chefrobb

Thanks for the help, were gonna give it a try

xmil

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donbrew

Huh? Why? What's your point? What's your agenda?

LEN

anyone know how to take the left front inside door panel off, so i can replace the door handle on my 2011 hhr? thanks in advance. LEN

whopper

No, not off the top of my head - but just use the SEARCH tool at the top of the page and look for "door panel removal" - it is a well covered procedure, with lots of tips and hints.

HHRNorth

I had the same problem with the door handle breaking off last summer and used the JB Weld to fix it (I swear that my wife broke the handle, not me). It has been six months and all is still good. Before the fix I was starting to get very tired of having to roll down the window from the inside to open the door with the outside handle.

The only irritating thing about the fix was having to hold the two parts of the handle together while the JB Weld set enough to hold it together on its own. The stuff is slippery at first and I had to hold it at least 3 shaky minutes before it would set. I would recommend using a vice and a clamp to hold it in place.

However, it was really nice for a change to fix something for under $10!

walt3

January 2015
Our driver's door handle broke as my daughter was getting out of the car today. I have never seen ANYONE pull on this to close the door. Maybe a tug when opening in wind. Today there is next to now wind.

It broke off smooth and flush so I don't think JB will work in this situation without splinting it somehow. Anyway, it will cost $125 at the local body shop to have it fixed right.

I will say that it was just paid off. Classic items mentioned on the board started breaking a few months before that happened. Murphy (Automotive Division) is clearly hard at work.

whopper

My drivers door handle cracked, but I caught it before it totally broke. I did the JB weld fix, but swapped the drivers front with the drivers rear handle - putting the repaired one in the rear door.

We were careful with it too, making sure we didn't pull the door closed with it - but my theory (and oh lardy I may be wrong) is that if one lets the handle snap closed back against it's stop it may be putting some stress on it. So I put a small piece of rubber to absorb the shock.

It's a pretty easy job to do in the driveway as long as one does not let the battery wear down too far making for an interesting restart later. :)

Sanasac

I too had to replace the inside door handle. I used the doorman kit and was an easy fix that lasted. Works good and lasts long time.

alexrckid

i, too, did the dorman kit fix on my drivers door handle bout 2 years ago on my 2006 HHR...............been fine ever since. did save the old handle and did the JB WELD fix to that one just in case i need another replacement....