Front Door Trim Panel: Removal
- Disconnect battery ground cable.
- Remove door mirror cover/tweeter (1). See Fig 1
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- Remove connector (2), if equipped with tweeter.
- Remove regulator handle (3). See Fig 2
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- Pull hook (4) out and remove regulator handle.
- Remove power window switch (5). See Figure
.
- Pry power window switch out and disconnect switch connector.
- Remove speaker cover.
- Remove front speaker.
- Remove front speaker fixing screws in order to disconnect speaker connector.
- Remove inside handle fixing screw. See Fig 3
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- Remove screw that fixes inside handle (7), slide inside handle to position and leave it there for the moment.CAUTION: Take care NOT to impose excessive force on inside handle link (6), lest this link is elongated, which could make it impossible to operate door with inside handle.
- Remove screw that fixes inside handle (7), slide inside handle to position and leave it there for the moment.
- Remove door trim panel (9). See Fig 4
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- Remove two fixing screws (8) in order to take off seven clips (10) form door panel.
- Disconnect courtesy light connector (13) to lift door trim panel (14) and unlock engagement of waist seal (12) section. Then, pass inside handle (11) through mounting hole of trim panel, and detach trim panel. See Fig 5 .
- Remove inside handle.
- Removing door would panel. See DOOR WOOD PANEL .