{"id":29103,"date":"2026-01-01T16:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=29103"},"modified":"2026-01-01T20:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:07:59","slug":"car-maintenance-fixing-the-nissan-tailgate-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=29103","title":{"rendered":"CAR MAiNTENANCE: Fixing the Nissan Boot Handle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Before.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Every time I\u2019ve opened the boot, in the last couple of months, the handle has practically fallen off. So I\u2019ve had to load and unload mostly through the side doors. Far from ideal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Above, various images showing where the anchoring points were broken, or, as in the final two pics, still hanging on, just.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Later the same day; fixed\u2026 but still dirty!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve had a kit for fixing the broken handle of our Nissan Qashqai – it\u2019s been falling apart for several months now – for quite a while now (a few weeks!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there hasn\u2019t been a decent chance to do the job until today. And that\u2019s only arisen because the car is currently undriveable!* Cars, eh!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunset at job\u2019s end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The kit, by X8R Ltd, is terrific. It was simple to install. And there\u2019s an excellent video<\/a> showing how to do the installation on YouTube. I watched that several times, to prepare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As can be seen above, several of the parts that should have been holding the handle to the boot, or \u2018tailgate\u2019, have gone AWOL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Removed, ready to fix\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The new parts are much better than the little fragile and mostly broken parts they replace. And they are bonded – plastic to plastic – using the supplied acetone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fusing the new parts to the old.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The hardest part of this job – which I did a week or two back – was to remove the internal boot trim panel. That still needs putting back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway\u2026 it\u2019s now working better than ever before. It\u2019s not just working<\/em>. It\u2019s a nicer tighter fit, with a lesser and much smoother action. Dead chuffed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Something in the drive-train is disintegrating, very noisily. Took it to Tyre Pros, locally (my normal garage is closed till Jan 5th), and they\u2019ve told me it\u2019s too dangerous to drive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every time I\u2019ve opened the boot, in the last couple of months, the handle has practically fallen off. So I\u2019ve had to load and unload mostly through the side doors. Far from ideal! Above, various images showing where the anchoring points were broken, or, as in the final two pics, still hanging on, just. I\u2019ve … <\/p>\n

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