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Aug 24, 2007, 6:30 PM
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Interior /door handle
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I have a 2000 Chevy Prizm similar to a Toyota Corrola. The door won't open from the inside. Someone told me that it may be that the clip or something broke off in the panel and that it's easy to fix. I ordered the part online now I have to go through the trouble of having it put on. As a woman with no experience with doing this, is it really easy and how do I go about doing it?
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way2old
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Aug 24, 2007, 6:36 PM
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First thing you need to do is to remove the inside door panel to see what is broken. It may be something as simple as a bolt loose. Or just a rod that has fallen out of place.
Being way2old is why I need help from younger minds
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Aug 25, 2007, 7:57 PM
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I have a similar problem. I have a 93 Corolla and I broke the interior door handle. It still works if I hold it together, so I know I just need a new one. Is this easy to install? How do I go about it? Thanks.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Aug 26, 2007, 12:51 AM
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The first thing to do is remove the door panel. They are held on in a variety of ways to conceal the fasteners with a combo of cllips, screws and some items slide. Unfortunately they make perfect sense when you have broken something to get them off.
The plastic handle may or may not be a separate piece. It will be apparent when looking at it. Rivots are used and they end up being best to use again so size up the rivots and make sure you have them if you are going to drill stuff out. The assorted clips that hold rods can break too and these things are generally dealer parts only and some can be repaired well with hardware store items.
There is an increasing amount of aftermarket stuff for common parts that used to be dealer only.
I will say this: Super glue type products are not well suited in most cases. Some plastic can be glued out of sight from behind and my favorite general glue is GOOP sold even in large drug stores. It is strong yet not brittle, tolerates fairly high heat and cold. The Permatex adhesive/sealer is stronger and lasts but dries slower, and will repell other types of glues and repels paint so plan for that.
When you see just what you need - head out for that part. Many parts places will have screens with diagrams so you can match up just what you need. Bring broken parts. They all have names but even I end up using the word "thingy" too much and of course that doesn't help at the counter,
Words used: Bezel, retainer, clip, rod, applique, insulator, etc., etc., 
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