How to Replace Front Door Lock Switch 2014-17 Subaru Crosstrek
Created on: 2018-02-13
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a damaged, worn out, faulty or shorted power door lock switch on 14 Subaru Crosstrek
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step 1 :Removing the Front Door Panel
- Pry out the trap door in the door pull with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pry out the trap door in the door handle with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the Phillips screw from the door pull
- Pry out the clips along the door panel with a trim removal tool
- Lift the door panel straight up and off
- Unclip the cables from the door handle
- Remove the cables from the door handle
- Disconnect the power window switch wiring harness
- Remove the door panel
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step 2 :Removing the Lock Switch
- Remove the Phillips screw from the window switch
- Press the tabs to release the window switch
- Pull the switch out of the door panel
- Press the locking tabs
- Remove the switch from the arm rest
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step 3 :Installing the Lock Switch
- Press the switch into place
- Insert the switch into the door panel
- Tighten the Phillips screw to the switch
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step 4 :Installing the Front Door Panel
- Connect the power window switch wiring harness
- Connect the cables to the door handle
- Lift the door panel onto the door
- Press in the clips on the door panel
- Tighten the Phillips screw to the door pull
- Tighten the Phillips screw to the door handle
- Press on the trim piece to the door pull
- Press on the trim piece to the door handle
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Trim Tool Set
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There are two screws. One behind this cap here and one down inside the door pull opening. Take a small flat bladed screwdriver and pop them open. They won't come off. They'll just flip open and do the same for both. Use a Phillips head screwdriver remove the screw. Put those aside. Do the same for this one. Once the screws are removed, the rest of the door panel is held on with clips along the outside edge. You need a plastic prying tool. You can buy these from 1aauto.com. Going to wedge it underneath the edge. You can user the thinner tool. Just work that in there. Bring it down though. With a good strong pull, it's going to pop it off. Just work your way around the door. Once those are all free, door panel should lift straight up off.
Unclip the door pull and the lock cable. Pull them straight out like that. It's hard to see, but you're going to slide this little lead weighted ball that looks like a lead fishing weight. It pops out of the door lock. Do the same for the other one. Just pop it out. Now go down underneath. Find the door lock button and the window switch. Find the lock. I'm working on them upside down. This one has a lock on the inside. It's a very small push tab here to unlock it. It's on the inside. I'm going to do the same for the other one. It's really hard to push with my finger. I'm going to use this small flat bladed screwdriver and push in on the lock and then pull the connector out. I'm going to put the door panel aside so it doesn't get damaged.
Going to remove this whole assembly from the back. It's a Phillip's head screw here and a Phillip's head screw here. I'm going to remove these. Push this up. This little tab here, push it in, unlock it. Push these tabs in here. Push them in at the same time. It just unclips. That hooks on that side there so you'll lift it out. And then we'll just pick up the door panel, and there's our switch and the little door pull assembly.
Remove the door lock button. Use a small flat-bladed screwdriver. Pry open on this tab on one side and pop it up. And there's another tab, same cell. It's a little tricky; they want to pop back in on each other. Try to hold it up at the same time. Just pop it out and get it free.
To reinstall it, just push it back in. It's locked in place. Reinstall it. This tab is going to go underneath first, just like that. And it's all going to snap right down into place. Gonne flip it back over. Reinstall the Phillip's head screws that were locking it in place. When I removed the door panel, these trim clips stayed behind in the door. I'm just going to use a panel clip tool to pull them out. Just slide behind them and pop them out. Do the same for all of them. If that rubber piece stays, that's okay, you just put it back on. These clips that popped out, the top part will just slide right in and lock in. Just do that for all of them.
Reinstall the door panel and connect the door lock and the window switch. Push them in, snap and click when they're in place. Then reconnect these. Start with the bottom one. It's kind of hard to see. This comes out and there's a little opening. Lay it in there and then snap this into place. That'll be our door release. This one at the top is for the door lock. Where is it? There it is.
There's an opening here and it goes in there. Then you slide it over and it clips into place. We're going to hang the door on this edge here. It might be easier to put the window down. Or we can have it up if we prefer. Push it down just like that. Then, we're going to just go along, push the clips back in, they'll snap when they're in place. All right. Door panels clipped back in place. Reinstall the Phillips head screws. This one goes up in here. Push that little door back. That was a quick clip down. Do this one in here. Door panel is reinstalled.
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