Wife unit started to exit the Tracker a couple days ago and the inside door handle suddenly "let go". The body (not handle) cracked on it. These things have always been made of plastic with a spring and a pin in them. They do break occassionally. I still had a few door handles from my 1st gen trucks in my parts buckets but no new ones... so I put a door handle on my shopping list to the local pick-n-pull.
While I was there I decided to pull an extra wiindow crank and I grabbed a couple more door handles (right and left side). I even found one that had a broken handle, but the body was in good shape. I came home and took the two broken handles apart and made one good handle out of the two and replaced the broken handle. Out of curiosity, I called my local Chevy dealer to get an inside door handle priced. The replacement cost from my local Chevy dealership for these simple little door handles was $43 each!!!! I got five door handles and a window crank for $25 at the pick-n-pull. A good deal.