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This part fits 2 vehicles spanning 1998-2007.
| Year | Make | Model | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2007 | Toyota | Sequoia | Toyota Sequoia Metal Reinforced Upgrade Liftgate Handle TRQ DHA49946 |
| 1998-2003 | Toyota | Sienna | Toyota Sienna Metal Reinforced Upgrade Liftgate Handle TRQ DHA49946 |
| Brand Label | Part Number |
|---|---|
| DIY Solutions | BHS00265 |
| Dorman | 79600 |
| Dorman - HELP | 79600 |
| Toyota | 69090-08010 |
| Toyota | 6909008010M |
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Hi, I'm Mike Green. I'm one of the owners of 1A Auto. I want to help you save time and money repairing and maintaining your vehicle. I'm going to use my 20+ years experience restoring and repairing cars and trucks like this to show you the correct way to install parts from 1AAuto.com. The right parts installed correctly. That's going to save you time and money. Thank you and enjoy the video.
In this video we're going to replace the tailgate handle on this '99 Toyota Sienna, a common problem for all these Sienna's and Sequoias. The original handles were made with plastic. Our new handle is made with metal. The tools you'll need are a 10 millimeter socket and ratchet, a Phillips screwdriver and a regular screwdriver. The biggest design flaw on these Toyota Sienna's is that the tailgate handle is made of plastic. What can happen is it breaks and then your tailgate is stuck shut. You can open it from the inside, now I have it open here but that's just because it's a whole lot easier to film it this way. Basically, you crawl back inside and you'll want a screwdriver and a 10 millimeter wrench or a 10 millimeter socket and ratchet. There's a grommet around the pull here. You just get your fingers in it and it will pull up and off. If you want you can use a screwdriver. There's a little pin that holds it.
On this handle over here which will be way down near the bottom, you reach in with the screwdriver and pull these off. Then underneath those three spots there's three 10 millimeter bolts and remove those. Then once you remove those then you can reach under the middle here and grab it and give it a good pull. Then pull the whole thing right off. Then pull it down out of your way. Then what you want to do is here is your here let me get some light on here is your latch mechanism. It goes on to this cable here. You want to reach in and pull this up and that's what will unlatch your hatch.
Basically you can see here's the window, here's this opening here, reach your finger in there and you can feel it and pull it. Also, actually down here you could once you're down near the bottom, flip this up and that will release your door. Once your door is released you want to remove this nut here and this one right over here, they're both 10 millimeter. You also need to remove this 10 millimeter bolt over here. Then the back panel pops off. There's another clip that holds it there.
It looks like I forgot to video the part where you pull the plastic part above your license plate. Once you remove those bolts that plastic piece comes out and the handle is actually attached to that with two screws. I was able to remove one and then I had to drill the other one which you'll see later.
Here's my handle off and actually you can see I was unable to get the screw out so I actually drilled this one out, which some of you might have to do. I will still have this holding it plus the two bolts on the handle and our bolt here and our clip there. Even though one of the screws is missing it will go back together and function a whole lot better than this one did. You can see here the original handle made of plastic. Our new handle from 1A Auto; it's all die cast, it's all metal so it's a whole lot less, you can hear that, it's a whole lot less likely to break.
I notice you can see here a part of my handle so I'll have to grab that with a pair of pliers and try and get the bolts apart. Hopefully it will break off and get that out of there. You can see we got our broken piece of handle out.
I've got my new handle on here secured with one screw and can't secure it with the other one. Now ideal but we're going to have a working handle, which is a whole lot better than a not working handle. Now we can put the handle up in there. Get this in. Put our three 10 millimeter nuts back on.
Now we can reconnect the cable, which we put up in there. You can see right up here there's a slot. You have to get the cable in, feed it into that slot and then lock it into the bracket here. Before we put everything back together, very nice, before you put everything back together you want to take these side panels off, reach around here and pull them off. Put this up. We'll fast forward through putting those three screws back on and the trim plates back on.
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I'm very happy with my new rear lift gate handle! I use my 2002 Toyota Sequoia every day for Handyman work. Every day I need access to the back of my vehicle for tools, supplies and ladders. I'm so glad I was able to install it on my own, & it's repaired with a quality product.
Has lasted all these years pretty good
It fit. Will see how it does.
It's an overall good handle but there is a poor manufacturing process or poor quality control. The metal throat which holds the cable in place was a few centimeters short than needed. It's about 5 centimeters in diameters (on the OEM part) but the replacement part is a few centimeters shorter in diameter and I had to file it down. This should not be happening with these parts. The customer shouldn't have to be filing down parts purchased at a premium. Please correct your manufacturing process and get all the specs right. Otherwise, the part is generally good and does the job. I still recommend it but you may have to do some extra work to get it to hold the cable.
Part fit well, seems like great quality?.
Finally installed the liftgate handle on my 2000 Toyota Sienna Mini Van. It works like a charm. Simple enough to do without needing a tutorial. Thanks a bunch!
Perfect fit!!!! Definitely an upgrade from the plastic factory handle. Easy to install with help from the awesome video.
All went good! Thanks! Back in business!
Good, quality metal part. The part itself fit great, no issues. Be forewarned though you may need to slacken the tension on the cable in order for the rear hatch to lock properly with the rest of the car. If it locks with a single beep from the remote, you're good. If there's a double beep you have a problem (hatch remains unlocked). Easiest way to adjust this is by removing the latch at the bottom of the door and manually tweaking where the cable connects so it isn't so tight. I've heard stories about people replacing latches and opening up the parts cannon to fix this issue when all it requires is about 5 minutes of time and a needle nose. Several good articles online in the Tundra/Sequoia forums about this issue.
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Thank you for contacting us! Yes, this lift gate is listed to for models with or without the power lock. Please let us know if you have any further questions, thank you!
Thanks for your inquiry. There could be multiple reasons why you're having this particular problem. We suggest taking your vehicle to a nearby reputable shop to identify the cause. Once you know the cause, we'll be happy to see if we carry the parts and how-to videos needed for your repair.
It is. Mine has been installed for nearly 2 years now and, except for a little WD40 every now and then, is holding up great.
