Rear Door Quarter Glass Removal/Installation: Notes

Fully lower the rear door glass.
Disconnect the negative battery cable. (See NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE DISCONNECTION/CONNECTION [SKYACTIV-G 2.0, SKYACTIV-G 2.5] .)
Remove the rear door trim. (See REAR DOOR TRIM REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .)
Remove the rear door weather strip arrow (1) shown in the figure.

Fig 1: Removing Rear Door Weather Strip
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Remove the service hole cover No. 1 arrow (2) shown in the figure.
CAUTION:
- When removing service hole cover No. 1, remove it while gradually stripping the butyl rubber. Otherwise service hole cover No. 1 may be deformed.
Fig 2: Removing Service Hole Cover No. 1
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Remove the service hole cover No. 2 arrow in the order of (3), (4) shown in the figure.

Fig 3: Removing Service Hole Cover No. 2
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Partially peel back rear door weather strip.
Remove screw B.

Fig 4: Removing Rear Door Weather Strip
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Remove bolts C.

Fig 5: Rear Door Weather Strip Bolts With Torque Specifications
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Partially peel back the rear door glass run channel.

Fig 6: Identifying Rear Door Glass Run Channel
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Pull the glass guide in the direction of the arrow (5) shown in the figure, then remove the glass guide direction of the arrow (6) shown in the figure. (See REAR DOOR GLASS RUN CHANNEL INSTALLATION NOTE .) (See GLASS GUIDE INSTALLATION NOTE .)

Fig 7: Removing Glass Guide
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Pull the rear door glass run channel in the direction of the arrow in the order of (7),(8),(9) then remove the rear door glass run channel.
Slide the rear door quarter glass and rear door quarter glass guide as a single unit in the direction of the arrow (10) shown in the figure.

Fig 8: Pulling Rear Door Glass Run Channel
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Fig 9: Sliding Rear Door Quarter Glass And Rear Door Quarter Glass Guide
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Remove the rear door quarter glass and rear door quarter glass guide as a single unit in the direction of the arrow (11) shown in the figure.
Pull the rear door quarter glass guide in the direction of the arrow in the order of (12), (13), (14) and remove the rear door quarter glass.

Fig 10: Removing Rear Door Quarter Glass
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Install in the reverse order of removal.