You CAN use a broken handle on the other side but I did not realize it will not fully hold the handle in the door. When pulled it will half come out and fells like after a few pulls and open and close of the door a few times it will break right off. Better to just get a new one. 

4 hours ago, Shawninvancouver said:

You CAN use a broken handle on the other side but I did not realize it will not fully hold the handle in the door. When pulled it will half come out and fells like after a few pulls and open and close of the door a few times it will break right off. Better to just get a new one. 

Yours must have broken at a different spot than normal.  They generally break on the arm where it meets the base.  I've swapped them many times and the offside arm serves no purpose, so with it broken off, once the handles are swapped, they function perfectly.  Yours must have broken lower on the casting where it actually mounts to the door.  I've never seen one break there.  Weird.

I have 2 that both broke in the exact same spot. Just above where rod clicks into handle.  When it brakes there once screwed to car the handle pulls out of the door. 

22 hours ago, Jeff G 78 said:

Yours must have broken at a different spot than normal.  They generally break on the arm where it meets the base.  I've swapped them many times and the offside arm serves no purpose, so with it broken off, once the handles are swapped, they function perfectly.  Yours must have broken lower on the casting where it actually mounts to the door.  I've never seen one break there.  Weird.

This has been my experience also.

I have a few that hAve broken I. Different spots. I think I found one just broken on top where rod goes. That one should work. 

As I look back over this thread we should have asked you for a picture of the broken handle so we could have helped you better.