[Daryl Adams]

Originally Posted by BenL

Some of the original cars had pull cables instead of levers on the inside. So perhaps the car they chose to emulate had a pull cable. However that doesn't explain why the cable broke.
---Ben

My understanding was that a few people (usually excited passengers) had been yanking on the cable to pull the door shut. It's not surprising that the connector might fail under that kind of mis-use.