Instead of a simple, familiar mechanical latch, it’s now common for a car’s exterior door handles to remain flush against the door until the car is unlocked, requiring an electric motor to open. On ...

In some ways, the humble door handles we use to open our vehicles haven’t changed much in over five decades. In others, today’s modern handles represent a leap forward in technology. In the formative ...

The door handle area of a car often accumulates scratches, markings, and other damage because, well, people use the handle every time they open the door. Finger nails, keys, jewelry, and anything else ...

Ah, field expedient repairs! The junkyard is an excellent place to find examples of low-budget fixes applied to cars by their final owners—owners who just wanted to squeeze a few more miles out of ...

Once a compact or subcompact car, even a Toyota, gets to 20 years and 200,000 miles, its value hovers just above scrap levels (unless it's in great cosmetic shape, which this car wasn't). Toyota has ...

As automakers continue to add electronic features to vehicles, it seems as if the physical controls have all been forgotten, including the car door. More and more manufacturers are moving toward ...

Many newer cars have replaced the tried-and-true door handle with complex electronic versions. Here’s how to operate their manual releases in an emergency. Using the electronic door handle in a 2017 ...