sticky black residue on interior door handles

Taoster · 09-14-2020, 10:16 PM

Is anyone else having the issue of the interior door handle (passenger side front door) getting sticky and leaving a black glue-like residue on your hands? This is also happening on the driver side door handle/compartment. Anyone have a fix to this or is this just something i will have to live with?

pungo · 09-14-2020, 10:27 PM

Common problem, it's been discussed many times. A search will provide many hits for an inexpensive solution. Here's one example.

Volkom · 09-15-2020, 12:05 PM

It's annoying, the material is porous and gums up exactly like you said. I just live with it for now since I just noticed it but I might buy that plastic trip pungo mentioned.
What I did for now is take some magic eraser to it, keep in mind that it's basically super fine sandpaper so don't go too hard on using it on every material.

383vett · 09-15-2020, 07:01 PM

Does GooGone work?

pungo · 09-15-2020, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 383vett

Does GooGone work?

That would probably make it worse.

Taoster · 09-16-2020, 03:53 PM

I dont know why I didn't even think about looking on ebay for replacement parts.

BEFORE YOU BUY, THESE ARE BOTH FROM CHINA, EBAY MAY HAVE SOME VENDORS WITHIN THE U.S, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVING MY X3 SINCE I'M WAITING ON THE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT SO I DONT MIND WAITING.

Here are the links:

Front right passenger side pull handle:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Right-Inter...72.m2749.l2649

For driver side handle/compartment:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Left-...72.m2749.l2649

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Taoster Enlisted Member 21 Rep 33 Posts Drives: F25 n20 Join Date: May 2018 Location: san jose, ca iTrader: (0)	sticky black residue on interior door handles Is anyone else having the issue of the interior door handle (passenger side front door) getting sticky and leaving a black glue-like residue on your hands? This is also happening on the driver side door handle/compartment. Anyone have a fix to this or is this just something i will have to live with?
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Volkom Private 19 Rep 51 Posts Drives: 2013 BMW X3 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	It's annoying, the material is porous and gums up exactly like you said. I just live with it for now since I just noticed it but I might buy that plastic trip pungo mentioned. What I did for now is take some magic eraser to it, keep in mind that it's basically super fine sandpaper so don't go too hard on using it on every material.
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383vett Major 626 Rep 1,044 Posts Drives: 2018 X3 M40i, 2012 X3 Xdrive35 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Moraga, California iTrader: (0)	Does GooGone work? __________________ 2016 Z06 Vette, 10.53@132 1984 Vette, 406, 10.23@131 2021 SQ5
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Taoster Enlisted Member 21 Rep 33 Posts Drives: F25 n20 Join Date: May 2018 Location: san jose, ca iTrader: (0)	I dont know why I didn't even think about looking on ebay for replacement parts. BEFORE YOU BUY, THESE ARE BOTH FROM CHINA, EBAY MAY HAVE SOME VENDORS WITHIN THE U.S, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVING MY X3 SINCE I'M WAITING ON THE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT SO I DONT MIND WAITING. Here are the links: Front right passenger side pull handle: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Right-Inter...72.m2749.l2649 For driver side handle/compartment: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Left-...72.m2749.l2649
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