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Re: Hatchback Handle [texases]
by sciontrapper
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Feb 28, 2008 (7:31 am)
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Replying to: texases (Feb 28, 2008 2:28 am)
Haven't found one so far in a junkyard. Oops, "vehicle salvage facility". Have a guy watching for me, in case one shows, however. How does one test wires, as with the licencse plate lite problem, to find out why they don't work (not resolved by changing both bulbs)?
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Re: Hatchback Handle [sciontrapper]
by sciontrapper
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Feb 28, 2008 (2:37 am)
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Replying to: sciontrapper (Feb 28, 2008 7:31 am)
Also, my feeling is, even with a new one, it will just break off again. I am thinking of bolting it on, drilling a couple holes through it, and through the rear hatch door, rubber bushings as space maintainers. The plastic clips are too frail to withstand much use, as built. But I have to resolve the wiring issue with the license plate lites. I'm no mechanic. But I don't have the money to take the car to the shop for every little issue like this. I had a really old car once with nonfunctioning license plate lites, among many other things. I ended up putting a battery operated closet light stick up above the license plate to satisfy the police.
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Re: Hatchback Handle [sciontrapper]
by 15501
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Feb 28, 2008 (8:42 am)
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Replying to: sciontrapper (Feb 28, 2008 2:24 am)
Well, I bit the bullet and paid $180. But it should have been covered, and as we can see it's a design flaw. I don't know if the new, more rounded, models have this problem.
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Re: Hatchback Handle [15501]
by mamawelder
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Sep 30, 2008 (8:04 am)
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Replying to: 15501 (Feb 28, 2008 8:42 am)
My second one has broken. I agree this is a major design flaw. There is no way to open the hatch without putting some lift load onto that handle. The handle isn't designed for any type of load if you ask me. Two plastic push-in clips is hardly designed for lifting a hatch of that size. The shocks don't really kick into action until you have lifted the back hatch half way up. Lame! I wish there were an after market part that bolts on. I'm going to weld up an Aluminum one and have it anodized.black to match my car. Or maybe I can modify the mounting system and reinforce the plastic part so that the plastic is just a cosmetic cover not the hardware.
I'll let you know what I come up with. After the second broken handle on my chevy S10 third door I replaced it with a stainless one I made and it was bullet proof after that. Turned out to be one of the selling points on the truck.
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Handle Cracked off Back Door Also
by madxbowner
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Apr 26, 2009 (6:12 pm)
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I have a 2005 XB with 50,000 miles on it (original owner) and the back door handle just cracked off in my hand also. I am really upset and feel this is a design flaw that Toyota should address. Since this happened (about 4 weeks ago), I have seen 2 other XBs with the same broken handle, and my wife spotted a 3rd on her way to work. Has anyone received any compensation or satisfaction from their Toyota dealer since this is an obvious flaw?
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Scion xb rear hatch handle broken
by cadriver2
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Aug 30, 2009 (11:01 am)
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The handle on my rear hatch broke. I could feel that it was breaking off over time. I taped it up temporarily to get though the day, but there does not appear to be a permamnent fix.
The same piece serves as a button for the electric hatch release, a holder for the license plate lights, and a handle to lift the hatchback. It is attached with two pieces of plastic. Oddly enough, when I pulled off the interior cover for the hatch door I see that there are two screws that go through ther metal of the hatch door, but they screw into cheap plastic on the hatch handle.
This is a design flaw. This is among other things a door handle needed to lift the hatch door. After reading this blog, I think I'm going to drill two holes through the plastic piece and put two long screws through the holes in the handle and through the door.
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Re: Scion xb rear hatch handle broken [cadriver2]
by mamawelder
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Aug 30, 2009 (7:03 pm)
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Replying to: cadriver2 (Aug 30, 2009 11:01 am)
I have changed mine twice now. I bought extra plastic push rivets because some break when you pull them out (they hold the interior cover onto the hatch door) I was also missing the screws that connect the light, probably lost when the handle was replaced before I owned it. I replaced it myself this last time and it took about 20 minutes. It is fairly easy and I was able to get all the missing parts back on from the so called 'professional' jobs before me who lost or broke parts. There are two push in mounts, and two screws that hold the handle on. There are screws that attach the activation button and license plate light. Then there are all those interior push in rivets for the interior lining. This stuff should be ordered just in case along with the plastic handle. I haven't gotten around to making one. We'll see how long this one lasts I may still make an black powder coated aluminum or polished stainless one if it breaks again soon. Installing the replacement was so easy I may not bother if it holds up for a few years more.
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Common problem with back door latch on Scion XD
by bob809
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Sep 21, 2009 (2:26 pm)
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Good to hear, very good to hear, that I'm not the only one with this back door latch problem. I'm on my second now. There has been no abuse, just normal usage. Have printed out all comments and will proceed to Dealer. Will let you know how that goes. Spent nearly three hundred dollars for first repair, am not about to repeat that.
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Re: Common problem with back door latch on Scion XD [bob809]
by mrsarmor
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Nov 12, 2009 (4:52 pm)
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Replying to: bob809 (Sep 21, 2009 2:26 pm)
I also have had my rear hatch handle break off twice. It is only plastic and as stated by several on here, it is not up to the use it gets if we actually make use of the back hatch on the vehicle. I'm trying to find a part number or what it is exactly called to attempt to locate a previously owned one from an auto wrecking yard. Does anyone know of the part number or the official name of this part?
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Re: Common problem with back door latch on Scion XD [mrsarmor]
by sciontrapper
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Nov 14, 2009 (3:41 pm)
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Replying to: mrsarmor (Nov 12, 2009 4:52 pm)
I drilled holes through two sides of the broken latch handle, and screwed it back on. Worked just fine. I have to warn people, however, who try to open the back and lift up on the handle not to use much force. Those rear hatch handles are weak plastic and junk. I am thinking about adding a cabinet handle instead of the plastic junk handle that comes with it. My Scion has over 130k on it, is scratched, missing a couple grill pieces that fell out, well used in other words, so a cabinet handle on the back, would not be a detraction from the overall well used working Scion Xb, that is mine, and that I love. And it would be functional as opposed to the nonfunctional piece of plastic that came on it as the handle.
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