Hey! I had the door handle gremlin, happened about 3 weeks ago. I watched your video and was much relieved to see the handle was so easy to replace! Found an OEM, new, for a few bucks more than after-market, it arrived today, and...BOOM!!! 15 minute fix! FYI, the convertible has the aligning pin covering the top screw, took a T3(?) Torx to remove, but otherwise the same. Thank you for all the help! Great video!
I have done this several times. A few hints: 1. tape off around door handle opening. This will prevent scratching surrounding paint during installation. 2. Use a piece of rolled thin cardboard around socket to help prevent dropping screws inside of door panel. 3. An extending magnet retrevial tool is handy to manage removal of screws after loosening. 4 Carefully note placement of screws when removing or you may get confused during installation of new handle. Good luck!
This is gonna be my favorite channel just cause you dont see many people doing shit with the 350z and having one makes it nice to see what I can do. Like the hydro e brake
Its really the little things that bring us joy haha. Thanks for the tutorial, mine just started doing this too and it’s annoying having to use the inside handle. Thankfully Nissan made it so you can roll the window down with the fob at least lol
@@Rich0712 yeah I used to do that with my nissan maxima as well... when cars completely dead tho , youll be screwed i had to go thru driver window n open hood then jumped car
@@boogie9710 yea that'll definitely warrant having to go through passenger side. Really like having the volt gauge as well as oil pressure and info cluster. Driver oriented car for sure.
Thanks for this video bro. I just changed out both handles on my wife's 350Z. Without this video, I would have had to take it to the dealership to fix. You just saved me a lot of money. Also, Thanks for dropping that bolt because it made me super paranoid to NOT let that happen, therefore, I was really careful. Again, thanks very much.
Thank You so much for posting this! My 2003 just came up with the same problem, urgh!, How frikkin aggravating! NISSAN Are YOU L I S T E N I N G? This morning I forgot. Stopped on my way to work for Coffee at a McDs. And out of Habit I put the windows Up . Came out and Ooops OS! Doors wouldn't open. No Key option on the Hatch or the Passenger Side either. At first I though I might have to break out the Drivers side Window. Lucky for me I was able to get the Hatch Back open with my KEY FOB and I actually had to climb in through the Back to open the doors from the inside. I'm 62! I sure a lot of people who saw me were laughing I did this too, I'll order a replacement handle and get to work this weekend.Great Video and THANKS again!
Can you believe the Nissan dealership wanted to charge me $600 for replacing both door handles? I ordered a pair thru Amazon for $107 and did it myself after watching this video. Took me less than 15 minutes to do it and saved me $500. Wow
This literally just happened to me like 2 days ago, ordered a pair that same day lol. I've only had a Z for about a month now and already having Z problems, oil consumption, grinding gears, hatch struts, HANDLES.😂
Just bought my 350z a week ago and have this problem with the passenger door side. Thank u so much for uploading this video when I replace it ill definitely use this to help!
Dude that's my car at the moment, I have to buy a door handle and I was most likely going to hire someone to install it but you make it so easy. I'm just going to do it myself. Thanks!
Both driver and pass door handles quit working within a week. The only way I can get in is to hold the key fob unlock button until the windows go down so I can use the indoor handle. Thanks for this video and I will order new ones
I really enjoy holding the key fob down to lower the windows to open from the inside JUST like he did. I was wondering what the hell myself so thank you very much for explaining the issue.
Incase you have a metal plate stopping access to the top 10mm nut, use a T35 bit to take them off first. I got the T35 3/4 socket head at home depot for ~$3
Mine went out a few weeks ago so I've been holding the lock button down to roll the windows down so I can open it from the inside lol now I know how to fix it
I miss big Sean! One man can definitely change the world bro! You changed mine with this great video. I’m a software engineer, but getting into working on cars for fun. I bought a old 350z haha it’s low key a great car to learn on !! But having some issues with the car. Have you ever had some random coolant drip? No leak, because it’s so slow and random. I just smell the coolant super rarely, but honestly annoying haha any clue? Thanks
Coolant is leaking somewhere. Get a coolant pressure tester and pressurize the system to find the leak with the car off so it’s safe to look around. Most of the time coolant will vaporize off from the hot engine before you see it on the ground. I’d start with the heater core bleeder, any OEM plastic coolant pipes and the throttle body coolant lines. All of these seem to give issues eventually. Overheating is one of the few ways to kill a VQ.
hey man just wanted to say i really like your videos i subscribed and liked a few i hope your channel takes off cuz it seems like you like doing this stuff and it aint easy (Beside the car fixing, video editing and etc.) but i was just wondering what paint are you using? is it plasti-dip? also, how do you like the 350z as a daily? Thanks for posting these videos bro imma be using them in the very near future!
+Kristopher Barwick Thank you! Doing everything myself can be a challenge, but I try to have fun! I think the 350Z is one of the most reliable 2 seaters for daily driving. Has a good level of creature comforts.
Thanks for the great video. How did you get the screw that went to the bottom of the door? My 10mm socket went there. How do I get it back? Any suggestions?
At 4:35 when you started playing with the door.. How pissed would you of been if the handle broke again because you started playing with it? I'm asking because that happened to me with my s13 I installed a new handle and the I started playing with it like you were, it broke again.. I was fucking pissed lmfao😅🔫
+Wu- Tang Kinda why I started messing with it in the first place... Didn't want to fix it and then have it fall apart 20min later after putting everything away! haha Trust me, I was skeptical! But it made for some subtle humor in the end!
I paid $350 to have mine replaced on one side only. And it just broke again, now both sides are broken. Just ordered me both handles frm amazon, hopefully I can change them myself
Happened to me but my passenger door handle, When i Tried to remove it the bottom bolt of the door handle just keeps spinning and will not break loose... Any suggestions on how to remove this bolt? I have the new door handle I just cant get the damn bolt to loosen. Just keeps spinning. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
i found a guy selling a Z and he said the passenger door doesn’t open from the outside. do you think i could do this to fix it? or would it depend? and also where did you get the extra handle from?
Any chance anyone knows how to open the door if neither handle is working? The only thing I can find out is to cut up the door panel lol and I really don't want to do that. I replaced both handles as both exterior handles were broken, and the passenger works fine, but the driver door is stuck locked. I think the locking rod slid out of the cylinder when I was reinstalling the door handle. PLEASE HELP LOL
1:34 to avoid losing those bolts I used to use a piece of paper, at least shape it into a C or completely wrap your socket. As the bolt gets screwed out, you catch it with the paper. (Like a funnel) And it makes it an easy install of the new bolts. You should've titled this video "replacing 350z door handle" I was under the impression you somehow replaced the little plastic in the door handle. Lol this didn't fix the problem, I went through 3 outside door handles in my 3 years of owning a Z.
How much was the new handle? Mine just recently broke and Im thinking of getting a carbon fiber one. I was just wondering how much you got yours for?(i know yours isnt the carbon fiber one)
