FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Rear Door: Service and Repair

Removal
1. Remove one screw on outside belt weatherstrip.
2. Remove outside belt weatherstrip.
3. Remove door trim. Refer to "Trim".
4. Remove one screw on pull handle bracket.




5. Remove pull handle bracket.




6. Remove inside door handle assembly.
a. Remove one screw from inside door handle.
b. Disconnect two control rods.
c. Remove inside door handle assembly.

7. Peel off plastic door screen carefully by pulling it away gradually from door frame.
8. Remove glass run channel.
9. Remove one screw and one bolt from center channel.
10. Remove center channel.
11. Remove quarter glass

12. Remove window glass




a. Remove two glass retaining bolts on regulator assembly




b. Remove door glass carefully. Hold glass from both its inner and outer surfaces. While tilting it toward hinge side of door, pull it out from outside door frame.

13. Remove two nuts on outside door handle from access hole.




14. Remove outside door handle.




15. Remove three screws on door lock assembly.
16. Remove door lock assembly from access hole.




17. Remove six nuts on window regulator assembly.
18. Remove window regulator assembly from access hole.
19. Remove wire harness from access hole towards hinge side of door.
20. Remove outside molding around window opening.

21. Remove door checker assembly.
a. Remove one bolt on checker pin assembly.
b. Remove checker pin assembly from access hole.




22. Remove door:
a. Remove bolts on both hinges.
b. Remove door.

Installation

1. Install door.
a. Position door on vehicle properly.
b. Install bolts on both hinges.
Tighten door hinge bolts to 13 - 22 lb-ft (18 - 30 N.m, 1.8 - 3.0 kg-m)
2. Install door checker pin assembly.
a. Position checker pin assembly through access hole.
b. Install one bolt.
3. Install outside molding around window opening.
4. Position wire harness from hinge side of door.
5. Position regulator assembly.




6. Install six nuts on window regulator assembly.

Tighten six nuts to 78 - 113 lb-in (9 - 13 N.m, 90 - 130 kg-cm)

7. Position door lock assembly from access hole.




8. Install three screws on door lock assembly.
9. Position outside door handle.




10. Install two nuts on outside door handle from access hole.
11. Connect outside door handle rod of door lock assembly to outside door handle.
12. Install glass piece carefully.
a. Use lubricant around window opening edges.
b. Hold glass from both its inner and outer surfaces. While tilting it towards hinge side of door, push it in from outside door frame and place on glass mounting bracket of regulator assembly.






Note: Make sure that glass edges are properly fitted into window edges.




13. Install two glass mounting bolts on window regulator.

Tighten two bolts to 17 - 26 lb-in (2 - 3 N.m, 20 - 30 kg-cm)

14. Make glass adjustments as necessary.
15. Install quarter glass.
16. Install center channel.
17. Install glass run channel.
18. Install plastic screen on door frame, make sure to pull out door lock knob rod and inside door handle rod of door lock assembly from plastic screen.
19. Install inside door handle.
a. Connect two control rods of door lock assembly.




20. Install pull handle bracket.
a. Position pull handle bracket.
b. Install one mounting screw.

21. Install trim. Refer to "Trim".
22. Install outside belt weatherstrip.
23. Move window glass to maximum upper position.