How to Remove Front Passenger Door Panel 2015-19 Chevy Tahoe LT
Created on: 2016-07-29
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a door panel. Door panels need to be removed to access the inside components of the door, like the window regulator or exterior door handles on 2015 Chevy Tahoe LT
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Pry off the trim panel behind the door panel
- Pry off the trim panel inside the door pull
- Remove the 7mm bolt behind the door handle
- Remove the two 7mm bolts in the door pull
- Remove the 7mm bolts on the bottom of the panel
- Pry out the door panel with a door panel clip tool
- Pull the door panel out
- Disconnect the door latch cable
- Disconnect the window switch wiring harness
- Remove the door panel
- Pull the weather strip out the front
- To remove the clips, press the tab, rotate the clip, and work underneath with a flat blade screwdriver
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step 2 :Installing the Door Panel
- Set the clips onto the door
- Press the weather strip onto the door with the angled end toward the front
- Connect the window wiring harness
- Connect the door latch cable
- Insert the lock rod through the door
- Lift the door panel into place
- Push in the door panel clips
- Tighten the 7mm bolts in the door pull
- Tighten the 7mm bolt behind the door handle
- Tighten the 7mm bolts on the bottom of the panel
- Replace the trim panel behind the door handle
- Replace the trim panel in the door pull
- Press the silver panel into place
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
7mm Socket
Ratchet
Pick
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In this video, we're going to show you how to remove and reinstall the inner door panel on the passenger side of this 2015 Chevy Tahoe LT. This may be a little different for the other trim levels as the interior door panels could differ slightly.
For this particular vehicle, the items you're going to need are a small pick or a flat-blade screwdriver, as well as a 7mm socket, ratchet, and extension.
Using your small hooked pick or flat blade screwdriver, remove the trim panel inside the interior door handle. One 7mm screw under here, another trim panel inside of the actual door handle, here. Move that, two more 7mm screws as well as two at the very bottom of the panel down here.
Use your 7mm socket wrench and an extension to remove the five 7mm bolts from the door panel. Pop out the bottom of the trim panel, lift up, release the tab on the door latch cable, pull back, release the cable from that hook, bring it around, remove the ball from the latch. Lift up on the red safety tab. Push down and lift the handle. Snap it all the way up. Remove the harness from the door. Remove the weatherstrip from the top of the interior door panel. Using a small flat-blade screwdriver, push down on the tabs to release these metal clips. Repeat these steps to remove the remaining four metal clips.
Install the hooked part of the metal clip into these slots on the inner door panel. Reinstall the weather strip with this portion of the felt facing into the glass, and the slotted side is facing up. Reinstall the electrical connector for the interior door harness. Lower the latch. Click the red safety back into place. Insert the ball into the door latch. Pull out on the outer cable. Lock it into to place. Pop out the door lock. Insert it into the tab. Reinstall the upper portion of the door panel into the weather strip. Pop the rest of the clips in on the perimeter of the panel. Reinstall all five of your 7mm door panel bolts. Reinstall the plastic caps into their proper location, inside the door latch and the handle.
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