You can take a long screw driver of piece of drill rod and manipulate the lever that opens the latch to get the door open and make repairs as needed from there.
How to fix broken door panel 08 silverado duramax.
Lift the door panel into place.
Insert and tighten the two 10mm bolts into the door pull.
Unfortunately it is not a simple fix.
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Insert and tighten the 10mm bolt behind the door handle.
Here is a 5 fix for your 2008 and up crap china made door locks that half work or just quit working.
With 80 000 miles not something i m going to get from.
Just a bunch of cheap ass plastic holding it together.
Connect the door lock wiring harness.
How to repair chevy silverado rear door latch door won t open.
Poor planning from chevy.
Connect the latch cables to the door handle.
Would have been an otherwise easy fix.
I am assuming you have enough mechanical ability to remove the door panel but if not there are instructions on this site on doing that.
Broken door panel armrest.
Roll the window down and carefully push the door panel away at the top right above the latch rear of door then look down inside the door at the latch and figure out which rod fell of the latch.
You would need to replace the entire door panel.
Slide the lock into place.
The internals to the handle where you grab are plastic and they break up and leaves it soft and the material over the top becomes loose.
Repair tips secrets only mechanics know.
Broken armrest door handle 2013 silverado ltz same crap happened to me.
How to repair chevy silverado rear door latch door won t open.
Push in the door panel clips.
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Push in the tab on the lock.
This mod also should work on tahoes and burbs but i can not say 100 it will.