix it.

It sure did open my way of thinking and did spent 100 dollars for nothing the old reinforcer was ok but what do I know?? I will try that way to fix.

Thanks - Really helpful. You are a star. My 2002 Focus in UK has a slightly different connection at the top of the push rod that allows some adjustment. The threaded end of the rod runs through a greyish plastic piece. It is held in place by a white plastic piece that clips into this other piece. If you pry the white piece out then you can adjust the effective length of the rod (a couple of threads worked for me) and then push the white bit back into to lock it in place. I was really nervous about prying out apiece of plastic that is now 16 years old. The white piece is held in place by 4 clips that go into holes that go all the way through the greyish piece. I bent up 4 paper clips that I could then push in from the back to release the clips (mostly) so they didn't break when I pried it out. So far the 2 threads of extra length seems to have done the trick. I did have to get the whole handle/latch assembly out to do this.

Mine has the same problem. Cheers mate

The clip that holds the rod to the lock mechanism is part # W702246-S300.

Fustrated Over Retarded Door ! Lol

i need the piece that holds the arm down in the oval latch that needs to be pushed down. On second 3:15 in the video you will see the arm going down and through the oval and its being held there by what looks like a washer or some sort. i need to hold that arm there. please help!

Any idea what the part number is for the reinforcement part? My 2006 has broken the metal arm the door handle interacts with so I need to replace that one. I see that the original author of this got a replacement part. Any idea of the part number or at least what it's called? Thanks.

This video is EXACTLY what I needed! Thanks a bunch!

Your video helped me a lot! Thanks man! 💪

Outside Door Handles Stiff to Open: All 4 of my doors ("02 Focus) open & close reliably, but 3 of the outside handles must always be yanked very hard when being opened from the outside. Driver's handle is very easy, must have been fixed or replaced by previous owner. Lubricating from the outside hasn't helped with the stiff handles. Wear items? Seems to be getting worse over the years I've owned it. Any ideas? Thanks.

Does anyone know how to replace the reinforcement part in it

Just fixed my sons SVT the same way today. I didn't see anything broken and it just seems like the rod was going down enough. Bent the top curve inwards and no both doors work great!

Thanks, I also sprayed T-9 on all the moving parts.

Hello.. Do you know what the hook is called?? I've been trying to replace it and auto store parts have no idea what it's called.

You the man. Thanks brother

HI, before you began fixing the handle problem what was your handle doing? Like when you pulled on the handle did it just stayed pulled out and not go back into place? That is what is happening on my wife's car. I think the spring or the arm broke, I have not been able to get inside it yet. Just trying to gather a little info before I tear of the door panel. Thanks!

Great video. Thanks for the help. I will see if I have the same problem!

opps Hi Ryan lol im Ben, Thanks Again Mate !!

Thank you very much........a perfect fix to my sons door opening / close problem, spot on fix bro !!...............you saved us a pretty pound in trying to guess what the problem was, you sure are a diamond geezer lol............thanks again mate !!

thank you!

That was great, thank you.

Hey Ryan! I'm on FocusFanatics too! Great video, really seems to point me in the right direction. I have an 03 zx5, and my girlfriend has an 03 sedan. Anyway her doors are pretty much all doing this (her rear doors both won't open from the outside, and her front two are about to go lol). Anyway good on ya, and I like repetition too!

Hey, I'm trying to replace the door handle reinforcement. I can't find any good directions of videos explaining what I need to do. Do you think you could get me a link or explain how you did it?

Sorry for the delay. Yes nyne that's exactly what I did.. Push away on that bend to give it some more length to get the actuator moving enough. Glad this has been helpful. Just as a note, 8 or 9 months later and still no problem. Just be gentle with the handle and it'll be great. Even though cold and icy Pennsylvania winters, still no problem. Make sure you grease up the components with some pb-blaster or wd-40 while you're in there to keep everything moving freely for months to come.

Great vid. Had the same problem and it was very frustrating. Did what you said and its fixed. Thanks

I'm having the exact same problem. Just for clarification you just bent the rod back into place?