How to replace door handle for 2002 chevy impala?

[Hungry hill]

My outside door handle is broken, on the rear passenger door. I saw the part on ebay for 30 bucks. How do you replace this? It looks as though I am going to have to take off the inner door panel and take it off from the inside out. Anyone have experience with this?

 

[don r]

What I would do is go to the salvage yard and get the handle- the kind of yard that lets you pull your own parts. You can learn how to do the job on something that is no real risk. The panel should be no problem getting off. Use a butter knife to pop loose the clips that hold the inner panel prying carefully in the edge. The hardest is getting the window crank off, but take a rag and slip it behind the handle and rotate it around to liberate the spring clip that holds the handle on and be careful to not let it fly away. The door handle on the inside will come off when you loosen the screws. Inside the door, you'll see the bolts that hold on the outside handle and the operating rods for the latch and lock. You can do it. If you get confused, the hardware on the other door is still attached and you can look at it and see how everything fits together the right way. Chiltons Auto Repair manual will show exactly how to do it. All you have to do is look at it in the library.

 

[kelly_f_1999]

well remove the door panel handle hook with a pin or rod to door latch handel wil have only a bolt or two type in how to remove door panel video or how to remove door panel first and then how to remove door handle should get you more than enought info really pretty easy to do remove a few screws that hold inter handle pry panel out from bottom do that light every few inches wil be a pop button lift from top peel back the paper lining if it has one get hand into door to find handle might not be able to see it same time your working on it but really not much in there anyone can do it and really you can find how to replace most anything just by typing how to replace name of part want a video try adding that to end some times it helps if you type it like how to replace door handle 2002 chevy impala but not always and many time you will get the info by typing how to replace or how to repair and you could get a few model from any parts store or dealer they not that high so id call a few places first to see if ebay is what you need

 

[hhope4lyf]

Try you tube for the answer. I had to replace windshield wiper arms on my car recently and I you tubed the question. There were several instructional videos that showed me how to do it.