I have seen references to renewing/restoring door panels.

I wonder how one goes about reparing the "door pull handle" when the hooks molded into the foam underneath have been broken. This, in turn, makes the whole door feel as if it is falling apart. My front driver's is door pull is in poor shape. Everytime I get in, I reach for the pull, the whole panel bows outward, and I feel like my car is falling apart. Not nearly as "feel good" as the rear doors, whose pulls are nice and solid.

When I remove the door panel, I see that one of the hooks is broken off, and the handle is coming loose from the whole panel. I might be able to reafix it to the panel, but it will just seperate, again, unless I can get those hooks nicely anchored into the door.

Can these hooks be glued back on with any amount of reliability? Or does one just need to locate a door panel already intact, or otherwise in great shape?

If it is the latter, it leaves me wondering if these are not pretty rare. The driver's side door is the most heavily used door. Are these just breaking over time? Or were they broken during a careless R&R of the door panel?