I don't know if anyone else has been having problems with door handles that stick in the up position on their Seicento. Out of the 3 Seis we have only the 2001 black little black fella has been suffering this problem. It came to breaking point a few days ago when I stopped and the passenger door swung open, luckily at low speed and no harm done...
I removed the handles and noticed that rusty pivots embedded into the plastic at each end were causing the problem. Soaking them in slippy stuff didn't resolve the issue and I was ready to order some new handles to save me wiping out a pedestrian with a rogue door...
Once last try before pulling out the bank card for new parts ended with success. I used a pin vice with a 1mm drill bit and made a tiny hole in the plastic at each pivot point. I then squirted the slippy stuff through the newly made hole and after working the handle for a few minutes they were nice and springy again.
Hopefully this might stop someone else from causing an accident with a rogue door and save them some wonga.
Use the smallest hole you can get away with to avoid overly weakening the handle.
Pictures below should explain the process.
Cheers
I removed the handles and noticed that rusty pivots embedded into the plastic at each end were causing the problem. Soaking them in slippy stuff didn't resolve the issue and I was ready to order some new handles to save me wiping out a pedestrian with a rogue door...
Once last try before pulling out the bank card for new parts ended with success. I used a pin vice with a 1mm drill bit and made a tiny hole in the plastic at each pivot point. I then squirted the slippy stuff through the newly made hole and after working the handle for a few minutes they were nice and springy again.
Hopefully this might stop someone else from causing an accident with a rogue door and save them some wonga.
Use the smallest hole you can get away with to avoid overly weakening the handle.
Pictures below should explain the process.
Cheers
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