Opening A Toyota Sienna Door With Broken Handle

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.

Opening a toyota sienna door with broken handle.

Of course my handle broke right as i was loading 700 lbs. Follow the repair procedure in bulletin t sb 0068 19 to address this condition. The bolt holds the front piece to keep the handle in place. This condition may be caused by a broken fuel lid door hinge.

This happens when the latch motor fails which is fairly common in toyota siennas. The door should release. Raise the handle of the driver and you should be pressing down on a cable that operates the latch. Luckily replacing just the latch motor is an easy and inexpensive solution.

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. 1999 toyota sienna rear door handle fix. This will likely apply to. Some 2011 2018 model year sienna vehicles may exhibit a condition where the fuel lid door is loose or not flush against the vehicle body which may prevent the driver side slide door from opening.

If you cant do that from the inside remove the two side trim pieces. Of redi mix concrete in bags in the back. At first the door won t work properly. Raise the handle of the driver and you should be pressing down on a cable that operates the latch.

But at least i know what i need to do. Once you remove the front piece you can carefully remove the broken part of the handle that s still in the door. Now i will have to crawl over them to get at the interior of the door. Replacement of the handle is a metter of a plastic clip and two small nuts.

The door should release. Take the plug off and use a torx bit to loosen the bolt. Then remove the inner door panel one screw under plastic cap on handle one under cap on strap. Originally recorded may 14 2015.

And pop off all plastic buttons hidden between the door and cover a 1 putty knife will work for this. All you need to do is look for the black plastic plug on the front of the sliding door. The cable in the side door is prone to fraying and then breaking. After the panel is off you find the rod going from the handle down to the latch and pull up on it.