Yea every picture I found showed the parts looking identical. I may just risk it rather than buying the complete liftgate. I appreciate the help! And by the looks of those pictures you're right. I'll have to see about securing the hatch a bit better. Right now I'm literally only using the car to go ...

o.k. I kind of wondered if it would be possible to just replace the hinge pin. No one wants to guarantee that the Matrix hinges work - neither can I - but if they look alike they work alike. Yea if only it were that easy that it was the hinge pin. It's not though, the actual metal on the hinge brok...

could you post a picture of the broken/braking hinges? I'd love to but if I open my hatch the other hinge will break, I can try but I'm not sure I want to risk it. If the other hinge breaks I'm pretty much without a car. It's the actual hinge that holds the gate to the body of the car, not to be mi...

don't forget this website. Even though it might not list the hinges specifically, call the local parts dealer near you that has a lift gate listed on this site; if they have the gate, they obviously have the hinges: http://www.car-part.com/ Yea I called a couple of wreakers that were 6 or 7 hours a...

petervivian wrote:I wish I still have these parts. I had a extra pair of the hinges when I bought a lift gate from the yard. But I lived in an apartment and it's hard to keep these parts.

Yea I'm hoping that I don't have to resort to buying the complete lift gate but my options are limited right now.

Hi everyone, my names Kevin. I'm new to this site. I currently own a 2006 Vibe, which I bought brand new 11 years ago. It currently has almost 300k on it. Nice car, I love it and if I can keep it forever I would but.... I've run into so body issues with it. Recently the liftgate on my Vibe broke off...