When the left-rear door handle is fully pulled out it squeaks. I sprayed lubricant in the rearward hole but no change. Any idea exactly what is squeaking and how much disassembly is required to fix it?

 

Spray the front pivot then get back with us.

Removal/replacement is super easy, like a 1.5 of 10. Pull it off and spray a lubricant (NOT a solvent).

 

Thanks for that. I hit that handle hard but could still not get it to pop out, so I couldn't lube the front hinge point. I really think the squeak is coming from the spring mechanism at the rear. I could barely see it with the rear cover off. I think I got spray lube on it but it is no better. Maybe I need a diff kind of lube (I used silicone spray).

 

Don't know what changed, other than time, but today I used the door several times and did not hear a squeak. Maybe it just took time for the lube to go where it needed to go.

 

Relative humidity?

 

I don't think that is the case, but I think the humidity is expected to go back up during the next few days then back down, so we'll see.