You are my hero!!!!!! I was able to fix my mom's car door!!!!!!!!!!! Saved us a ton of money!!!!!!

Just bought a 20 year old ford MK1 with a loose handle. Your Video helped me to understand how the handle is pulled back in and by presententing the mechanism exposed like you did it was easy to understand what is going on. Thanks A LOT!

Thanks. You answered the real question of why the door handle stops working. I first watched an A1auto video where they didn't address the true problem. Many people in the comments said that they bought the new handle and it did not fix the problem. A1auto did not respond to them. The only good advice they had was to lubricate the latching mechanism while you had the door mostly apart.

@ithinkaboutthings9052

27 күн бұрын

I watched the video by 1A Auto and found out they had another one about replacing the reinforcement. But this version has the whole schmeer exposed and he shows the little latch or arm that causes the problem. I’m glad I found this one because it’s easy to see everything he’s talking about.

Just want to thank the poster of this video! It was awesome, I had the exact problem and your video was the only one that explained how to fix and replace the inner door handle mechanism. I didn't use the cheap fix, but got a brand new replacement and was able to use your video for the dis and reassemble. Thanks for the great breakdown on the work and saving me $350 from my ford dealership. Only took an hour to do if you're handy. Thanks again!

This video was a great help! I just finished replacing/repairing the door handle on my daughter's 2007 focus.Just being able to repair this on our own save her a lot on money!

I was about to buy a new assembly but thanks to your video giving me a better understanding, I was able to fix my door handle without buying anything. The handle had separated from that plastic spring hinged piece. All good now. Thank you

Thank you for actually explaining what goes wrong. I saw a bunch of replaced videos, but this is the first one that explains it.

Thank you for making this video!!! you saved me from myself, and saved my car from me! i would never have gotten through this handle replacement without your help! but because of you, i got it done in couple hours, and didn't break anything!! have anything on 2003 F150, vacuum smoke testing, tune up info, or emissions issues?? thats my other nightmare at the moment!! again, thank you for your generosity and sharing! -christi

Thanks, your video was so much better than all the other ones out there that don't make it clear what the mechanism looks like. A life saver!

by far one of the best handle videos. exactly what I needed to fix my Ford escape handle, thanks man

thank you so much! this is exactly what we needed.. we had a broken leg on the grey link. got the inner black panel from junk yard for $5! looking forward to go ahead and fixing it up now. really appreciate your video.!!

Thanks for the video. Ive had to do this twice now on my 07 focus (dang frozen door handles ) and your video explains and makes it easier!

Great video! I just had this happen to my '07 Focus. This helped tremendously.

It was a good presentation...having all the parts laid out so I could see what the hell I was getting into. Your explanation of how each part interacted with each other also helped. Thanks to you I was able to successfully finish this pain in the ass project. Thank a lot, buddy! Keep up the good work!

@jamiejonesthecarman

8 жыл бұрын

+Wayne B need any help in the future feel free to let me know glad we could help you

I just wanted to compliment the video for clarity and the real root cause of this problem. I'm dealing with the same problem. I learned the hard way it wasn't the handle. I did find the inside door pieces new from an after-market seller on Amazon for $20.49 for the pair, both passenger and driver. I have a two-door hatchback. They normally are about $21 each, but if you shop carefully you can find a good deal if you want to replace the whole assembly on both or have a spare when the other side goes, and it will. I had to do just that. Shortly after my driver side broke, on a cold winter day I was getting in the car for groceries and the passenger side broke too. What a joy that was.

Thanks for doing it this way. Much easier to follow seeing it all laid out together in good lighting.

Thanks for the vid. I just replaced the internal door handle assembly on my sister's Focus and this vid definitely helped.

My issue ended up being the metal spur that interacted with the door handle broke. Your video was the ticket towards diagnosing the issue and guidance in disassembly. Much thanks bro!

Thank you for your video buddy. Im glad you showed the broken piece instead of just a dry replacement video.

Thanks for laying the parts out and explaining the assembly. Because of your video i was able to identify what was broken and also I located the part and fixed it with a couple of hours.

Thanks a bunch! I was able to fix my handle in about 30 minutes!

@jamiejonesthecarman

6 жыл бұрын

No problem, TIm!! Glad to hear that the video helped you out. If you get a chance, please also join me over on FB. If you ever have a question or problem, you can communicate with me there pretty quickly. facebook.com/JamieJonesTheCarMan1/

Nicely done. Thanks for the insight. VERY informative AND inexpensive. 😎

Thank you, this was essential to see how the door works and diagnose why my handle wasn't opening :)

Thank you for this detailed video..

Thanks for uploading :) I need to do it too. I guess seeing more people do this, is going to be more motivating for me. Have a great Yuletide 🍀

Just went through the same thing with my 06 Focus. Thought it was the handle but no lol Thanks for the video, i'm sure it will help me when i try to fix what's actually broken this time lol And thank you for your service to our country and GOd bless.

We had to replace the backing plate and the broken pot metal arm you showed. Thank you, your vid helped with the diagnosis on my buddy's 2006 Ford Focus.

Great idea showing this with the parts out. Thanks.

Thanks Bub, you saved me time and money. I owe you.

Great video man!!!!

Thank you soooooo much. This just happened to me today. The little metal piece broke off and I had no idea what to do. You helped me a lot!!!

@jamiejonesthecarman

4 жыл бұрын

Tavis, glad to hear it. Always here to help so feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

That was very helpful...Thanks!

Definitely vital info i just found out i ordered wrong part..thanks guys..now i know..

You the real MVP for this video

That was a perfect video . I had the exact problem on my o7 focus. Took less than an hour . Thanks .

@jamiejonesthecarman

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Jamie, Great video and explanation - thank you! Thank you and good job to camera woman! God bless Paul (in MA)

Just opened my '07 Focus. It really helped knowing that whole piece comes out in one assembly. Now I get to go put it all back together and I'm out of daylight.

Just did my 05 focus zx3 for the second time and it's just a pain in the well you know. Awesome video 📸

Great Video thank you I thought it was going to be a lot harder to replace this.

Nice information thanks

3:15 yeah that's why I'm here. But I still learned a lot so far cuz I didn't know I had to take all that out. Great video

Good video. I just installed one on my car.

Do u have a video of u putting that back in, I got it out but having a problem getting it back in, thanks

I wanted to see how you got the rod out

@sirthomasnolan

2 жыл бұрын

edit: this is from Left driver door If you mean the vertical linking rods, you don't, as far as I can tell. Not from the inside. Get to the point where you have the inside of door exposed. I only needed to peel back the top left quarter of foam glued to door. 1st, unbolt the latch/motor assy from door. Attached to that on the inside is a vertical piece of plastic that contains the link rods. It's held to latch motor with two small screws, remove those. Remove the wire connector to lock motor by putting a long thin flat screwdriver thru hole latch motor hole to push in little clip that should face rear of car. Lastly, remove the two screws holding the door handle assy to car. The long thin one on left side goes through to the cover over keyhole. That should pry up and out, pivoting on the rear-end of it. Removing small screw to the right will let you pull handle assy to the right and out. Now you've got a jangly mess. Hopefully everything is free of the door, but trapped inside. You start bi moving the handle assy to the front side of the window glass, and turning all of it clockwise, with the bottom right side of latch motor ending up along the edge of the open space you're working through. Will take quite a bit of maneuvering. Eventually you should be able to pull it out by lifting the motor end up, while pushing handle part down and pulling it all out on a counter-clockwise direction. The rod going through the metal flapper in inside handle assy can now be twisted out of the "grommet" it sits in. The link going to the latch motor that rides up a small vertical channel can be turned 90° and removed to pull the vertical plastic piece off the handle assy. Now reverse all that, but it goes back or much easier than it came out.

Thanks! very helpful. Me and granddaughter fixed her 2008 Fusion drivers side inside assembly you demo"d

@jameshobbs499

6 жыл бұрын

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hell ya dude. I already knew how to take out the door handle and stuff but I learned from u how to take out the lock from the old handle. Thanks!

@jamiejonesthecarman

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah like that stuff is real easy to do when someone takes the time to show you so I’m glad I helped out

Thanks a lot for this video!

Thanks for the video. Very informative and it's nice to actually see how it all works I was cleaning the snow off the car and tried to open the door handle and it just went to nothing it was frozen and snow and ice might have been to much pressure and it hopped off or sonething. But I will find out soon enough when I tear into it.. I'm in the process of watching how to's to be able to efficiently tear it apart and fix it. I'm going to watch your door panel removal as well before I rip it apart and go to the scrap yard and get the little lever with the spring. Hopefully it's as good as this one was. Also good job camera person other then the yawns lol jk. Thanks again for showing the view without the door this will help greatly. Also can you replace that piece instead of doing the back plate while it's installed or as it is on the door or do you need to dissasemble most or all of the parts inside the door ? I'm hoping that this is just the issue and it will be a not to difficult fix.

Great, and descriptive video but do you happen to know what the piece is called, that the tab breaks?

Hi Any video on how to replace rear left door actuator for ford focus 2008 SE 2.0 LT ??

With that being said you are what seems to be a very nice guy super helpful I dig your information and I most certainly appreciate it

@jamiejonesthecarman

5 жыл бұрын

LOL I guess I got too busy in the video I just replacing that part from a junkyard part but it's just as easy and very inexpensive to just replace a door handle you'll see a link in the video description if that's what you need but thank you so much for the comment and we have new content coming out every week and if you need anything just reach out man we help you if we can thank you so much for taking the time to watch

Thanks for that! In my case the pin was totally shifted out, pushed it back in. And I added a tiny piece of rubber on the doorhandle (inside of latch thing), to compensate for wear. $0 dollar fix. :-D

yea I have a question, as I was taking off the back plate, one of the screws was so rusted that the head snapped off and now the mechanism won't come off for me to adjust the spring. is there a way to get that broken screw out? or do I have to break off now. thanks

Oh by the way exelant video i wish i would have watched it before i started. thank you!

Thank you so much

Great video!! New subscriber as well.. thank you for posting..

@jamiejonesthecarman

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome really appreciate it ,

Do i have to take the hole assembly out or is there a way i can just take off the back piece

Thank you Sir.

great video. my problem is that the lock does not move when activated, i can hear the activator working but does not move to the locked position.

Thank you!!! very informative. A lot of work for just $1.00.. and BTW I did ask, "how does this happen!!"

@jamiejonesthecarman

8 жыл бұрын

+Penny Nance yes it is a lot of work but it happens because the metal is just cheap and it breaks

Looks like you have to lower the window regulator in order to get to the second screw holding the reinforcement plate. If not how did you get that screw out on a 2008 Focus?

Is it possible to use a piece from the rear handle to put in the drivers side door?

Can you share the link to the video for disassembly of the component?

Hey thanks Just fixed my 04 Set Ford focus with this video at monmouth county vocational Turned ours was just frozen from sitting Wd-40 and some work its good as new!! Thanks again for this ,

@jamiejonesthecarman

5 жыл бұрын

No problem at all. Glad it all fixed and working for you now. :-)

Nice job. regards Baz (England).

What year is the focus you did this on? I have to on a 2008

Great instructional! What a novel approach for teaching DIY's like myself. Was that your wife on the camera? She did a great job!

very helpful, thanks

@jamiejonesthecarman

8 жыл бұрын

cool need any help let me know

I ordered the new handle via Amazon and it didn’t fix the problem. I’m going to the salvage yard this week to find this reinforcement part. Unless I’m missing something, I suppose I’ll have to remove the reinforcement and the lock to replace the little arm or actuator thing, as well as if I replace the original reinforcement with the salvage part. Is that correct or did I miss a shortcut? I’m barely a DIY guy, but I am not willing to shell out $200+ on my old ‘07 Focus hoopty.

Can this be done by just removing the door handle? Meaning unscrewing it from inside and popping the handle assembly out and repair? Or would rods be an issue? Thanks.

Excellent!

Basically can the handle be popped out from the outside to reach the lever and pop the door open?

My rod that latches onto the metal tab thing is not attached on the bottom part, it’s just hanging. Should I buy a whole locking system then?

if my rear door handle broke in the same manner. but the child lick was on so neither handle will open the door. is there any hope for me? lol 08' focus

Thanks that helped a lot. I have a broken handle on my Ford.

@jamiejonesthecarman

7 жыл бұрын

+Herman Hall glad we could help that's very cool thanks for the support

Thanks ..this is exactly what's happening with my wife's car rite now.i have that little metal part coming in the mail so hopefully I can get it changed out without screwing it up more

@jamiejonesthecarman

6 жыл бұрын

lol happens to all of them

@Twhitify

5 жыл бұрын

chris gratopp Do you remember the name of that little medal part?

Thanks for this!!! AWESOME VIDEO and good illustration. Will this work on a 2009 Ford Focus?

@inglouriousmofo

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it will :)

+psychotogen Hey Man, it sounds like maybe your locking mechanism is getting stuck. Have you tried lubricating around the lock?

What is that part that catches the handle

So, I have the panel off, and everything exposed. I have taken out the two T-20s, and three T-27s. How on earth do I get that entire assembly out through such a small hole? I have even tried removing the window guide, and that only bought me an inch at best. Am I missing another video?

+JamieJones TheCarMan Nice video with everything out it is so much easier to see the issue is with my brothers car is that stupid little leg broke. Will try junkyard.

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Holaaa por favor me podrías ayudar Tengo un Ford Focus 2006 y la puerta izquierda delantera la del conductor, No abre por fuera, con la llave sí quita y activa el seguro pero cuando jalas la manija No abre, que crees que pieza sea lo que esté fallando????

How do u get in if all your handles are broken?

What about the tiny space to get the right screw out of the replacement part??????

What’s the difference between the 30$ and the 18$ replacement exterior bracket

But how do you just push back that pin and wiggle it out to get that wing arm out of a car in the junkyard, for example. I can't find a way to do it unless I completely disassemble the locking mechanism from inside the door and try to bend the upright metal rod arm so I can slip out of the hole which actuates the mechanism.

Thanks for helping me figure out whats going on. I found the aftermarket 're-engineered and reinforced' backplate part online so I'm probably just going to buy that rather than fuck around with pulling apart a junkyard one for it to break again in a few months.

@jamiejonesthecarman

8 жыл бұрын

glad you got it worked out it's one of those little aggravating things I feel young Wonder - part 2

Is it really necessary to remove the entire assembly? Can I just remove the backplate?

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is that the real name of that part? “BACK PLATE”?

Does that piece have a part #?

My god, dude. Where was this video a week ago? This could have saved me so much confusion after replacing just the plastic handle. lol Looks like I'll be going back to the store, but at least now I know what I'm doing.

thank you. this is exactly what is wrong with with our focus. I ordered a new part from A1 auto. QUESTION: are you saying i can remove from the door both assemblies with just 5 torx screws, replace the old MK1 part (our metal part broke just like all the others, it was resting in the bottom of the door well) with the new part, place everything back in the door, align the door handle parts, lock included, and finish the job that way, mostly on the bench? If so, awesome. How long is it estimated to take (by a wannabe weekend type DIYer?).

@jamiejonesthecarman

8 жыл бұрын

+Erkie Grips yes it is primarily a bench job you will do it in less than two hours with zero experience if you need any help feel free to let me know but its very very simple

Thanks for the info, helped explain what happened with our focus. The metal piece is the part that is broken. Ordered new plate to install. Question...do I have to take out the whole unit, including locking mechanism and interior handle in order to install? Looks like limited space with the holes in the door, but wasn't sure if required. Just praying it can be put back together easier.

@JasonNesquik

7 жыл бұрын

I think I'm having a similar issue. How on Earth does that entire L shaped assembly with the lock, and everything come out through those holes in the door? Did you ever get this to work?

Can you put in the description the tools required to remove the assembly and to fix the issue described in the video? I have a 2007 Ford Focus Wagon and I needed a flathead screwdriver, a torx t20, a 1/4 socket w extention (some need a 7mm socket), a torx t27. Is there anything else?

@jamiejonesthecarman

8 жыл бұрын

+sprtfrk22 thanks for the info

my spring broke so it no longer pulls back in, so I guess I need to replace the base only

Awesome, that's exactly what is wrong with mine ,just the metal flap. I would love to be able to do it without removing the inside assembly.

@jamiejonesthecarman

8 жыл бұрын

+James Stephenson I don't think that's possible but if you do figure out how to do that please come back and share

Thank you, in my case, it was the actual handle that was broken on the inside, it wouldn't make contact with the lever it needs to. I have tried some epoxy putty on it, least ways for now. once it sets up, I'll put it back together and see what I've got then. It may not hold up. I think making plastic door handles is stupid, especially for the driver's door, the one that gets used the most. I haven't been happy with the build quality of anything they'ave made in any brand for a long time. seems to me they over engineer things, then use the cheapest material they can to make it work. whatever happened to steel and aluminum and iron? High use parts should always be steel.

I saw this videos 3 times to understand that the inside plate is part of the actuator,so to remove the inside plate is neccessary to remove the actuator and work outside?