You’re too kind thank you! I was surprised that the handle is reasonably priced, $40 retail and found a used one for $25 so the lesson wasn’t too painful 😂 After driving German cars for years it could definitely be worse!
My pleasure! It was indeed the right part, I took some photos. Interestingly the replacement has part numbers and Ford logo stamped into it, whereas the original had no markings whatsoever. Perhaps this piece wasn’t even in the parts catalog yet, or a weird fluke of buying a 1st year model.
Now...
I did some digging and seemed to find it on the Ford Parts website, looks like it's the same front and back, but not interchangeable from L to R. Part #: LJ6Z78431B15B, $26 at my local dealer. Will order and see...