I just wanted to comment great job and great explaination! My 2011 2500HD Denali, with only/28k miles just broke today.The door handle is on the pass. side & literally hasn't been opened more then 100 times. I plan on fixing it rather then buying another cheaply and poorly made design that will eventually fail again. Shame on GM for not recalling these handles, it is probably one of the most common failures on several makes and models of GM vehicles from all the research I have done. I have an 03 Lexus GX with a very similar design that has 250k on it and no issues! Gotta love Japanese quality and ingenuity over the greedy American companies that outsource everything to save a buck nowadays. On a side note, how long has your American ingenuity of the safety wire held up so far? I bet its still going strong!!! I'll be doing mine tomorrow! Anyway, Thanks again and give your self a pat on the back brother!!
Mitchell D I actually repaired the one on the drivers door several years ago with the wire. It is a daily driver and receives a lot of use every day. I did it while I was waiting for the new one I had ordered to arrive. Now I have two new handles sitting in my garage since I don’t feel like changing them out until they quit again.
Cesar Perez you can sometimes use a pair of needle nose pliers or even a coat hanger to reach in and grab the latch rod then open the door by pushing it down. If not you may be able to still remove the door panel by flipping the seat to access it and once off grabbing the rod to open the door. Worst case you may need to remove the seat to get access to the door panel.
Thanks for making this it was helpful to me through repairing mine it had fallen apart and I couldn't figure out how it went back on the door handle
I think I’ll call my dealership. Looks pretty complicated but I thank you for your video.
Once again, thank you under one hour of maintenance
Thank you so very much Mr. Every time I had to pick my kids up from school, the kid patrol would pull a imaginary handle LMAO then they look crazy.
I just wanted to comment great job and great explaination! My 2011 2500HD Denali, with only/28k miles just broke today.The door handle is on the pass. side & literally hasn't been opened more then 100 times. I plan on fixing it rather then buying another cheaply and poorly made design that will eventually fail again. Shame on GM for not recalling these handles, it is probably one of the most common failures on several makes and models of GM vehicles from all the research I have done. I have an 03 Lexus GX with a very similar design that has 250k on it and no issues! Gotta love Japanese quality and ingenuity over the greedy American companies that outsource everything to save a buck nowadays. On a side note, how long has your American ingenuity of the safety wire held up so far? I bet its still going strong!!! I'll be doing mine tomorrow! Anyway, Thanks again and give your self a pat on the back brother!!
Mitchell D I actually repaired the one on the drivers door several years ago with the wire. It is a daily driver and receives a lot of use every day. I did it while I was waiting for the new one I had ordered to arrive. Now I have two new handles sitting in my garage since I don’t feel like changing them out until they quit again.
Nice nice thanks
great job
This is helpful video
Saved me $25
What do u do if the child safety is engaged and ur handle is broken like that?
Cesar Perez you can sometimes use a pair of needle nose pliers or even a coat hanger to reach in and grab the latch rod then open the door by pushing it down. If not you may be able to still remove the door panel by flipping the seat to access it and once off grabbing the rod to open the door. Worst case you may need to remove the seat to get access to the door panel.
My back windows won't roll down on their own only the driver side can control them
Danielle Ferguson the rear switches may have gone bad or they are stuck in the safety lock mode.