How To Replace Broken Inside Door Handle 2003-07 Cadillac CTS
Created on: 2011-10-14
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a broken or snapped off interior door handleon 2003-2007 Cadillac CTS models.
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Wrap the blade of a putty knife with a rag
- Pry off the door handle bezel with the putty knife
- Disconnect the door lock wiring harness
- Pry off the manual lock button with the putty knife
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door pull the putty knife
- Remove the two Phillips head screws behind the door pull
- Pry out the door panel by hand
- Lift the door panel up and off
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step 2 :Removing the Door Handle
- Remove the 10mm bolt from the door handle
- Slide the door handle forward
- Unclip the latch rod from the door handle
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step 3 :Installing the Door Handle
- Clip the latch rod onto the door handle
- Slide the door handle backwards
- Insert the 10mm bolt into the door handle
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step 4 :Installing the Door Panel
- Lift the door panel into place
- Line up the door panel using the locating pins
- Push in the door panel clips
- Insert the two Phillips screws behind the door pull
- Push on the door panel trim piece
- Slide the door handle bezel on
- Connect the door lock wiring harness
- Push on the door handle bezel
- Push in the manual door lock button
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Putty Knife
10mm Socket
Door Panel Removal Tool
Ratchet
Cloth Rags
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In this video, we show you how to remove and reinstall your front inside door handle on this Cadillac CTS. We do the driver's front door. It's pretty much the same for all four doors. Tools you'll need are a putty knife or a similar flat blade tool, a Philips screwdriver and a 10mm socket with a ratchet and extension.
I use a little household putty knife. Take a paper towel and just wrap it and then you're going to put it up in, underneath and pry up and pull out on this handle. Then up in here, pry up and pull out. The handle comes out.
Behind here, there's a little tab. Pull up on that tab and pull the lock connector. Make sure to leave it unlocked. Pull that off. Then this bezel just comes right off. Carefully, just use the very corner right here on your lock button. Pry out very lightly. This thing comes right up and off. Then again, just carefully, there's a little plug right in behind your door pull here, and inside that plug two Philips screws. We'll speed it up here as we're just removing those two Philips screws. Once those screws are out, start up here at the top and pull. Work your fingers in behind and just give little sharp pulls, tugs. That's out and off.
To remove the inside door handle, there's a 10mm bolt right here. Remove that. The panel slides forward. It comes off and then it just goes down and off of the rod like that.
Take your inside door handle, put it face down. The lock goes like that, right up and in. Put it in the door and push it backwards. Put your bolt back in. It has larger line-up pins here and down here that go into holes. Basically just line that one up there. Line that one up there. Push the top on. Line that clip up. Make sure you can look down and you can see the connector going together. Now put in our two Philips screws. Again, we'll fast forward just to speed through putting those screws in. You want to get them tight. They don't have to be extremely tight, but you want them nice and firm, so they hold the door panel in place well. This trim plate just goes back in and pushes into place. Put this panel back on your door handle, reconnect your lock switch. Just put it back into place. It locks in. Then last but not least, for the lock button, put it down until that touches there and push in the lock.
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