How To Remove Rear Door Panel 1995-2005 Chevy Cavalier
Created on: 2012-10-01
How to remove or replace the interior door panel trim on your vehicle. You need to remove the door panel for a number of different repairs, for example door handles, window regulators, power window motors, door locks and more on Chevy Cavalier, years 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 01, 02, 03, 04, or 05
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Remove the two Phillips head screws inside the door pull
- Remove the Phillips head screw at the rear edge of the door panel
- Remove the manual window crank with the window crank tool
- Pull off the window crank washer
- Pry out the door panel by hand
- Lift the door panel up and off
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step 2 :Installing the Door Handle
- Lift the door panel into place
- Push in the door panel clips
- Put on the window crank washer
- Push on the window crank by hand
- Insert the two Phillips screws into the rear edge of the door panel
- Insert the two Phillips screws into the door pull
Tools needed
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Phillips Head Screwdriver
Window Crank Removal Tool
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In this video, we're going to show you how to remove a rear door panel on this 2003 Chevy Cavalier, pretty much the same as any '95 to '05 Cavalier four-door. This vehicle has manual windows so the only tools you'll need are a Phillips screwdriver and a window crank removal tool.
You'll need to remove a few screws: two right down here, and one there, further down. I'm going to speed up here as I remove those four screws and generally you have to put a lot of force down or into the screwdriver to keep the screwdriver in the screw. They're usually in there a little bit tight, but once you get them loose, they come out fairly easily.
Next you'll want a window crank removal tool. In my other videos I do show you how you can remove this with two paperclips if you don't have one of these tools but having this tool is really the easiest way. Slide it right in, it hits a clip, and then you pull that off. You can see the clip right in behind. Like I said, in another video I show you how you can just use a couple of paperclips, reach in there and grab a hold of that clip and pull it up. I'm going to push it back down to reset it.
Now, what you want to do is reach under the bottom and just work your fingers underneath and then give a good sharp pull.
To put your panel back on, you want to put it around the door handle, lift up and push it against the window. You can get the door panel back down, peek in behind, see if my pins are going right in, and reset. Put your window crank handle back on with the washer. Reinstall all four screws.
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