Wednesday, as I was coming home, I stopped to get the mail at the end of the driveway in my 09 Ford fusion. I pulled the door handle and......nothing. I check to see if somehow it's locked and nope. Roll the window down and open using the outside handle without issue.
On to the interwebs and this is such a common problem with these cars that there are a million youtube videos how to fix and everyone sells the part for $40 to $50 with sketchy looking sites at $10 and who knows how much to ship from Mongolia.
I happen to have time yesterday after taking the day off to bring my son to 2 doctor appointments, which ended early, so off to the junkyard I go. This place has a $2 entry fee and you go find what you need and take it out yourself. For little stuff, they just wave you through. I find the row of Fusions, open the first door and the handle is broken. Uh, oh. On to the next and it's good. Whew. I pull another and while I'm at it get a passenger one, just in case. They wave me through at the out gate. So for a little time doing fun stuff (my son and I sometimes go in just to wander around for fun) and a whole $2, I'm good to go with a spare for both driver and passenger doors, should they break in the future.