Opening A Toyota Sienna Door With Broken Handle

Once you remove the front piece you can carefully remove the broken part of the handle that s still in the door.

Opening a toyota sienna door with broken handle.

At first the door won t work properly. Luckily replacing just the latch motor is an easy and inexpensive solution. This is a video tutorial on how to replace the driver door inside handle on a 2000 toyota camry. Replacement of the handle is a metter of a plastic clip and two small nuts.

This happens when the latch motor fails which is fairly common in toyota siennas. Raise the handle of the driver and you should be pressing down on a cable that operates the latch. The bolt holds the front piece to keep the handle in place. All you need to do is look for the black plastic plug on the front of the sliding door.

Thanks yours was the first response and the last one i needed for this. If you cant do that from the inside remove the two side trim pieces. The cable in the side door is prone to fraying and then breaking. Of redi mix concrete in bags in the back.

And pop off all plastic buttons hidden between the door and cover a 1 putty knife will work for this. The door should release. But at least i know what i need to do. This will likely apply to.

After the panel is off you find the rod going from the handle down to the latch and pull up on it. Now i will have to crawl over them to get at the interior of the door. The only way you can get the door open is to pull the handle and then hold it for two or three seconds. Then remove the inner door panel one screw under plastic cap on handle one under cap on strap.

You need to squeeze yer a back there inside and disassemble all the internal plastic most of it should be phillips screws and snap togethers. Take the plug off and use a torx bit to loosen the bolt. This condition may be caused by a broken fuel lid door hinge. 1999 toyota sienna rear door handle fix.

Follow the repair procedure in bulletin t sb 0068 19 to address this condition. The door should release. Originally recorded may 14 2015. To open from the outside make sure doors are unlocked mine relocked after a minute or so place a screwdriver long and thin into the slot that the handle passes through the door on the right side.