dave g Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 My rear door latch on my 05 gave no warning before it broke, just stopped working. However, my 09 driver door latch just got very sticky this morning. It has a longer harder pull to get the door to unlatch, compared to yesterday. (like the difference between a crisp trigger and a sloppy trigger on a gun, it is now heavier with longer take-up) It got progressively worse the next two times I used it, within an hour. It is above freezing here and was over 50 in the garage this morning when I noticed it. I assume it is failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybridandy Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 The drivers side door latch failed on my '06 and there wasn't really any warning. If you look at how it works, there's basically a plastic finger that sticks up that pivots and operates the mechanism and the plastic eventually fatigues and fails. It's possible your feeling the plastic slowly tearing before failing as opposed to just a quick snap (what I think mine did, I didn't notice any change before it happened). Good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spec.B452 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Mine drivers side handle snapped the day I got the car back from being "rebuilt". I considered it an omen and refrained from driving it around while it was for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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