Headliner: Service and Repair

Headliner

Explorer/Mountaineer

NOTE: Headliner with roof opening panel shown, headliner without opening panel similar.











Explorer Sport Trac

NOTE: Headliner without roof opening panel shown, headliner with opening panel similar.











Explorer and Mountaineer only

1. If equipped, remove the rear entertainment system. For additional information, refer to Accessories and Optional Equipment.

Explorer Sport Trac only

2. NOTE: The headliner is removed through the rear passenger door. To facilitate removal, the front passenger seat must be removed.

Remove the front passenger seat.

All vehicles

3. Remove the overhead console. For additional information, refer to Instrument Cluster / Carrier &/or Interior Moulding / Trim.

4. Remove the A-pillar trim panel. For additional information, refer to A-Pillar Trim Panel A-Pillar Trim Panel.

5. Position the B-pillar upper trim panel aside. For additional information, refer to B-Pillar Upper Trim Panel B-Pillar Upper Trim Panel.

Explorer and Mountaineer only

6. Remove the C-pillar trim panel. For additional information, refer to C-Pillar Trim Panel - Explorer, Mountaineer C-Pillar Trim Panel.

7. Remove the D-pillar trim panel. For additional information, refer to D-Pillar Trim Panel D-Pillar Trim Panel.

Explorer Sport Trac

8. Position the C-pillar upper trim panel aside. For additional information, refer to C-Pillar Upper Trim Panel - Explorer Sport Trac .

All vehicles

9. Remove the gimp around the roof opening panel, if equipped.

10. Remove the 4 sun visor retainer screws.

11. Remove the sun visors.

12. Carefully lower the headliner at the corner of the sun visor location to access the electrical connector and disconnect the electrical connector.

13. Disconnect the roof opening panel, if equipped.

14. Disconnect the interior mirror electrical connector and electronic compass sensor connector, if equipped.

15. Use a thin-blade tool and carefully remove the dome lamp cover.

16. Disconnect the dome lamp electrical connectors.

Explorer and Mountaineer only

17. Remove the upper air duct.
- Remove the pin-type retainers.

- Push down on the duct, tilt the top outward and pull upward to remove.





18. Remove the lower air duct.





19. Disconnect the electrical connector located at the C-pillar.
- Release the wiring harness pin-type retainers.





20. Disconnect all the electrical connectors.





All vehicles

21. Disconnect the electrical connector and the wiring pin-type retainers on the A-pillar.





22. NOTICE: To prevent bending or damaging the headliner, an assistant is required to support the headliner while carrying out the remaining steps.

Open the sun visor center retainer cover and remove the screw.

23. Remove the sun visor center retainer.

24. Remove the rear pin-type retainer.

25. NOTICE: To prevent damaging the garment hanger retainer, use a 3/16-inch flat-blade screwdriver to carry out this step.

NOTE: The garment hanger is shown without the roof sheet metal screw to show the metal retainer clip. The metal retainer clip will remain engaged in the sheet metal after the garment hanger is removed.

Remove the garment hangers.

1. Open the access door.

2. Insert the flat-blade screwdriver fully into the garment hanger slot.

3. Rotate the screwdriver 90 degrees so that the screwdriver spreads the metal retainer clip. Remove the plastic garment hanger.





26. NOTE: The headliner is removed through the passenger rear door for Explorer Sport Trac.

Remove the headliner.

27. To install, reverse the removal procedure.