[rob46902]

Anyone seen any bulletins on door handles? I've had mine since the first part of April. Today my 13 year old son grabbed the handle to open the door and it just snapped at the back of the handle. My son is no beast so it wasn't a brut force thing. Kia is going to repair it but man that doors has been opened maybe 20 times at most. Seems really chinchy.

 

[KunoMochi]

I haven't heard anything about it no, but glad that Kia was willing to repair it at no cost. Just curious, do you live in a region of cold climate?

 

[Yankee6]

damn that sucks. Hopefully its an isolated incident and was just a faulty produced handle. I wouldnt be surprised if you had no problems with any of the others. Good luck

 

[Redlantrn]

Looks like this issue carried on into K5. Pick up some JB Weld and read link below:

Need Glue for Broken Door Handle Part

Glues are picky about what they stick to and Poly-Plastics have been the hardest for me to find glue for. Opened the passenger door and the left, separate piece fell off because its Poly-Plastic part component sheared off from the rest of it. It's a Very Small area to glue, which is bad for...

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