How To Replace Rear Interior Door Handle 2000-05 Buick LeSabre

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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a rear inside door handle on this 2000 Buick LeSabre. It should be pretty much the same as a 2000 and 2005 LeSabre, even Park Avenue is probably similar, although it may be a different procedure to get the door panel off. Really changing the inside door handle the hardest part of it is getting the door panel off. Tools you'll need are a flat blade screwdriver, a Phillip screwdriver, a door panel clip tool, which is available on our site, and 10mm wrench, or socket and ratchet. One quick note, I have come across two designs of the door panels on these LeSabres. This is the design that has a clip in the center. There's also a design where you pull the bezel around the inside door handle off and you'll see a small screw, so you need to look for that.

Start with a flat blade screwdriver and just carefully go right in behind here and pull out on this bezel. It comes forward and off. Next, you're going to want to take your screwdriver again and pry out on this courtesy light. You can see that comes straight out. You can pull the bulb like that. Phillips screwdriver, you can look right in here, you'll see a black Phillips screw, remove that.

Now there's a series of clips around the door panel. You want a door panel clip tool, and what you can do is pull out on the panel and slide it in. Then, usually, down until you come to a clip, pull it out, go right around the clip, pull on the door panel and on the tool at the same time, and then just keep doing that right around the whole panel. I'll speed it up here as I just work my way around the panel with the tool and pulling to release the clips. Then once you release the clips you'll want to actually just kind of pull the handle out or pull the panel out and pull it up and off of the bracket.

Pull the back clip out, pull the door panel up. Then come up to the front here, pull all these clips out, and you have to pull your door panel up and out. Then there's a little electrical connection here. Just press on the tab and disconnect that. The door panel comes off, and you can see right here, this is the clip in the middle, slides down on these clips here. What you'll want to do is once you have the panel off take your screwdriver and push up. There are basically two just little teeth that hold it on, push up, pull the clip off, and push down and that comes off. You can slide it right back into there. Fast-forward here as we remove the other clip and then put it back into the panel. Then the panel is ready to install when you have your project done.

Once the door panel's off, use some pliers or a screwdriver and pull the pins at the top of the water shield out. Carefully pull the water shield down to give you access to the part. I think we remove this bolt here and slide your handle forward and out. Just pull these rods there. Then pull your handle like this, and then this rod pulls up and out. Then twist your handle and pull it off of the other rod here. Firmly pull and rotate this way at the same time.

To reinstall the door handle, you'll want to do the yellow one first, move the handle in like this, and push it on while you rotate it. This one, you just rotate the handle forward a little bit, get the rod in there, push it down. Now bring your handle forward, make sure it's in the slot, push it back. The last step is to make sure it snaps back into in place.

Put the pins back into place and make sure you press the outside edges into place. Before you put your door panel back on, you've got to make sure this bracket is in place, and then reconnect your harness. Now two of your lower pins are longer so you can actually put those in place. I'm just looking down, seeing those go in place. Those should pretty much line up, and then you can just rotate the panel onto the door. Watch everything go in. Peek back here, make sure that these pins are lined up. Ashtray fell out on the floor. Stick the back in a little bit and put that in. Make sure we take our Phillips screw and carefully put it in. Connect our courtesy light.

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How To Replace Rear Interior Door Handle 2000-05 Buick LeSabre

step 1 :Removing the Door Panel

step 2 :Removing the Inside Door Handle

step 3 :Installing the Inside Door Handle

step 4 :Reinstalling the Door Panel

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