2G door handles broken.

[infiniteclipse]

when i bought teh car teh passenger door handle ended up breaking...
ive had teh car for awhile now thinking well it'll be aright for now..

well today when i went to teh driver side door its handle broke.
now i can only get into my car from teh hatchback.

is there anyway to fix this or do i need to get a new handle.. thanks.

+nate

 

[brainlessher0]

Buy two new handles either from jnztuning or Ebay... No other way around it.

We went via ebay and purchased both for around $40 +- $10

 

[jjgrizz73]

There is a way to fix it but you're better off buying a new handle. Most of the time when they break, the plastic around the spring cracks and the handle no longer moves the lever to open the door. You can drill it out and insert a new pin, etc but it will end up breaking again. Just buy two more handles and install them...most likely they will break again too. The handles on these cars are absolute junk.

 

[Dsmj89]

I agree with the above post. These handles have a tendency to break easily. Your best bet would be to get on ebay and get yourself a pair of new handles.

 

[infiniteclipse]

thanks

and i guess until i get em.. im going through teh backk..haa.

 

[brainlessher0]

Leave your window down enough to slip your hand in and pop the door. Weather permitting of course

 

[dannyd97gst]

Did a search and came up empty handed so, it may have been a dream of mine but I recall reading something here about real carbon fiber door handles. If this is true I would only hope the entire handle assembley is carbon fiber. If not then someone with some skills needs to produce these. I have trained my wife to always open the door by lifting the handle to release the latch then pulling the door open from the door itself in hopes of keeping mine in one peice. Good luck though the first time you put these handles in you're going to hate it.

ps: too bad your car is not black or white the handles will have to be painted too. and anyone reading this that has a black or white 2g check on a sebring coupe door handle, I think these come white and the mistu's come in black.

 

[indians32]

i had the same thing happen to me it sucks expecially when you dont have a job to buy new handles

 

[chinojuice]

There is azdave's solution, but since your missing both, you're better off getting new ones for now (new ones most likely to break again in the future) and use those while you repair your colored ones, which is what I did.

Broken Door Handle Repair Kit

I repaired my door handles in January. Drivers door handle broke and bought his repair kit and fixed it, then while I was at it, I fixed my passenger side too as to prevent it from breaking. (My handle broke close to where you put your hand to pull.)
Since the repair used epoxy, I epoxied it back together whilst epoxying the metal required to repair the handle (you'll see the metal piece I'm talking about when you go through the instructions)

 

[infiniteclipse]

thanks guys..
i appreciate it.

 

[beating4g63s]

Reminds me of that episode of pimp my ride, with that guy who was crawling threw the hatch. I can't say anything cause I've had to do it to. Atleast your hatch struts work mines didn't I quickly replaced thoses.

 

[Chrispittman]

This sounds like the problem I'm having. Is this where you pull up on the handle and nothing happens?

You have to take off the inside door panel and then remove the bezel and replace the door handle I assume?

I heard all it was was that something gets stetched out and you can get in there and just bend it back?

Not the same problem?