Anyone ever have this piece fall off? Pisses me off and I have no idea why it came off.

 

Yes mine fell off last month.
Super glue to the rescue there is a TSB for it

 

Yes, hasn't happened to mine but that piece fell off of my mom's TL. I reinstalled with Gorilla glue. I suggest you take them all off and put super glue on all of them because they were all loose when I glued hers.

 

Yes-- I've replaced one and have two just hanging on right now. There are multiple door handle cap failure threads here if you do a search.

For most of us, the cap's plastic extension with slot breaks off so that the metal base tab cannot hold onto that side of the cap. In your photo above, the right side of the cap where "prongs" stick out should actually be a rectangular plastic piece with a slot in the middle.

These plastic handle caps will last a few years, but eventually fail-- my two on the passenger side are originals. The TSB is only for those cars with defective bases (where the tab is too short, IIRC).
It's @ $16 for each cap and base set, but I only need the caps.

G/L.

 

Seeing stuff like this disappoints me.

also your seat warmers on.

 

Happened to me before when I was using my porter cable to polish the paint. barely touched the handle and it popped right off. replaced 3 years ago and has been fine since. Im just real careful when polishing around the handles now.

I went ahead and bought two of them and done the door lock mod also.

 

that;s embarassing. at least u found piece as opposed to being somewhere out in the road

 

It fell off because yo ride is dirty! wash it! and give it some TLC

 

Mine fell off and couldnt find it. Ordered the part for like 10 bucks I think from a dealer in Idaho or something.

 

I thought about gorilla glue, but that stuff expands once it dries and I don't really want to risk getting gorilla glue on the cars paint. So as I understand, the right side of this picture:


....is supposed to be a rectangle where the tab slides in as opposed to looking like a "u"?

If there was a TSB for this, why wouldn't they honor it?

 

out of warranty^^ the dealer nor acura have to pay for anything if they don't want to. the TSB's are there to give an easy how to manual/"we know this is a common thing" fix it guide for the tech's so they don't have to run around trying to figure out the problem (this one is obvious). TSB's are not safety recalls (which are covered by acura).

so unless you have an extended acuracare warranty acura or the dealer have no obligation to fix it for you. if you have a working relationship with your dealer and you are out of warranty, they migh tbe more willing to try and help you out and get it good willed either by acura or the dealer.

it might just be easier to buy the part and then pop the new pieces in yourself.

 

^while you're add it it, buy an additional left side.

install it on the drivers side door.
Shaved door handle!!!!

 

Good idea...if I ever needed to use the lock I suppose I could just pop the piece off and use the keyhole.

 

I also glued the other side, mine was loose too. Now when I wax, I go easy on those things. It's ones of the pains of owning this car

 

My driver door is the only OG one left.

Those things are notorious for falling off, especially if the lock tab breaks/cracks.