Hyundai Repair: front door handle, hyundai accent, frequent problem

Question
The front door handles are not opening the doors from the outside on my Hyundai Accent GL

Answer
The most frequent problem causing an outside door handle to not open the door is that the handle itself is broken.  

Also, the rods attaching the handles to the latches may have come off or been knocked off, preventing the handle from operating the latch.

To determine whether the rods have come off, you'll need to remove the door trim panels and visually check to see if they're still attached.