I wish I could say I was making this up, but the neighbor's cows snuggled my car and broke my driver's side door. I can't open it from the outside, only the inside, and I can't find a name for the part that broke. It's a long, bent metal shaft (the cows didn't bend it, its supposed to be bent...I checked the passenger door to compare) with a plastic adjuster on the end that loosens and tightens to adjust the overall length of the part. The plastic piece is what they actually broke, because they snuggled the door hard enough to dent it, and it splayed the plastic adjuster, which is what makes contact with the mechanism that opens the door from the outside.

I'll edit the post later to include a picture of the part. Hopefully, someone here knows what I'm talking about, because this is driving me crazy, and I'm sorely tempted to beat a cow into burger.

The rod is probably called actuator rod or something like that.

I hate to hear about this, i had a similar situation years ago with a seat eating billy goat. It ticks you off, but it will be funny after awhile.

My 700lb pet pig years ago opened my passenger door on my brat and chewed up my seat and arm rest on door

Holy Cow!

 

Don't forget to add the Model and Year of your Subaru, 

 

Along the Photo. Kind Regards.

 

Sorry, but Bwahahahaha!!!  I know it's frustrating and a pain, but to us city folk, that's damn funny!

I can sympathize. One of the horses got into the yard and dented the door on my 76 lifted Chev. Thank gawd I had new doors to put on. lol If you get a pic of the broken part/bushing, post it. If it's what I think it is, I have a crapload of those in different styles.

I bought a 64 Chevy Malibu at auction way back when. I wanted it for the drivetrain. I parked it in the barnyard behind the barn.

 

I was traveling a lot then and when I got back, there wasn't a straight body panel on it...except for the top. They liked to rub against it scratching themselves. A dozen 1200 lb. cows were involved. Should have took a picture.

Kids and animals. Why we can't have anything nice.