Rear door handle

Garageman1965

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Jul 18, 2017
Location
Moline Illinois
TDI
2005 wagon silver
I replaced the actuator on the left rear door on my ‘05 passat tdi wagon and it worked fine for several days and today the cable from the actuator to the outside door handle popped out of the door handle. I put it back in and it popped out several more times. Any clues what might be my issue with it???
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Mongler98

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Joined
Mar 23, 2011
Location
COLORADO (SE of Denver)
TDI
98 Jetta TDI AHU 1.9L (944 TDI swap in progress) I moved so now i got nothing but an AHU in a garage on a pallet.
did you replace that part or is it the same part was in there that is popping out, VW is notorious for bad windows strapping clamp and lines popping out like this in door cards. Sounds like its bent and or worn out. try bending the clip that holds it in place a bit to make it tighter, maybe a ziptie too, this usually does the trick for issues like this.
 

Garageman1965

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Joined
Jul 18, 2017
Location
Moline Illinois
TDI
2005 wagon silver
It’s not really a possibility it’s betw the actuator and outer door handle and it’s about 3” long fits into a groove on the door handle tried to post a picture but I don’t know how to On this forum
 
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