How to Replace Exterior Door Handle 2002-06 GMC Envoy XL
Created on: 2014-09-11
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a broken or snapped off Exterior / Outside door handle on 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 GMC Envoy or Chevy Trailblazer.
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Pry up the window switch panel with a flat blade screwdriver
- Disconnect the wiring harnesses
- Remove the two 10mm bolts inside the door pull
- Pry out the door panel with a door panel clip tool or putty knife
- Lift the door panel up and off
- Carefully peel off the water shield
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step 2 :Removing the Door Handle
- Pull the gray clip forward from the rod and pull the rod free
- Pull the blue clip from the rod and pull the rod free
- Remove the two 10mm nuts from the door handle
- Pull the handle up and out
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step 3 :Preparing the New Door Handle
- Push the pink clip on the door handle and remove the lock rod
- Pry the metal clip and lock off with a flat blade screwdriver
- Push the lock into the door handle
- Attach the lock rod into the clip on the new door handle
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step 4 :Installing the New Door Handle
- Slide the handle into the door and onto the studs
- Replace and tighten the two 10mm nuts on the door handle
- Re-clip the rod into the blue clip
- Re-clip the rod into the gray clip
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step 5 :Reinstalling the Door Panel
- Put the water shield into place
- Lift the door panel into place
- Push in the door panel clips
- Insert and tighten the two 10mm bolts inside the door pull
- Connect the wiring harnesses
- Push in the window switch panel
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Putty Knife
10mm Wrench
10mm Socket
Ratchet
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Hi, I'm Mike from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace an exterior door handle on this 2003 GMC Envoy XL. It's the same part and similar process on the regular Envoys from 2002 to 2009. We show you on the driver side, but the passenger side is a similar procedure. The items you'll need for this include a new exterior door handle from 1AAuto.com, 10mm socket and ratchet with an extension, flat blade screwdriver, and a putty knife.
Pry up the back of your switch panel with a flat blade screwdriver; pry up the front and then pull the switch panel up and out. Just push the tab on these two harnesses on this end and disconnect them. Use a flat blade screwdriver and pry up the tab on the remaining harnesses. Next, remove this 10mm bolt in here and this 10mm bolt right there. We'll fast-forward as Mike does this. Using a putty knife, just push this back in behind the door panel and slide it down until you find a clip. Then just pry out so you can reach your fingers back there, and just pry out around the edge. Then just pry out on this small part of the panel up here, and then lift your door panel up and out of the windowsill.
Peel back your water shield. Then reach in back here, and there's this gray clip. Just pull it forward and pull the rod free. Then up here, there's a blue clip, and you just want to push this off that rod and pull that rod free. Then remove that 10mm nut up behind that rod, and that rod will just push out of the way. Then there's another 10mm nut on the other side of the door handle and you have to use either a 10mm wrench or a short 10mm socket. If you drop down the nut, a lot of the time it'll land it won't go all the way to the bottom of the door it'll land on this brace here. Your handle will then just carefully rotate it down and out, and then up and out, and you can see the original door handle.
Obviously ours is already painted, and it's not broken, so we're going to install the original, but the one from 1A Auto will be a good functional replacement in black. If it doesn't matter to you, or if you wanted to paint it to match, you can go to an automotive parts store that has a paint department, they'll be able to use your VIN and figure out the right color.
You want to take this clip, push it off, and take off the rod. Then use a screwdriver. You can pry it all the way off if you want and your lock will come right out. Now the lock, the arm faces forward, push it right in and then take your rod, push it in, and flip the clip around and on. Your replacement handle, put that in, and make sure that rod goes in and it doesn't get caught on anything. Then you have to bring your handle up and get the studs to go in the lock mechanism. Replace those two 10mm nuts and tighten them up. Push that rod back into the blue clip and then re-clip it. Do the same thing with this gray clip. Just push the rod back into place and then close the clip.
Push your water shield back into place. To replace your door panel, push the harnesses back through this hole. Then lift the door panel up and into the windowsill. Once you have it lined up, push it down into place, and then make sure the clips are lined up. Then just hit them back in around the sides of the door panel. For these bolts, what you want to do is be able to hold them into the socket, so a little bit of glue or any kind of piece of cloth. I just use a little electrical tape, put it on the bolt head and stick it in the socket. That way your screw will stay in there. Then you can just put it right in and start it. We'll just fast-forward as Mike replaces and tightens up those two bolts. Reconnect the harnesses to your switch pack. Then line up your switch panel and push it back down into place.
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