How To Remove Door Panel Oldsmobile Alero 1999-2004
Created on: 2012-02-08
Watch this video to learn how to remove and replace the interior door panels on your 99-04 Oldsmobile Alero.
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step 1 :Disconnecting the Battery
- Disconnect the negative battery cable with an 8mm wrench
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step 2 :Removing the Door Panel
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door pull with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the two Phillips head screws inside the door pull
- Pry off the mirror base trim piece by hand
- Disconnect the speaker wiring lead
- Pry off the reflector with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the Phillips head screw behind the reflector
- Pry out the door panel with a door panel clip tool or putty knife
- Lift the door panel up and off
- Disconnect the door lock wiring harness
- Disconnect the window switch wiring harnesses
- Disconnect the mirror switch wiring harness
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step 3 :Reinstalling the Door Panel
- Connect the door lock wiring harness
- Connect the mirror switch wiring harness
- Connect the window switch wiring harnesses
- Lift the door panel into place
- Push in the door panel clips
- Insert the two Phillips head screws inside the door pull
- Insert the Phillips head screw behind the reflector
- Push in the reflector
- Push in the door pull trim piece
- Connect the speaker wiring lead
- Push on the mirror base trim piece
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step 4 :Reconnecting the Battery
- Reconnect the negative battery cable with an 8mm wrench
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Putty Knife
8mm Wrench
Door Panel Removal Tool
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In this video, we're going to show you how to remove and reinstall the driver's door panel, which is basically the same as the passenger's door panel on this 2000 Olds Alero two-door, same as any '99 to '04. The tools you'll need are a small flat blade screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver, and either a putty knife or a door panel clip tool.
Use an eight millimeter wrench and disconnect your negative battery cable.
You're going to start under your door pull. It's a little trap door here. Either from the top or bottom, just pry that off, and there are two Phillips screws in there. We'll speed it up here a little bit as I just remove those screws. I'll use fast-forward quite often when I'm just doing monotonous tasks like this. Right up here, you just pull on this panel. It comes off. If you have a speaker here, just use a screwdriver, pry up on this tab and disconnect it. Down in this corner, use a little screwdriver, and pull this reflector out. Then inside here, there's a Phillips screw. Once you have that out, use a door panel clip tool and putty knife and start anywhere. Slide it until you feel a clip in the door panel. With the door panel clip tool, you go around the clip, and then pull. That screw comes out. Put it in the car. If you can see back in here, these are the clips. Then work your way all the way around the door. Then once you have the door pretty loose, it comes out and lifts up. For the door lock, pull back on this tab, disconnect it. Then these two switches just have tabs on them. For this one, I'm just going to reach underneath. Pull that one off. This mirror switch is a little more difficult. There's a tab right here. Use a screwdriver. I just take my screwdriver, and force it up in there. Pry that down, and that released. The last one here is my trunk switch. Again, just use your screwdriver. There's a locking tab right here.
Plug in our lock switch up here and our mirror. Just push this in a little bit. Put in the power window switch. This one goes down to our trunk switch. Then, make sure you push the top of the door panel in. Make sure this speaker lead is up out of there. Push the door panel down into that channel. You have to use your putty knife or your clip tool to force the upholstery in there a little bit. Peek back in here, make sure your pins are in where they should be. Fast-forward through reinstalling those three Phillips screws. Put your reflector back in. Clip this panel back on. Plug back in the lead, there.
Then reconnect your negative battery cable.
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