Nissan Pathfinder 4th gen rear cargo latch (Internal compartment part 849B5-3JA0A)

There's a little pop-up handle that lifts to open the shallow storage compartment above the rear wheel, behind the third row of seats, in the 4th gen Nissan Pathfinder. If your car is like mine the sand, dog hair and other dirt will eventually prevent the (fairly weak) spring from pushing the catch back when you close it, and the handle will stay popped up rather than sitting down out of the way, and something sliding around in the back of the car will break the handle right off. If you want to buy a new catch assembly I have seen them advertised for around $100.

This is a replacement design for that handle. If you open the compartment and unscrew four screws the top and bottom halves of this catch assembly come out. 

The tongue part of the catch on the lower part can be removed by inserting a couple of flat screwdriver blades and then pushing it right out of the unit. Once out everything can be cleaned including the spring. Mine still didn't move freely until I shaved a little plastic off the raised parts that I could see had been making contact, but once done it worked smoothly again. This must return to position for the handle to sit back down and not be broken again.

The upper part contains the broken handle and it is removed by pushing a pin from one side all the way through. Watch out for the two (very weak) springs that will be released when the pin comes out. This replacement handle goes in where the old handle came out after you have given the top assembly a clean.

Once put together it should work like new again. I have not bothered texturing the handle because it prints well flat on the build plate, but the satin plate would be excellent for this.