My driver door handle seems to be broken. The door opens and closes, no problem. But on pulling the handle to open the door, it feels different and makes a sound. It feels like it is loose inside and something broke. It makes a "cluck"/"pluck" sound like something is loose and falling off/broken. This problem/noise only occurs when opening from the outside.

So I'm thinking it is NOT the door latch itself since it does not occur when opening from the inside and does not occur when closing.

Anyone taken apart or change out their exterior door handle mechanism?

thx

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1997 E420