How to Remove Rust From a 2000 Honda Civic Door Handle

ID: 154897

Description: Use this guide to remove the rust from your...

Steps:

1. Before beginning this guide, roll the window up of the door you will be working on, make sure the car is off, and put it into park.
2. Open the door you want to fix.
3. Use a heavy duty spudger to pry the door pull off.

4. Use a Phillips #2 screwdriver to remove three screws in the door pull and handle.

5. Pinch the head of the cable connected to the door pull and gently remove it from socket, before taking off the door panel.

6. To remove the interior door handle, carefully pull the plastic part that keeps the rod in place and turn clockwise, then pull the handle down and out.

7. Use your hands and grab the sides of the door panel and pull to disconnect the clips around the perimeter of the door interior until it becomes loose.
8. Lift the the door panel up slowly and over the lock.
9. Remove the door panel and put it to the side.

10. When your take your door panel off there may be a plastic sheet where the red arrow is. Remove that as well (this car did not have one).
11. Put WD-40 on the parts that you can see that have rust or aren't working too well.
12. Look through the door panel with the window fully rolled up. Spray the exterior door handle spring with WD-40 also.