In Which My Truck Saves My Ass. Literally.

[WillCO]

Last weekend, out I come from my holiday party to go home.

I arrive at the Tahoe where it's parked. There's a slight slope to the driveway and there is some ice I don't see. As I reach out for the door handle, down I go.

Without thinking, I keep hold of the door handle all the way down. That support managed to stay the downward force of my 185 pound body, and I have nary a bruise. Doesn't even feel like it happened.

Unfortunately, my same 185 pounds pulled the door handle assembly apart, and broke the plastic handle cover into pieces. Here it is, bandaged back onto the non-functional door handle.

$500 in case you're wondering. Which includes paint for the new handle cover, which they don't sell pre-painted.

 

[CMoore711]

$500 spent in lieu of some potentially serious back pain/injury... Well worth it!

 

[gat0r]

definitely a small price to pay for what could have happened.

&
i havent weighed that little since jr high / high school LOL

 

[Tahoe14]

Look on Ebay for slightly used already painted or a salvage yard. Someone listed on here a salvage yard website for newer vehicles. Maybe do a Google search. Good luck.

 

[swathdiver]

Glad you're ok and that the truck still did what it was designed to do, even in that situation, save your butt!

Gruven makes little nutserts that prevent the handle from being pulled out, this is how thieves break into our trucks.

https://www.gruvenparts.com/stainless-machined-gm-door-handle-inserts/

 

[Seamus]

Isnt the Gruven part still threaded into plastic? Is it just harder to break out ? I am all for it, as I have seen a video of a thief breaking the door handle in 2 seconds.

 

[WillCO]

FWIW, the door could not be opened using my broken door handle.