How To Replace Front Interior Door Handle 2002-05 Mercury Mountaineer

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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the interior door handle on this 2003 Mercury Mountaineer. We show you on the driver side, but the passenger side is the same procedure. The items that you need for this is a flat blade screwdriver, a 6mm and 7mm socket and ratchet with an extension and a pick.

You want to make sure that your courtesy lights don't stay on, so you don't drain your battery. So just make sure you turn those off. Pry out from the bottom of this panel with a flat blade screwdriver, and then just slide the panel towards the front of the vehicle and off the door handle. Then lift up on the front of your switch panel, and then slide it forward and up. Then just push the tabs on these harnesses and disconnect them. For this last one, you're going to want to use a flat blade screwdriver and just push in on the tab, pull it free, and your switch panel is free.

Now, you want to remove this 7mm bolt and these two 7mm bolts right here. We'll just fast-forward as Mike does that. Pry out this switch, then just pry out the tab on the harness, disconnect the harness, and just feed that back through the door panel. Lift the door panel up, pull it back, push the tab on this harness to disconnect it, and your door panel is free.

Remove this 6mm bolt and slide the door handle forward. Pull it out and just push this cable free. Then, using a pick, unclip the lock rod. Once you've opened up the clip, just use the pick to lift the rod up and out of the clip. Now, unclip the cable from inside the door handle and your door handle is free.

Take your new door handle, clip the cable back inside the handle, and then reclip it to the lock rod. The easiest way to do this is just open the clip up, pull the lock rod in with the pick, and just set it into the clip. Once you have it in place, push it down into the clip with your finger and then close the clip back up. Push that cable in, push your door handle in, and slide it back. Just replace that 6mm bolt and tighten it up.

To replace your door panel, just reconnect this harness and make sure you push the harness through for your mirror switch, and then push the door panel into place and slide it down. We'll fast-forward as Mike replaces those three 7mm bolts and tightens them up. Reconnect this switch and push it back into place. Then reconnect your switch panel, and slide the back in first, and then push the front end down. Then slide this panel back over the door handle, and push those tabs back into place. Then push in the front. You're all set.

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How To Replace Front Interior Door Handle 2002-05 Mercury Mountaineer

step 1 :Removing the Door Panel

step 2 :Removing the Door Handle

step 3 :Installing the Door Handle

step 4 :Reinstalling the Door Panel

Tools needed

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How To Replace Front Interior Door Handle 2002-05 Mercury Mountaineer

step 1 :Removing the Door Panel 0:35

step 2 :Removing the Door Handle 2:05

step 3 :Installing the Door Handle 2:56

step 4 :Reinstalling the Door Panel 3:53

Tools needed

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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel

step 2 :Removing the Door Handle

step 3 :Installing the Door Handle

step 4 :Reinstalling the Door Panel