If you have removed the rod from the truck, when you go to reinstall it, you have to put the rod into the handle first, and then put the other side of the rod into the door latch. If it isn't lining up at the door latch, you have to push down on the door latch arm while lining the rod up with the hole. You can't get two hands in there, so you have to do this with just one hand. It's not very hard to do once you figure it out.