1999-2006 Tahoe Door Panel Removal and Exterior Door Handle Repair 

Me too !

Ideally yes but at the time I made this I couldn't find any video or instructions on how to do it. So I had to tear the door apart before I figured out how to do it. I didn't want to film all of the trial and error but once I figured it out then I filmed info to help anyone attempting it from scratch. I could have put it all back together and shown the tear down in the correct sequence but that felt like too much work at the time, sorry.

We got in from the passengers side and crawled over to the drivers side. With my car I was able to unlock the drivers door and open it. The clicker might work to unlock it too. Once unlocked the door should open with the outside handle.

@@FlyingMonkeyMedia she has a weird model where she has no other key hole to open anything and for some reason her battery decides to die randomly so do you think there’s a way to open it from the outside

Like I said, I couldn't find anything online to tell me how to do it so I had to do some destructive disassembly to figure it out. In retrospect I know how to do it know. Hopefully you can see past my mistakes and do it correctly.

I don't know the exact condition of your door handle. I couldn't get into my Tahoe with the broken handle from the drivers side so I got into it from the passengers side. I could exit the vehicle using the inside drivers side door handle but I couldn't get back in until I fixed it like in the video. It was a huge inconvenience for about 10 days until I figured out what part to order and how to do the repair. When I fixed mine there was no video on RU-vid that I could find to do it so that's why I made and posted the video so others wouldn't have to figure it out from scratch.

Ohhh thank you I appreciate that alot. I only have one keyhole and they did the exact same thing to my door. I've watched a few videos and ima try to wedge it open from the top.

@@jarrodloran1 I guess we have different model. Mine had the clicker to unlock all the doors so I could get in from anywhere. What about the hatch? Mine has a key unlock on the hatch. If yours has the same you could get into the car that way.

If I recall there is no key hoke back there but that is a phenomenal idea!!! I can't believe I didn't think of that I'm try it now.

All the door handle does is pull that rod up. I know you can't see much inside the door panel but you'll have to figure out why it isn't pulling the rod up high enough. Maybe your door handle is damaged somehow or maybe the rod is bent. Without being able to see it it is really hard to say what the problem is. Good luck..