Rear Door Hinge: Service and Repair

Rear Side Door Hinge Replacement

Removal Procedure





1. Remove the rear door outer panel. Refer to Rear Door Outer Panel removal procedure .




2. Remove the rear door insulator. Refer to Rear Door Insulator
removal procedure .




3. Remove the wiring harness access plug.




4. Disconnect the wiring harness connector at the body side.




5. Remove the check link to body structure bolt.




6. Support the door.
7. Remove the nuts and reinforcement plates from the door structure.
8. Remove the door from the vehicle.




9. Move the front seat to the forward most position.
10. Partially remove the carpet retainer enough to expose the center pillar lower molding at the carpet retainer.





Important: Care must be taken not to drop the fasteners in the center pillar structure.


11. Using a trim tool, remove the center pillar outside weatherstrip.




12. Remove the shoulder belt retractor fastener access plug.
13. Remove the shoulder belt retractor fastener.





Important: Upper and lower moldings will stay attached to each other while being removed.


14. Starting at the top, gently pull on the center pillar upper molding to disengage the attaching clips.

Important: The shoulder belt assembly and height adjuster unit will stay attached to the center pillar upper and lower moldings when the moldings are removed.


15. Pull on the center pillar lower molding to disengage the attaching clips.




16. Remove the shoulder belt from the shoulder belt guide.
17. Lay the entire shoulder belt assembly forward allowing to rest on the seat back.




18. Using a soft marker, mark around the hinge location for installation alignment purposes.
19. Remove the nuts from the hinge studs.
20. Remove the hinge from the vehicle.



Installation Procedure





1. Position the hinge to the vehicle.
2. Align the hinge with the marks made prior to removal.

Notice: Refer to Fastener Notice in Cautions and Notices.

3. Install the nuts to the hinge studs and tighten.

Tighten the rear door hinge-to-body nuts to 30 N.m (22 lb ft).





4. Install the door to the hinge studs.
5. Install the reinforcement plates and nuts to the studs.

Tighten the door and reinforcement plate-to-hinge nuts to 30 N.m (22 lb ft).





6. Install the check link to body structure bolt.

Tighten the door check link-to-body bolt to 10 N.m (89 lb in).





7. Verify the door is aligned properly at the header and front and rear appliques. If the door adjustment is required, refer to Rear Door Adjustment
(Bolt On) procedure .




8. Connect the wiring harness connectors.




9. Install the wiring harness access plug.




10. Install the rear door insulator. Refer to Rear Door Insulator
installation procedure .




11. Install the rear door outer panel. Refer to Rear Door Outer Panel installation procedure .
12. Verify the door is aligned properly. Refer to Rear
Door Alignment (Bolt On) procedure .





Important: Make sure the center pillar lower molding is placed behind the carpet retainer.


13. Position the center pillar upper and lower molding to the vehicle aligning the shoulder belt retractor stud at the center pillar structure hole.




14. Position the shoulder belt behind the shoulder belt guide.




15. Attach the center pillar upper and lower molding to the vehicle by firmly pushing at the clip locations.




16. Install the retractor fastener and plug.

Tighten the retractor fastener to 35 N.m (26 lb ft).





17. Install the height adjuster fasteners.

Tighten the height adjuster fasteners to 35 N.m (26 lb ft).





18. Install the center pillar outside weatherstrip.




19. Install the carpet retainer.




20. Position the weatherstrips over the center pillar moldings and carpet retainer.