The inside door handle on the driver side of my Accord 2003 does not operate the door mechanism anymore. I had to get out on the passenger side today. I can open the door from outside but not from inside. I am going to open the darn thing and look inside to see what's is broken. Anyr instructions/tips to remove the front door panel of a 2003 Honda accord? I searched the forum and only found instructions for a 2000 rear door.

 

OK well I found out how to remove the door panel. Very easy actually. Now I can see that the door handle cable is broken.

 

Fixed my broken cable without having to replace it. All together 1h of work

 

Pretty good; thanks for telling us the result.

How'd you fix it? Maybe that'll help others who run into this in the future.

 

I used a thin metal wire that I crimped on the original cable. The first pic shows where the cable broke. The second pic shows the repair I made by crimping the metal wire and attaching it to the back of the door handle.

 

well done! a nice DIY solution without incurring the cost of a new cable.

 

Thanks; I'll move this to the DIY section.

 

So glad I found this forum and thread. Earlier this week my door handle did the same thing. I went to get out of my car and felt something inside the door release or snap and I couldn't open the door. Had to roll down the window, reach out and open the door, then put the window back up.


Anyways, I just fixed the problem. Only my cable didn't actually snap, it just somehow became unhitched from the handle mechanism. I pushed the end of the cable back into the mechanism then wrestled with the door panel to get it back on, but all is fixed. Took less than an hour.

 

Solutions are what makes this forum work..Thanks Guys...

 

I am going to have to try this when I get home, same thing: 2003 Honda Accord Drivers Side Door.....it sounded like it either snapped or disconnected.

I really don't feel like going Dukes of Hazzard while entering and exiting my vehicle.