General Stiff door handles

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General Stiff door handles

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The front passenger and both rear handles do not return without a push. I've had a rear card off and access to the mechanism is awful. I've sprayed WD40 on one rear handle and this has eased it but not cured it. Anyone-else have this issue and was it the plastic handle or the inner mechanism at fault. I doubt it's 3 separate springs that have failed as the mechanism is so stiff that a spring just wouldn't operate it.
 
I had this with our 4.x4 Panda back doors. Just lifted the handles and soacked in WD40 - and that worked after a couple of days. Didn't immediately.
 
I'd have at them again but this time use a proper lubricant, spray grease,silicon type stuff - WD40 is all well and fine, but isn't really any more than a very, light lubricant, more a release agent.
 
Got them free by the addition of half a can of wd40 and about 1000 (not joking) wiggles each handle. Having tried substantially before I had begun to doubt it was the plastic handles - just needed vastly more effort.
 
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