grogman45459

I've been seeing this for a couple of months and would like to get some thoughts as I think were are beyond, "Dude, you got a bad tank of gas" - It's a 2013 Suburban LT 4WD with 80K on it. Thanks!!!!!!

So now, almost 2 years later, my passenger side interior arm rest/grab handle has now broken so I decided I had to do something. Not wanting to to spend $1,000.00 at the dealership to have both interior door panels replaced with the same inferior design panel had me looking elsewhere. I found a POST under a more extensive repair video on YouTube where a guy said to use paracord to repair it. So I went to Walmart and picked up 2 packs of 16 ft. black paracord at $1.97 each in the arts & crafts aisle. I tucked one end of the cord in the seam under the door handle and then wrapped it tauntly the length of the handle and then tucked the end in the seam on the other end. It fits and works perfect!! The cord gives added strength to the handle and minimizes then flex in the handle. Here’s what it looks like.

Mine were leaking on my 2013 Suburban, I stopped in at the dealer and was surprised when they swapped it out under the powertrain warranty. Part number #20828695

I'm in the same exact boat. The "grab bar" on my drivers door on my 2013 suburban is like a piece of Jell-O. I can feel the crack in the hard plastic on the backside of it, but the plastic feels smooth, like it was manufactured this way? Pretty pathetic design, considering my 2001 suburban had 180,000 miles on it, and I never had a problem with it like this.