New Dakota owner here fellas. I tried a search and can’t figure out how to sort the results so I apologize if there is already a thread about this. I understand the drivers door plastic breaks on the back side of these causing a lot of play in the pull bar area while closing. For those who have this problem and fixed it (without purchasing a $350 replacement panel), what did you do and do you have any photos ? Also where the window master switch is keeps popping out, I guess from the movement of the pull bar area, this is the most aggravating of the whole problem.

 

It sounds like your door panel is just not installed correctly. Your issue is definitely not a common problem, I don't remember any member posting about this at all. If you need a new interior door panel, hit up a junkyard.

 

Mine is peeling up, I noticed the previous owner glued it in and its holding but it looks like a messy ****ty job, best of luck finding one. All the salvage yards near me have 03s or older

 

I've never heard of this either. The screw at the base of the interior pull handle on the plastic panel bolts directly into a metal bracket that is attached to the door shell, so there's nothing "plastic" to break on the back side of the panel from pulling too hard on the handle: