1999 Toyota Sienna boken sliding door handle

the outside handle on the sliding door of my 99 sienna just snapped in
half. If I'm careful, I can still open the door, however, it's very
dificult. I'd like to repair it myself if possible. Can anyone share
advice on the degree of difficulty of this job?
A few months ago I sucesfully replaced the rear door handle, it was
about 5 on a scale of 1 - 10.
I'd appreciate any advice.

<playtrumpet@> wrote
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> the outside handle on the sliding door of my 99 sienna just snapped in
> half. If I'm careful, I can still open the door, however, it's very
> dificult. I'd like to repair it myself if possible. Can anyone share
> advice on the degree of difficulty of this job?
> A few months ago I sucesfully replaced the rear door handle, it was
> about 5 on a scale of 1 - 10.
> I'd appreciate any advice.

Sorry, I can't help, but I am interested in the answer, so please share it.
I have a 2000 Sienna, and I also had to replace the rear door handle, so it
is very much in the realm of possibility that my sliding door handle will
break same as yours. Mine has the powered sliding door on the passenger
side, and manual on driver side.

wingnut

<playtrumpet@> wrote in message
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> the outside handle on the sliding door of my 99 sienna just snapped in
> half. If I'm careful, I can still open the door, however, it's very
> dificult. I'd like to repair it myself if possible. Can anyone share
> advice on the degree of difficulty of this job?
> A few months ago I sucesfully replaced the rear door handle, it was
> about 5 on a scale of 1 - 10.
> I'd appreciate any advice.
>

The handle for the sliding door will be roughly the same difficulty as the
handle on the rear hatch. Remove the inner door panel, unsnap the linkage
rods, unbolt the old handle, reverse the process.
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Ray O