Product review (4 stars): It replaced the broken one.
I was upset that the latch broke within a year of buying the unit.  I would strongly recommend against buying anything made by Samsung, but if you're looking at this you've already made the same mistake as me.  I'm not the most skilled handyman but this piece was moderately easy to replace with the help of some youtube videos.  I only had 4 screws left after reassembly.