Cheap Doors?

[AJules]

I have a 99 2 door GL, and I can hear and feel the plastic bending everytime I close my doors, and it seems like it's only a matter of time before something cracks or breaks. Does anybody else have this same problem?

[pimpalero2003]

plastic??? are you talkng about door panels

[AJules]

when I get in the car and sit down, I reach over to the door where the part you pull is.

The plastic part (or whatever it is)

[adam337]

^the door panel. for all i know EVERY door panel does that

[TheMeaningOfLife]

roll down your window and pull by the edge of the door until you find out whats wrong.

Adam mine dont move like that i think he means when you pull on the door handle the whole things bends out.

[pimpalero2003]

is all the screws in?

[AJules]

^the door panel. for all i know EVERY door panel does that

I think you're probably right, I just got in my mom's car (03 alero 4 door) and it does the same thing, I just had to really listen closely to hear it. Mine just sounds 10x worse, I think something might be loose though.

[AJules]

roll down your window and pull by the edge of the door until you find out whats wrong.

Adam mine dont move like that i think he means when you pull on the door handle the whole things bends out.

ah yeah, that's exactly it

It doesn't bend out a whole lot though

[TheMeaningOfLife]

Well mine dont move, look under your door handle and if youll see and oval piece pop that off and see if if there are two screws in there, if they are try and take them out if they dont come out then they are probably stripped.

[pawzbear]

yep my alero is ooolld with tons of miles (i have put it through hell and back...) and it still doesnt do that.
But theres screws behind a little plastic panel (that pops out) under the handle and button control thing.

[AJules]

which plastic panel pops out?

[pawzbear]

under the ridge where the handle u pull on and control buttons are.. it and oval plastic peice, pretty little.. and u pop it right off.
Its hard to explain.. havent looked at it recently...
But you know the handle u pull on to close the door? theres a gap between the handle and the door panel u put your hand in to grip it... and its inbetween that gap there =/

[AJules]

ah i just looked and now I see what you're talking about

I'll get a screwdriver and look at it later tonight

[pawzbear]

mmkay good cuz i suck at explaining =( lol
and the last time i took my panels off was for speakers and that was years ago =/

[adam337]

arent you just talking about the plastic screeching when you pull on the handle to close it..

[AJules]

yeah, but it's a lot worse than it should be

It's pretty loose

[SIUlero]

don't forget the screw behind the reflector towards the back of the door...the reflector pops out the same way as the clip behind the handle and reveals another screw. I found this one out the hard way...:(

[pawzbear]

yeh me too when we were trying to get the panels off lol!!!
but i doubt thats causing his screetching

[cavaliers60]

Mine does it too, but I'm not worried about it... I figure if my panel breaks off, i'll just go get another one from the junk yard... They got quite a few aleros sitting there. lol some of them are 2 dr.