How to Replace Front Interior Door Handle 2007-11 Honda CRV
Created on: 2018-07-19
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a broken or snapped off interior door handle on 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 Honda CR-V
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Pry off the mirror base trim piece with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pull off any remaining clips with needle nose pliers
- Reinstall the clips into the mirror trim
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door handle with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the two Phillips head screws inside the door handle
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door pull with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the Phillips head screw inside the door pull
- Pry off the panel at the top of the door pull with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the Phillips screw from the top of the door pull
- Pry off the panel at the bottom of the door pull with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the Phillips screw from the bottom of the door pull
- Pry out the door panel with a trim tool
- Lift the door panel up and off the door
- Pry the door handle assembly out of the back of the panel with a trim tool
- Unplug the electrical connector from the window switch
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step 2 :Removing the Interior Door Handle
- Release the locks from the door handle cables with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the cables
- Remove the lock clip from the door handle
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step 3 :Installing the Interior Door Handle
- Install the clip to the interior door handle
- Clip in the lock cable
- Clip in the door handle cable
- Close the locks to the cables
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step 4 :Installing the Door Panel
- Pry any remaining clips out of the door
- Push the clips into the door panel
- Plug in the window switch electrical connector
- Clip the inner door handle into the panel
- Lift the door panel into place
- Push in the door panel clips
- Install the two Phillips screws inside the door handle
- Push on the trim piece inside the door handle
- Install the Phillips screw into the top of the door pull
- Push on the panel at the top of the door pull
- Install the Phillips screw into the bottom of the door pull
- Push on the panel at the bottom of the door pull
- Push on the trim piece inside the door pull
- Install the Phillips head screw inside the door pull
- Push on the mirror base trim piece
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Needle nose pliers
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We're going to remove this trim panel right here using a trim tool. We sell these at 1AAuto.com. Just get in behind here. Pry this out, there's some clips, this one happened to stay in there, there's the other one. I'm going to take this clip out before it gets lost, just use some needle-nose pliers. Then we can reinstall it on here; just push it on. I'm just going to push it on this bench, push it down just like that.
Next is the cover right here. I'm going to take a flat-blade screwdriver and just pop this cover off. There's two Phillips head screws right there. Take those out with a Phillips head screwdriver. Pull the handle out of your way a little bit. Get this screw out as well. Over here there's a little cover, under here just get your screwdriver under the cover, peel it up. It's just rubber. Another Phillips head screw. Take this one out. Over here there's a little cover. Take your flat-blade screwdriver and pry underneath it, pull it out of your way. If you look up in there, there's a Phillips head screw. Take this one out. Under here, there's one more cover. Take this one off. There's a Philips head screw right here. Take this one off.
I'm going to use a trim tool and go underneath here, and just pop off the door panel and go all the way around, popping the door pins. Just like that. Once this is all loose, you can lift up on the door panel, pull it back.
I'm going to pop this inner door handle assembly in. I'll just take my trim tool and grab under here. There's some clips that hold it in. Just pop and up like this. Just like that. That can stay like that for now.
I just spun the door panel so we can see this electrical connector. There is a little tab on here, right there, so we push down on that and release the connector.
All right, we're going to flip this over and we're going to release this lock right here. On the cable. We can use a straight blade screwdriver. And then release that right there. And then there's another lock right here. Use the screwdriver to help you as you pull up on it. Sometimes this is a little bit tricky. Just put that lock to the side, and pull up on the cable like that. And then this other one, push down this black lock like that, and that pulls that out of the way.
Take our straight blade screwdriver. Move that one, and now we need to release it over here. Just take the screwdriver and pry out. And then we can pry the cable right out, just like that. Okay. We're going to have to take this clip off to install it on our new one. This little lock right here, I'm just going to use a small flat blade screwdriver. While I push this in, I'm going to pull up on it a little bit. Just put a little pressure on it. Then pull it right out.
This is our old part, and this is our new part from 1aauto.com. If you compare, you can see that the shape is the same. On the back side, the brackets are the same. The retainers are all the same as the original. The handle works the same as the old one. Get yours at 1aauto.com, and you'll be ready to rock and roll.
Before we install the cables, we're going to install this clip right here. Just going to line it up with the hole. And lock it in. We're going to install this lock cable first. Slide that on. Then we can lock this in place right there. Okay, so we're going to want to make sure this cable is in unlocked position. So you're going to push the cable in.
And then the same over here, you want this in the unlocked position. And then we can press the cable onto this retainer. And close it, and then we'll check it to make sure it's working properly. Perfect. Now we can take this cable. We're going to slide this part in over here. We're going to lock this retainer on like that. And then, going to lock the cable in place. And then lock it in, just like that.
Sometimes you'll have one of these clips stay in the door, and we need to put it back in the door panel. We have this clip remover tool, you can get these at 1AAuto.com. You slide it on all the way, and then you just pop it out.
All right, we'll reinstall this clip. Slide it in here and just push it on like that. Reattach our master window switch electrical connector. Just plug it in the back here until it locks in place.
Now we'll take the inner door handle, we're going to line it up with the inside of the panel. Just like this.
Once that's on, slide the top part of the door panel in first into the window channel just like that. We'll make sure our door panel's lined up with our pins. It's lined up. Then we can start pushing it on.
Reinstall these two screws here. Install the screw right here. Tighten that down. I'm going to push this cover on. Install the screw right here. Now we'll pop this cover on.
Then install the screw right here. Then we can pop this cover on this way, just like that. And then this little one goes right here, gets locked in right there. Then line these retainers up and lock it in.
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