2008 Buick Lucerne Outside Door Handle Replacement
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2020
- The plastic door handles break right at the mounting bolts on these Buick Lucerne. Probably the same on other full size GM cars.
This video was made as a demonstration on how to repair things and should not be done with out the proper training and safety equipment. The G Automotive and More and Its affiliates are not responsible for any damage or personal injury. Please if you don't have the ability to do these demonstrations, don't try and get a professional to do it for you. 
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Thank you, this was helpful. I wish you would have had someone hold the phone so you could show all the steps you were doing.
Thank you SO much for this video! I decided to try to replace my broken door handle myself. After watching your video at least ten times over the last week, I decided to give it a go. You gave me confidence that it wasn't too difficult.
My greatest challenges were unlinking the door pulley and dealing with the three door handle screws. I lost two screws to inner depths of the door frame never to be found again. The screws kept falling out of the socket wrench. I came up with the ingenious idea to cover the heads of the screws with 3m emblem glue. That kept the screws inside the socket wrench! Luckily I had the foresight to park at an Advanced Auto store. I Ended up having to buy new screws and a socket wrench extension so that I could screw in the screws right through the holes instead of reaching up from the bottom. Putting it all back together was the easiest part.
Invest in a socket wrench extension so you don't have to try to screw the screws from below. It's much easier doing it through those two small holes that are level with the door handle screw holes. Secondly, make sure you have extra screws and either a magnetic socket wrench set or some type of adhesive to keep the screws from falling out and being devoured by the door frame.
You are welcome. Thanks for watching
Take a little bit of black electrical tape and put that on the head of the bolts to give a tighter fit to the socket wrench if you dont have magnetic type.
@@7wy573D That's what I jus did lol
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I have a 2011 model that I just had to change the handle on. They must have made the doors differently between those years because I was easily able to reach in through the big square hole in the middle of the door frame and take the bolts off and on by hand.
WOW! That video was SUPER helpful. Thank you SOOOO much! It wasn't easy by any means, but it took me and my dad a little over an hour to complete the job. Everything went as you stated. I took a shortcut and did not unhook the electrical piece. Also didn't unhook that other part. As you can tell I know nothing about cars and was able to do it. Neither am I anything close to a handyman. The toughest part was getting the bolts lined up and screwed back in to the new handle. It DEFINiTELY helped to have someone else helping here and there and holding a flashlight. Thank you again!
I have this problem in my 2011. Had a real cold snap here in Indiana, and it broke on me. I've been able to tolerate it so far, but sooner or later, it will fail completely. I knew it couldn't be too hard to do, and this confirms that. I wish they made the thing out of a better material so the thread area wouldn't break like that. Thank you.
Thank you! Good video. Covered everything I needed to know to replace the door handle on a 2007. Left no room for doubt or guessing. Made my repair task a breeze.
I found several videos for this repair, and yours was by far the most complete. One other video failed to include steps which would have resulted in broken parts. Thanks.
Thank you and thanks for watching
This was by far the best video I found. Thanks so much.
Here is a another approach to solve the loose handle problem. After reviewing these videos and seeing that the replacement handles have the same design defect, that is the knurled inserts can eventually come loose again, I fixed my neighbors door handle in this fashion. I used a #6 stainless steel finishing washer and a #6X32X2 inch oval head stainless steel screw. I drilled a hole through the handle centered between the moveable door handle and the lock oval and centered from top to bottom. i drilled the hole through the handle and the pot metal housing that holds the lock and the two bolts that hold the pot metal to the knurled threaded inserts. I used a 9/64 drill bit. This bit was small enough to have the hole for the 6X32 screw to tap itself when threaded through the pot metal hole. Then with the inner door panel removed, I removed the rubber boot holding the lock rod as it rises upward. From this door panel oval hole you can see the threaded screw. I then used a #6X32 stainless steel nylon insert locking nut to thread onto the screw. I used a 1/4-inch 5X16 socket with a few flat nuts inside the socket to position the locking nut just at the end of the socket. With a 1/4 X3/8 adapter and an 8-inch long 3/8 extension onto a 3/8 ratchet, I threaded the nut onto the screw and tightened it down. Have a helper or your other hand hold the screw head with a Phillips screwdriver while tightening the nut. If you do not mind the very subtle appearance of the screw head and finishing washer, this very economical mechanical solution should work very well for the life of the vehicle.
Had the same problem. First time I used crazy glue. Didn't last. Got some two part epoxy and applied it with a stick thickly coating those cracked areas. Pushed it slowly with some force at the end. Let it sit for several hours. That was months ago. Whose stupid idea was it to make plastic door handles.. There was a song, "some people are made of plastic." There's too much plastic on the cars today...
Plastic does not hold up on something like this. Thanks for watching
Thanks for the video. Just got done with mine a few minutes ago. Works good.
This is great! Just bought an 09 and need to do this to the driver door.
THANKS for posting the video. You did have great points and helpful steps and gave a lot of information replacing the door handle.
Please get a tripod or something to hold up the camera when you need two hands to work. The steps when you needed two hands are important to watch. I don't want to possibly break other parts because of my gorilla hands.
Thanks again for posting.
This video is a must watch if u have this car... Thanks for posting this 👍🏽
Very helpful, much appreciated.
Great video
2011 has 2 wire hooks in the center pointing from the top instead of the clips shown here on 2008. The door panel would need to be pushed up. after releasing perimeter clips.
Great job thanks
Informative, I have to replace 3 of my 4 door handles.... couple tips, get a mount for you camera, or a helper. A tiny bit of bee's wax or petroleumn jelly will keep those bolts or nuts in your socket without needing a magnitized socket.
I don't like using grease around the interior, I always get it on the seat or door panel. Thanks for watching
Thank you!
Thanks, your video help me, merci
Thanks for taking the time to do this video. It was very helpful.
Great video man but wish you had another set of hands holding that camera while you were disconnecting/connecting the cables back up. Going in blind with my fat ass fingers was a pain in the ass 😂
A third hand would be nice. Thanks for watching
Nice
Awesome job. What is the charge to repkace?
I just paid $190 for this
Real good video. Thank you for posting. My only critique is: find a friend to hold the camera or a tripod for those steps that require two hands.
Sorry my assistant was not with me when filming this. Thanks for watching
My husband is replacing the passenger side power window regulator with motor on my 2008 Buick Lucerne CX, He has the regulator and motor installed but has leftover part 25756708 RH, which apparently is an absorber. None of the diagrams show where this part goes. Could you give me some advice?
I have no idea. Sorry
Another "G" repair "handled" very clearly and informatively. I believe you meant: door handles "break" right at the..."
Is that like a lunch break?
No lunch ... break is fail or destroy ...
@@roberthartig5868 My god your awake. You must be getting ready to go to bed .
The G Automotive And More we Snore
How’s about break-fast?
I’m really stuck trying to get the inside door pull cable off. Can’t see what you indicate “pushing” to release it
It has 2 tabs. Squeeze the tabs then pull the outer cable out of its holder then it will be loose enough to unhook the inner cable.
Awesome job. How much to fix
I don't do the pricing on the repairs. Just work on them. Sorry. Thanks for watching
This is the second time for our old Buick and this time the inserts are corroded onto the screws. I have been soaking them with wd-40 but can’t break them loose. Anyone have to cut the bolts out?
Sometime you have to do that, Thanks for watching
@@TheGAutomotiveAndMore any suggestion how? Pretty tight area to get a bolt cutter or hacksaw.
Dremel tool
Other channel recommended that you fill the area around the nut inserts with JB weld epoxy to prevent this happening again.
It might help. Thanks for watching
Yea I replaced mine 3 years ago and now it broke again,cheap made in China
Thank you for a great video, have to change the one on my wifes car. This must be a common problem with this car and any other with this type of door handle. What piss poor engineering.
Does not show removing or replacing some of the bolts. 😢
Waa they are right there.
You don’t need to take the lock outta the door it stays in place when you put the handle in
Yes I had not done one in a log time and thought you had to. Thanks for watching
What if the door won't open because the rod came off the handle?
I would roll the window down and see if you can get to the rod and pull it to open the the door.
@@TheGAutomotiveAndMore wondering if you could slim jim it open?
@@russb296 Yes exactly
I have one of these cars same year and I mean I do love it but I hate it. The engineer who designed this car must have been on drugs or something or just not with it mentally he must have not have finished kindergarten. Because it's just horrible everything goes wrong on these cars, the handles the fuse boxes the sensors, parts in the engine,the struts the rear shocks, the lane departure sensor camera. And all these parts are like two three $400 a piece or more, everything I mean I can name a hell of a lot more and make a list on what goes wrong with this car. Yeah the 3.8, 6 cylinder everybody says is a great engine but the car itself is just trash if you don't have money in the bank, and keep spending money in it, do not get this car because it will cost you a fortune to keep it up. Oh I forgot to mention the transmission too is funny it jerks back and forth after so many miles. And everyone that owned one of these cars or still owns one knows what I'm talking about. It's a car you either love or hate and when you love it you hate it at the same time. It really is a love-hate relationship
A lot of plastic in these cars. Thanks for watching
Good video...but what a pain in the butt just to replace a stupid plastic door handle! Hey, GM...how about just putting a little more metal where it's needed?
Need head mounted go pro.
Still wouldn't be able to get in there and see what I was doing. Thanks for watching
You kind of just skipped the part I need help with lol I wanted to see you disconnect the wires attached to the door panel, you kind of just showed it after it was already done lol
Sorry. Thanks for watching
8 people who didnt like free knowledge,,,what a world we live in ,,#LETS GO BRANDON
Haters are going to hate. Thanks for watching
Next time use a tripod, please!!!
skips too many detailed steps and doesnt show things well.
No my best work but it should help you.
Piece of crap American cars how does a door handle even break
I replace a bunch of Toyota handles too. Its because they are made out of plastic. Thanks for watching
@@TheGAutomotiveAndMore EXACTLY..PLASTIC...MINE came off during the FLASH freeze a month ago in the DMV area