Slack in exterior driver door handle

[Mike1261]

Hi guys! New to the forum.

Bought my wife an 06 E53 a couple months ago and having fun fixing all the quirky issues on this thing.

The driver side door handle requires me to pull the handle almost all the way up to open the door from the outside.

After reading many threads on door handles, I'm wondering if this requires the whole carrier to be replaced, or if I can just replace the cable?

I'm assuming that if the carrier itself was broken that the handle wouldn't work at all, is that right?

If so, does anyone know the part number for just the cable? All I can find is the interior door handle cable. Do I have to buy the whole carrier to get the cable?

Thanks!