This video was extremely helpful to me, a 63 year old woman who replaced BOTH driver and passenger sides, a little tricky on the passenger side with the window rail, but I did the drivers first which made my understanding a lot easier... A Pro Glamma Tip here, If you don't have a magnetic socket to unscrew the inside door bolts double a piece of paper towel in just a little larger piece then the head of the bolt, and place it in your socket wrench head, push it firmly onto the bolt head, and unscrew or screw, and it will keep the bolt from falling into the door.

Great video. Thank you for taking your time to make sure each step was understood! The cameraman/woman did a great job too. I will be doing mine tomorrow.

Great video. This job took me about 45 minutes to complete but I could see it easily taking twice as long without watching this and reading the comments. Even after watching it, I still dropped a bolt down to the bottom of the door and then had a problem getting the handle to seat flush against the door but thanks to your video I was able to quickly resolve the problem.

Great video. It's like having x-ray vision. Nice to know how it all comes apart and goes back together, so parts don't get forced and broken. Excellent camera work, too. Every shot was clear, lighted, and unobstructed.

Thanks! Kudos especially to the cameraman/woman. So many of these videos are at points worthless without the good shot.

What's great about this video is that instead of showing a professional technician who takes 10 minutes with no wasted movements, we get to see a smart person figuring things out and problem-solving when mistakes are made. Much more helpful because I will be making these same mistakes

I just did this job on my 2001 Sienna. It is the hardest thing I ever replaced in my life. It took me over two hours to complete the job and at one point I thought I was not going to be able to get it back together. If you do this job on your Sienna, be ready for some complications.

This video was extremely helpful, especially the part about how to retrieve dropped parts in the bottom of the door.

I’ve done this before and put a piece of gum onto end of socket. Push my bolt into gum, so bolt will not drop into door. Great explanation of install. Most people would have the same problems. Thanks for going back and explaining the problems. That helps to get it installed correctly the first time. Thanks again I needed a refresher coarse.

Great video very detailed. Thank you so much for posting. It appears my door handle broke the exact way. I will be ordering one from Amazon today.

As others have pointed out, thank you very much for not editing out the tricky parts. This helped me a lot replacing the passenger door handle on my own 99 XLE.

Thank you so much! My son’s van has both handles broken so I sent him your video 😊

thank you for keeping the errors so i know what to do

I love this video so much. I love that you left all your errors in the video because it makes it that much more helpful. Love your camera-woman. The angles she was getting. Great work. Love your candidness. ☺️ thank you

Thanks for this. My handle broke today, so ill have to go through this soon.

I appreciate this. It was watching a real backyard guy going through all the headaches, i even heard a magic word thrown in there. Now I can be KZfaq certified after changing mine out!

Thanks for this video, it was very helpful to see the difficulties you ran into and how you solved them.

Your video was very helpful. I just finished replacing my handle after watching it, and for a seemingly simple part, the job was tricky.

Thank You for detail video. I just replaced the handle on my Sienna 1998.

Nice video. I will follow this to do mine tomorrow. The dropped bolt can be taken out with a magnet stick, very easily. I use one often.

Thanks for the great video! I’m getting ready to order the door handle and as soon as weather permits, I’m going to tackle the job of installing it. After I managed to replace the ignition switch a couple of years ago, by watching a how-to video on KZfaq, I feel confident I can do this, too. Your camera-woman did an excellent job of videoing.

Just replaced the handle on my girlfriends van. Most frustrating part was getting the plastic retention clip to stay on. Used a little zip tie, and all good.

Thanks so much! Just completed the install on my 1999 Toyota Sienna Black van! Still going strong! :)

Just waiting for my door handle to arrive! Found your post & I’ll be using it!!! Thanks for posting, you made it look easy!!! Hopefully it’ll be easy for me too!!!

I have tried to do as you said. But I broke two door handle spring mechanism. When one tries to put the handle back, it is harder to wiggle the handle when it attached to the yellow plastic. Instead remove the metal bar inside the door as described in "MotorKing B615 Door Handle Repair Video for 1998-2003 Toyota Sienna" video. This will help to put the door handle easily without breaking anything. Thanks for the video though since it is clear otherwisw.

6:30 there should be no 'pain' if you first take away glass rail (one bolt) And two plastic clips (yellow) holding rods

Very helpful video! I especially love that you addressed all the "gotchas" and made sure the fix for them was illustrated (like the tab going under the catch to make it flush). I'm planning to do this exact repair tomorrow, so now I feel like I know what to expect! Plus I have a magnet that hopefully will help retrieve those dropped screws, which I"m sure to do. :D Thanks for the great content!

Thanks very much for this video and the video about the window electric motor. Not without problems similar to the ones you pointed out, but I was able to replace both front door handles and the passenger window electric motor to my Sienna 1999.

Great video, thanks. The three bolts used are M6.0, 10 mm long. I lost one. I could not find the exact length so I had to shorten the ones on sale at my hardware store. . They cost $2.99 a pound. Since they are galvanized, I think they will outlast the 2001 sienna they are used for. I only lost one but the aggravation is not worth it. Buy a few over length and shorten as needed.

Thanks for the video. So impormative.

Thank you. Your video was very helpful.

Thank you! You both are so nice!

Thank you very much for upload such a great video with full and proper description in easy way. Showing the possible problems with solution really helping for a newbie. Great work. I will replace of mine one in couple of days as weather allows me. Hats off dear.

Thanks. Clean video. . Now i can change mine...

I've replaced several of these handles on different Siennas, and it's about a 15 minute job if you have had practice and know what to expect. Disconnect the plastic rod clips from inside the door before trying to pull out the old handle, and it will make the job go much more easily. Just flip the plastic retaining clip,and pop the L shaped rod-end out with a flat screwdriver. When removing the handle, rotate the handle from the bottom out and up so it allows the metal part to clear the opening in the door panel.

Thanks a lot for your help!!

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Who else lol'ed @ 14:33? Great video!

Here's a trick: use a Channelock/Knipex water-pump-handle pliers to press/squeeze the stiff rod out of the plastic. You'll want the pliers, again, to push the rod back in place. This one thing can drive you nuts. Once all of the mechanism is free floating, it's HARD to get the rod out without a pliers. As you fiddle around -- be cautious. Don't scratch up your paint.

Thanks for the video.

Thank you brother!

thank you for this video, it helped me so much. i saved a lot of money $$$

You don't need to wiggle or force anything. If you do it that way, not only it's harder to do it but you risk breaking things as well. Also it might not work right. So Here is how you do it : Remove the window rail by unscrew one bolt (located outside at side of the door) Then you can put your hand inside and use your finger to unclip + unhook the yellow rod. And then remove the 3 bolts (including the lock bolts) from inside. Then door handle will come out effortlessly. Put the new handle in first. (without connecting anything) Then everything in reverse (Screw the bolts & connect the rods etc)

hi, thanks a lot for the great video. It's the best i've seen online regarding the door handle issue because you never edited out the problems you came across while fixing the handle but you kept going at it and came out with solutions at every turn.....it was like i was in a practice classroom. I tried doing the same fix last week but inadvertently dropped the replacement yellow rubber thingy on the handle right there inside the door. Tried as hard as i could, i couldn't find it nor was able to blow it out since then. The one on the old broken handle was torn up because i didn't try to change out the handle until it totally failed. forgive my asking please, IF you still don't need the spare Yellow Rubber thingy with you, will you be willing to part with it anytime for a little price as i'm in need of one....i'm trying not to order a complete new handle. thanks.

12:54 the secret to putting in the handle is to install the red plastic clip to the brass rod on the inside of the door. Then put the handle in place and with your hand on the inside of the door feel the round hole on the handle pushing the red plastic thru it, there’s a tiny snap when is in place

Nice Video, but I must say that I HATE working on doors :-). Anyway... I took the bolt out that holds the keylock mechanism to the handle before I took out the handle. Also, I could not get the handle back into the hole with the rod attached that opens the door latch (you must be a better wiggler than I am). I had to put the handle back in without the door latch rod attached and then I attached it (blindly and with a little difficulty) once I had the handle back in. Thanks for your video!

Thanks for the video. It was extremely helpful. I had to do both my front doors on my 2000 Sienna. A few additional tips I learned. Most important: I highly recommend removing the door bracket (which I saw at 2:10 in another video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qa-ippmAxtHOqIk.html). It will save a lot of aggravation and I wish I had done it from the start. To remove the door bracket, take out the bolt midway down the door jam, below the other bolt that holds the handle in and it will come out easily. Once I got the door handle screwed in, I reinstalled the door bracket but made sure I pulled it as forward as possible at the top when I tightened it (which stopped the problem I had of the handle binding when I originally installed it). Two other notes: a) You can disconnect the lock with the plastic piece holding the cable (although be careful not to break it, because this plastic piece does not come with the replacement door handle). It makes it easier than trying to attach the lock mechanism bolt from behind when the handle is attached. b) I had to replace the 10 mm bolt for the lock as the replacement door handle had a different type of screw-in set-up than the original. c) When putting the replacement handle in, after trying to shove it/force it from the side to no avail for quite a while, I found it worked it if you essentially place it directly over and push it in place (which will be particularly easy if you remove the door bracket).

This is the wrong way to replace it. But thank you for the video.

I plan to do this soon! The blue tape trick might have saved you on the falling bolt. Piece of blue tape sticky side up over socket then cram the bolt in: makes a tight fit to usually keep bolt from falling. Or a Klien tools magnetizer on the bolt maybe

Gracias por el vídeo

Thanks for the video. It helped me replace the door handle on my 2000 Sienna. That little plastic tab caused me over an hour of struggling to get the handle installed properly. I'm just wondering if there is a better way to do this installation. For example, how was this handle assembled when the car was built in the factory. I can't believe the same technique was used when the car was built. Maybe they had a special tool or installed the mechanism before the door was welded shut? It took me over an hour to get that handle wiggled in and that stupid plastic tab positioned properly. Also seems like a horrible design to have the force of the handle dependant on that little plastic tab. The original handle was broken in my car and that tab was snapped off, probably because too many kids yanked on that door handle when the car was locked and put extra stress on that critical part.

Thank you x 100!

Wondering if you can tell me how to do this if I can't open the door. My passenger side wont open from inside or out. I'm thinking both inside and outside have to be replaced but can't open the door from either side. How would I change it

ok good. thanks. gotta do this tomrrow. much like a camry.

Put a piece of paper towel over the head of the bolt and push socket over it. It will hold the bolt in the socket so you can get it in without dropping it.

Be careful twisting the handle back in. The place where you hook the metal in is made made from filled fiberglass and will break. I would recommend buying new bolts; don’t worry about rusted old bolts or dropping. Bring the handle with you to the hardware store or depot. It’s worth the $2 . Buy the handle online, cost $10. Not $150 at the dealer. I agree with everybody, Toyota could have done a better job on the placement and design of the handle.

If you take out the one bolt on the rear window rail and remove the rail,its so much easier.

The door handles on these vans will all break eventually. My wife had one crumble in her hands.

I think the handle should be in first before bolted in so we dont damage the paint?

Just replaced the handle and even though I removed the bolt for that piece the window travels along I could not figure out how to get it to come loose! So I worked around it and had to hand tighten the bolt for the lock cylinder. That was difficult. Wish someone would explain the process to actually take that part loose in case I ever have to replace the other door handle.

Hello dexterity master.

hi sir , thanks for your video , we have not tried this my kids and I a mom want to do this its been broken for a good 2 years weve been opening through the inside. Any ways is it cheaper to order on line the handle part or auto zones? and if so which website. thanks

you're going to take the door off? why?

Awesome, thanks for the great video! I subscribed. Please consider returning the favor for other Toyota Sienna fixes. Thanks!

Great video!! Can I get a Metal replacement front exterior door handle or just the same Hasbro Fisher Price bootleg Barbie GoBot plastic crap?

Good job! Now do the sliding door handle!

these door handles are such garbage. My moms 1999 Sienna has 260k on it and I've done three drivers door handles on it since they bought it new.

I recommend deleteing this video...he just shows you how to struggle with doing it the wrong way....that doesn't help anyone.