2008 Kia Sorento with a broken door handle. Pretty easy to swap out and cheap on Amazon. Thanks for watching!
2008 Kia Sorento Door Handle Replacement
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2008 Kia Sorento with a broken door handle. Pretty easy to swap out and cheap on Amazon. Thanks for watching!
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i just replaced the front driver's side door handle. The passenger door panel was easy to take off and I had to take it off in order to get to the inner nut that holds the door handle on. The outer bolt is easily removed from the door jam, but the inner nut would be basically impossible to remove. I bought the door handle on Amazon. Perfect fit, although getting the new handle inner bolt to go through the mounting hole inside of the door took a little persuading. One could file and make that hole just a bit bigger, but I was able to just whack the handle into place. Put some heavy duct tape on the end of the door handle and a few wacks of the hammer got it in. When removing the door panel, the plastic screws were easy to see. There were two metal screws, one behind the inside door open lever and one other down in the little pocket near the door lock controls, just as in this video. Took me 45 minutes start to finish. I do recommend propping up the door panel with a 5 gallon pail or something like that, otherwise the panel hangs on two wire bundles and less stress is best. The door panel is fairly light so probably not a big deal. Better safe than sorry. I could not tell exactly why my door handle did not work. Nothing seemed broken but it clearly was disconnected from the linkage. Anyway, it was easy to see what connects to what and how to install the new handle. My Sorento is Red, and the amazon handle was black. Actually it looks fine so I have no plans to paint anything. When pushing the door handle in to place after the linkages were all installed, just keep an eye on the plastic "seal/grommet" that runs around the door handle. It kind of gets stuck on the edge of the metal opening in the door, and you can be pushing on it, but the lip of the gasket may not quite be in the right place. So just keep an eye on that as you push the handle assembly in and start tightening bolts. The inner bolt nut was easy to tighten. The bolt in the door panel lined up just fine. I do recommend a putty knife to slide around the ends of the door panel when you pop it out after removing the little plastic screws. Be patient re attaching the panel. Takes a little up then down finagling to get it in the right place. Keep an eye on the molding at the top of the door panel when re attaching it. This is not my first door panel job as over the years I have worked on many many cars, replacing, windows, crank mechanisms, window gear motors or plastic gears, etc. I did pull out the lock cylinder and slid it back into the new handle. Did not have to disconnect any wires or anything. It just slides back into place on the door handle replacement. no bolts or anything, it is just kind of press fit in there. Not hard to remove out.
I hate removing door panels. So easy to not quite get things back in perfectly. Will have to give it a go. Thanks for the video
my passenger side front just did that this morning. I have a 2008 EX 2 WD
Thanks for this.
Thanks to Farmboy's Garage. I had this exact problem and your video showed me how to fix it. $20 after-market part and 45 minutes on a Saturday vs. a couple of hundred bucks at the shop.
My wife just got a 2005 first damn day the drivers side handle broke the little piece on the back of the handle broke off I got one at rockauto.com and this video helped big time never had a Kia before so thanks for posting this. I have worked on a lot of cars over the years but not a Kia.
good content
Thanks for the video. I have a 2006 Kia Sedona and need to replace the passenger side handle. Door stuck during Seattle Snowpocalyse and I pulled a little too hard on it. This video helps to see the general idea of how to fix even though it's a different model and year. Thanks!
Great Video. I was able to replace the handle by watching.
Now i'm having a problem with the keyless entry/electric locking. When we click it to unlock it does for a moment then locks its back. Any thoughts or similar issues?
Just wanted to give a little feedback. I went to a mechanic near my house and for my mom’s front two door handles, I was looking at $185.00 total. I wasn’t paying for that. I followed your video to a T, and just got done with the driver side handle today. (saving the passenger door for tomorrow, lol.) All the way from Louisiana…I thank you, you HERO.
I accidentally encountered your channel and I like it. I'm a new subscriber.
That looked like a bit of a pill! God job man!
What front & rear shocks would you recommend for my 97 Silverado? Would they be gas charged or not. Thanks
Great job brother. Working in those doors it gets really tight. Half the time im dropping stuff down the door and breaking all the little plastic rivets lol had to get me a couple of bags of those things for backups hahah.
Now there is a video on YouTube on how to do this job. I think she could find some plastic chrome covers for the handles and they would match again. Nice work.
Been cold here 🙂
Common sense can fix about anything. Some can't put a cob handle on a file. You're as handy as a pocket on a shirt. Nice job.