How To Replace Front Window Glass 2004-09 Subaru Outback

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We'll start by opening the door. First we're going to take this little trim piece off. We use our flat blade tool carefully behind the panel. Pull it and then you can use your fingers and pull it back. It's three little clips. Next, we're going to take this trim piece off here. Flat blade tool a little area to put your screwdriver. Push down and pull it out. There's clips on the back.

Next we're going to take this trim piece off. You're going to pry it down right here with a flat blade tool. Being careful not to damage any of the surfaces. We're going to pull it out. This is difficult to come out. There is clips, retainers that hold it in.

We're going to start with a Phillips head screwdriver. We have three screws. One there, one here, and then one up here. Next we're going to use a door panel trim tool. We sell these at 1aauto.com. You go in behind, pop off the clips. Then you just lift and pull back. On the inside, we're going to pull the inner door latch and lock mechanism off. We have to pull this cover up.

We have to disconnect these cables. You're going to pull out and then you're going to pull up. A little ball will come up and same with this one. Next we have to disconnect our connector for the window switches. You're going to push this little tab here and pull it down. Then we're going to disconnect our door light and then push down on this tab. It's going to pull right out.

All right, we're going to remove the mirror now. We're going to disconnect this connector right here. There's a little tab. You just push it in. Then we're going to disconnect this cover right here with this little flat blade tool. Pop that off. All right, so we have three fasteners right here. We're going to be using an 8 millimeter socket with an extension and a ratchet. Carefully pull that one out. Before I pull this one out completely, I want to support the mirror on the outside, and pull the mirror out.

Use a Phillips head screwdriver to take this speaker off. Disconnect it at the connector right here. Push on the lock. Disconnect this speaker too. Push on the lock and pull that out. With a Phillips head screwdriver, pull this speaker out. Hold the speaker when you pull the last bolt out. I'm going to pull these off with the trim tool. All right, we're going to use the razor blade to cut some of this to pull it back. It's very sticky. You want to peel this back all the way around. Pull these cables through and all the wires through. There we go. Set this aside.

You want to take this panel out. Use a flat blade tool and it comes right out. We're going to remove this 10 millimeter bolt with 10 millimeter socket extension and a small ratchet. We're going to remove this 10 millimeter nut. Remove these two 10 millimeter bolts from the outside. We're going to pull this out. Move that out of the way. Take these two 10 millimeter bolts out, and you're going to hold this bracket. This is just a window guide. This is going to roll right out. Hold the window up a little bit while you take these out.

Before we take the window out, we're going to pull this little tab. Use the trim tool. There's a little screw here, Phillips screw. Our clip is broken in this car. Let me pull this out. This piece of trim pulls up. Pull it up over here. There you go. Plug the window switch back in. Turn the key on, and I'm going to put the window down. Put it down slowly.

There's an access hole right down here. I'm going to get the nut down to that access hole. There's the other nut. Pull the window switch connector out. Turn the key off. Pull it out. It's a good idea to have a friend support the window while you take these out. Take this out too, this first nut. Take this nut out. Pull the window off the regulator. Now the window should be separated.

Tip the window down a little bit in the front and pull up. Pull it out of the track. This part needs to come out right here. It's a little wider right in this area to get that front piece out. Now we're going to slip the window in. We're going to slip the front in in this area right here where it's a little bit wider. The back slips in back here. There's a channel in the back that this piece right here needs to fit in. That's in the channel in the back. Slide it down.

Now there's a channel over here in the front. This has to go in that channel. Slide it down. I'm just going to slide it down and line these studs up. That stud has to line up with this bracket. Push it down a little bit there, right there. Then this needs to line up there. While still holding the window, grab the nut and put the nut on. Tip the nut on our socket extension. Now our window has moved up a little bit, so I'm going to have to put this in with my fingers. Tighten this one down. I can either put the window down just a little bit more to line it up with the hole to tighten it, or I can use a 10 millimeter wrench. Just tighten that up.

I'm going to reinstall my outer window trim. Our tab is broken on this window, but if your tab wasn't broken, you can install the Phillips screw right here to hold the trim on. Going to reinstall this rubber grommet. Reinstall these window guides. Just slide it over like that. Put the 10 millimeter in. Slide those down.

Next, we're going to install this bracket. Slide it down. Make sure that stud comes through. Put the bolts in right here. Before you tighten it up, these two bolts go from the outside. Snug those down. Then put another one, snug it down, and then tighten this down last. Now with all that in, we're ready to check the operation of the window regulator. I'm going to start by plugging this in. We'll plug in our switch. I'm going to turn the key on, and we'll activate the switch. It looks good, so we know our window works.

We're going to disconnect the electrical connector again. Before we put the vapor barrier on, we're going to reinstall this plastic piece. It just has clips and you just push it down. Now we're going to put the vapor barrier on. This black stuff gets all over the place, so be careful. Get it set on the top first. These wires are going to slide through over here. This wire will slide through here. This one goes here. That one goes right there. Push it all the way around. Good.

All right, we're going to install the speaker. Take your Phillips head screws and line it up in the hole. That one's started. Line up the second one, and then the last one. Then we'll connect the connector. Snap it in. So we're going to connect our connector right here like that. Lower the speaker down. Take our Phillips head screws, line it up with the hole. Take the other Phillips head screw and tighten them down.

All right, we're going to install our mirror now. I'm going to have in my right hand my 8 millimeter socket with extension and the 8 millimeter bolt ready so when I put it in I can install it right away. First I'm going to slide the connector through the hole. Then I'm going to push the mirror down. Then I'm going to start putting our bolt. Once that bolt is started, you can go get your other bolts. Once they're all in, you can snug them right down. Take our connector and plug it in.

Now we're going to reinstall the door panel. We're going to start with the cables. We're going to start with the small one. This one's actually the lock. Get that ball in through the slot. We're going to slide that down the slot. And we're going to take this other ball. This is for the handle part and put it in that hole. Slide this down that slot. Sometimes you've got to wiggle it a little bit.

Now, we can put the cover down. In this way I'm going to take that connector for the window switch and we're going to slide it in, lock it in. You're going to slide this groove up top near the window first, push it down, and then line these clips in, give it a little push. Next, we're going to insert these Philips head screws with our Philips head screwdriver. The next one, and the last one. Next, we're going to put this trim piece on, and line it up down below and push. You're going to install this trim piece, get it lined up, and push so it locks in place.

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How To Replace Front Window Glass 2004-09 Subaru Outback

step 1 :Removing the Door Panel

step 2 :Removing the Mirror

step 3 :Removing the Speaker

step 4 :Removing the Window Glass

step 5 :Installing the Window Glass

step 6 :Installing the Speaker

step 7 :Installing the Mirror

step 8 :Installing the Door Panel

Tools needed

Car or truck pulling to one side on the highway Time for new tie rods or just an alignment

How To Replace Front Window Glass 2004-09 Subaru Outback

step 1 :Removing the Door Panel 0:27

step 2 :Removing the Mirror 3:38

step 3 :Removing the Speaker 5:05

step 4 :Removing the Window Glass 6:41

step 5 :Installing the Window Glass 12:24

step 6 :Installing the Speaker 20:28

step 7 :Installing the Mirror 21:48

step 8 :Installing the Door Panel 23:15

Tools needed

Car or truck pulling to one side on the highway Time for new tie rods or just an alignment

step 1 :Removing the Door Panel

step 2 :Removing the Mirror

step 3 :Removing the Speaker

step 4 :Removing the Window Glass

step 5 :Installing the Window Glass

step 6 :Installing the Speaker

step 7 :Installing the Mirror

step 8 :Installing the Door Panel