How to Replace Front Door Panel 1993-98 Volkswagen Jetta

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In this video, we're going to show you how to remove and reinstall the door panel, inside door panel, front door panel on this 1998 Jetta GL model. It has manual windows. The only tools you'll need are a small flat blade screwdriver, a small Phillips screwdriver, a regular Phillips screwdriver, as well as a T10 Torx screwdriver.

To remove your door panel, there's a small ring down at the base of your window crank, if you have manual windows. Push the ring towards the bottom of the crank and the crank comes off. You can see that ring just locks on like that. We can actually relock it and put it back together. Then this knob actually pulls off. You pull it pretty firmly. That pulls off.

Then grab a small flat blade screwdriver. Carefully pry out your speaker grille. Pull that off. I'm going to pry out on the bottom of this triangle, work the screw driver in, and pull and pry firmly. Release the triangle. Once it comes off, you're going to have to get these plastic grommets off of this. Then push the little legs back in and remount them into the holes. The larger one and the small ones. The small one is always a little hard to get off. Sometimes I'm successful getting that grommet off, but I actually just broke that smaller pin. Not the best thing, but this will go back together even without that smaller pin.

It has two tabs down here and a larger tab there. The next thing is we start back here with a screwdriver. Work from down here and start working this loose here. Pull it in from there. Pull on this whole plastic bezel. It comes off. Now, you got a small Phillips screw here you want to remove. Two larger Phillips screws: one there and one right in there. Then there are the four Phillips screws around your speaker you want to remove. Then there are six T10 screws around the perimeter, one here, one further down. There are two underneath. I see one on the front, one towards the rear. Then again two in the back here. You also want to take and remove your lock knob.

To remove the Torx screws around the outer edge, you got a T10 Torx driver. We got the style that fits on a ratchet. These screws are usually hard to get to. I start up in the front with a ratchet and socket to get those front ones out. Then you'll see I kind of switched to a screwdriver style handle with that T10 Torx bit and take the other four out.

Now, use a small screwdriver for this screw up here, then a regular screwdriver for the rest of the screws. Again, I'm going to use a little bit of fast-forward here as I take all those Phillips screws out. You need to pull the top out as well. The screws that are going to stay in there will come out. Pull it off your door lock. Your door lock is just connected right here. Just squeeze and pull down. It comes off.

Begin putting the door panel back together. Make sure you have your security lights back up in there. Get the black stud and rod up through. The top goes in. Make sure it goes into place. Small screw right up here. I'm just going to fast-forward and commentate as I go through.

The two screws that hold the door pole in place, put those in. Then the speaker has a small round pin at the bottom and a square peg at the top. Make sure you line those up properly on the speaker. Put the speaker back in place and the four screws back in place. Now, put the speaker grille back in place.

Put your middle crank back in place. The trim around the door handle, put that back in place. Take the knob for the mirror and put it back in place. The triangle for the top back in place, and then the six screws, the T10 screws that hold the door panel on the perimeter, start those in place first, then tighten those up, and you're all set. Also, don't forget to put that lock knob back on.

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