Allagash19
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Hey Everyone,
For about the past six months, the underside of the upper tailgate hatch on my 2000 LC has been getting very rusty. This is clearly due to the salty roads up in Minnesota. I have many other areas of rust on the vehicle too, but so far this looks to be the worst. Yesterday, I was opening the upper tailgate and the handle (just above the right side of the license plate) came right off. This was the plastic part. The two small, rusted metal arms that hold the handle in place are still there, but they look like they haven't got much time left either. The whole assembly of that handle feels rusty as I move it.
Does anyone have any experience with this specific problem? I've seen many listings for this part online, and if it is easily replaceable then I'll be happy to just order it and do it myself (or bring it to the body shop). But, if there's more to it than that (connecting with the locking mechanism, alarm, etc), then I'll have to reconsider and look at other parts to come up with a price. Although I could definitely benefit from one, I'm hoping I don't need an entire new upper tailgate (if I did, how would I go about getting one and how much would it go for?).
Thanks!
For about the past six months, the underside of the upper tailgate hatch on my 2000 LC has been getting very rusty. This is clearly due to the salty roads up in Minnesota. I have many other areas of rust on the vehicle too, but so far this looks to be the worst. Yesterday, I was opening the upper tailgate and the handle (just above the right side of the license plate) came right off. This was the plastic part. The two small, rusted metal arms that hold the handle in place are still there, but they look like they haven't got much time left either. The whole assembly of that handle feels rusty as I move it.
Does anyone have any experience with this specific problem? I've seen many listings for this part online, and if it is easily replaceable then I'll be happy to just order it and do it myself (or bring it to the body shop). But, if there's more to it than that (connecting with the locking mechanism, alarm, etc), then I'll have to reconsider and look at other parts to come up with a price. Although I could definitely benefit from one, I'm hoping I don't need an entire new upper tailgate (if I did, how would I go about getting one and how much would it go for?).
Thanks!