Ten years in my door handle broke just like yours on my 2001 Tacoma. My fix - baling wire. All you need is about 5 inch length of baling wire. Drill two 1/8 inch holes from the outside handle part through the inside handle part. Run the wire through both holes and twist the wire with your fence pliers. Clip off the excess wire. 13 years later still working great. I left the wire a little long. Makes for a great anti-car jacking device. Anyone trying to grab the handle quickly to jack my car is going to get shredded fingers.
Lol it’s hard to say. If you can find a nice Toyota one that’s new, that’d be awesome. But they are pricey. Good luck finding a good one, or get good at replacing them occasionally
Honestly never had to do the rear. But likely same process as the front. Should be a couple screws hidden that hold it. And some maneuvering and your in.
Wow,so you got over 500,000 miles in it now,did the first owner recondition the engine before you bought it?or maybe you did?cause i do have a 2001 toyota tacoma 6 cylinder with 190,000 on it.thanks for the video,i have the same problem with door handle.take care.......
Ten years in my door handle broke just like yours on my 2001 Tacoma. My fix - baling wire. All you need is about 5 inch length of baling wire. Drill two 1/8 inch holes from the outside handle part through the inside handle part. Run the wire through both holes and twist the wire with your fence pliers. Clip off the excess wire. 13 years later still working great. I left the wire a little long. Makes for a great anti-car jacking device. Anyone trying to grab the handle quickly to jack my car is going to get shredded fingers.
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Nice Video, I am fixing to do this myself.
Nice video. My handle broke yesterday on my 2000 Tacoma.. I was thinking about heading to the junkyards but that looks like a bad plan.
Lol it’s hard to say. If you can find a nice Toyota one that’s new, that’d be awesome. But they are pricey. Good luck finding a good one, or get good at replacing them occasionally
@@kingfabandoffroad8203 You emboldened me to get good at it since I only have 250000 miles on mine.
Thanks for this video
Thanks!
I replaced and now a year later I have to replace again. This time spent the $$ on it over 130 bucks. Broke the second time opening the door.
Those darn things are like ticking time bombs! Good ones don’t hardly exists.
I think I need to lub the joints and above lock??@@kingfabandoffroad8203
Ty. Got a job to do now on my wife's Toyota. 😢
Darn handles strike again! But good luck with it! It isn’t to bad at all.
Thanks for the vid.....I've had to do the driver side handle twice now.
how do you get the panel off on the rear door?
Honestly never had to do the rear. But likely same process as the front. Should be a couple screws hidden that hold it. And some maneuvering and your in.
Wow,so you got over 500,000 miles in it now,did the first owner recondition the engine before you bought it?or maybe you did?cause i do have a 2001 toyota tacoma 6 cylinder with 190,000 on it.thanks for the video,i have the same problem with door handle.take care.......
Nope it had never been messed with. Completely stock. Had a few timing belts. New owner still driving it as well to my knowledge.
I've got over 306,000 miles on my 2001. Still runs great.
Mines broke damn it!
Happens to the best of us!
It took 2 minutes to open the door...to began the job..
Thanks anyway.
Why exactly was that any reflection to my how to video? Either way, hope the video helped.
Great truck, lousy handle!
Lol darn things are junk