If your vehicle is showing exterior door handle feels loose, floppy, or broken off, here are the most likely causes and the parts you'll need to fix each one.
The plastic or metal components of the handle have fatigued and snapped from repeated pulling, which is especially common in freezing weather or on older vehicles.
The small plastic clip connecting the handle's metal rod to the door latch has broken or popped off, leaving the handle disconnected and floppy with no resistance.
If the door panel was recently removed for window or lock repairs, the handle linkage may not have been fully seated, or the mounting nuts were left loose.
The internal return spring inside the door latch assembly has broken. This causes the handle to lose its tension and feel loose, even if the handle itself is perfectly fine.