How to Remove Rear Door Panel 1997-2006 BMW 325 Xi

What's up guys? I'm Andy from 1 A Auto. In this video, I'm going to show you how to remove and reinstall the rear inside door panel on this 2001 BMW 325xi. If you need parts for your vehicle, click the link in the description, head over to 1AAuto.com.

I'm going to take this window switch out first. Just take a straight blade screwdriver. Get underneath here. You can also use a trim tool. Slide this up. There's two little tabs that hold it in. Disconnect the connector right there. Just wiggle it out.

Now we're going to take a trim tool. Take this trim off. Just slide underneath here. Just carefully pry it out. There's clips that hold it on the back, and the clips stayed in with the panel. That's okay. Take these two little trim covers off. Just use a straight blade pocket screwdriver. Pull that one off. We'll do the same with this one.

I'm going to take these screws out. There's five screws, two up there, one in there, and then two underneath this handle. I'm going going to use a T20 socket extension and a ratchet.

In mind, this screw is a long one right there.

Once you loosen this one up, I'm just going to take a small magnet, pull that screw out.

Go underneath here, get these two.

Now there's push pins that hold this door panel on, so we're just going to use a door trim removal tool, or trim removal tool. Get underneath here, it just pry out. Might need to use a couple of them. Just pop them, just like that. Go all the way around the door. Just like that.

Grab the door panel, just slide up.

Just like that.

There is some clips. So with those clips, you actually don't want to slide up, you want to pry it out, so keep that in mind.

Disconnect the speaker right here, just squeeze that. Take this power wire for the window switch. Just take a trim tool, get underneath the wire retainer, pop it off. And then right here. Just slide. This is for the door latch on the inside, just slide that out, just like that.

This wire, we're going to fish through here. That's going to go for the window switch. Make sure that's in the right position before you put this back together.

That's good like that. We want to connect this right here. This one's going to connect to the speaker. Plug that in. and then take the cable for the handle. You want to make sure the handle is not open, keep it closed. Just line this up. It's going to slide in like that. Lock in position, and then just double check it. Make sure it works, and it's working properly. Make sure your wire's through here. And then if any of these clips have popped out, you're going to want to take them out of the door panel. Take the lock rod, slide that into position there. Line these all up.

Once everything's lined up, just give it a push.

That's good.

Alright, I'm going to take the screws and a T20 socket extension and a ratchet. I'm going to get all these screws started first before I tighten them down. And then this last one, this is the long one. It's going to go right here. Once I get all of those started, just go back and snug them all up.

Take these two little trim pieces. They're going to slide in like that first, and lock in place. Same with this one. Just like that.

Take this trim piece right here. This is going to slide in down here. And then line those tabs up, just like that. And push it on. That's all the way down.

All right, take the connector. There is a little tab on the connector that lines up with the switch. Slide that like that, and make sure you slide the switch in properly. Don't put it in upside down. Lock it in place.

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