Q: I have a patio door handle that is all screwed up. The thing hardly even locks anymore. Can I repair the lock, or do I have to buy a new one? A: It depends. It’s cheaper to repair it, but you ...

This video goes over the inside of a door handle that you would use in your house. Specific details will vary for different door handles. Parts covered in this video: handle, rosette, latch, latch ...

Ford is recalling 280,000 of its popular F-150 pickups because a failure in the door handle could allow the doors to open in a crash. The recall affects 2009 and 2010 models built between Jan. 18, ...

Model S driver died; how other automakers do latches, and the unusual Model 3 setup. We can’t yet know exactly what happened in this specific case, but it could have been a couple different things.

The electric door handles in the Tesla Model S manage to turn a super-simple mechanism into a super-involved electronic process you’ll need an expert to explain. Fortunately, Bozi Tatarevic is an ...

These models have a potentially misoriented return spring in the interior door handle on the driver’s side. At a first glance, it doesn’t seem like a major concern, but the Blue Oval states that due ...

Generally, the doors on a vehicle are supposed to stay on a vehicle and preferably closed - summertime in a Jeep Wrangler notwithstanding. Due to a faulty door spring, some 2009-2010 Ford F-150s may ...

From Tesla to Lexus, more and more vehicles have doors with an electronic button instead of a manual latch. CR lets you know how to open them in an emergency.