How to Replace Rear Speaker 2006-10 Ford Explorer

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In this video, we're going to be working with our 2006 Ford Explorer. We're going to show you how to remove and replace your rear door speaker. We're working on the driver side but this process will be the same on the passenger side.

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Here are the items you'll need for this repair: 7mm socket, ratchet, socket extension, flat head screwdriver

Remove these two trim covers here to expose the seven millimeter bolts you need to remove to get our door panel off. You can do this with a small flat blade screwdriver or, if you want to keep your interior in nice shape, you can use one of the trim tools from our interior trim tool removal set available from 1A Auto. With that trim tool and the bottom edge here, we'll start at the back. Pry out the clips. Do the same thing here. Get under one edge, and pop that cover off. With these covers removed, we can access the two seven millimeter screws in the upper portion of the door handle. The two in the door pole here, and a fifth one at the bottom. We'll remove these with a seven millimeter socket, ratchet, and extension.

Using the same interior trim tool, pop up on the tabs for the window switch and disconnect the electrical connector on the bottom. With the screws removed and the switch out, lift up on the door panel and lay it backwards. Push down on the ears that secure the door release cable in place. You want to use the small flat-blade screwdriver to make sure you get some good leverage on there. Push one side in and pull the cable partially out to hold that side compressed before moving on to the other side, at which point you can remove the entire cable from the panel. Pull it out and let the cable through the slot in the top, rotate it and remove it from the latch.

Now, remove your door panel from the vehicle. Remove the four seven millimeter screws securing the speaker to the door with a socket, ratchet, and extension. With the screws out, carefully remove the speaker from the door.

Disconnect the connector on the back and remove your speaker.

Reattach the connector to your speaker. Line it up and reinstall seven millimeter screws by hand before tightening them down with your socket and ratchet. Reinstall the cable into the handle.

Send the cable through the slot here. Push the retainers into place until they snap. Sometimes one of these will get caught in there and it'll stay partially compressed, so make sure you wiggle it a little bit, and make sure that it's fully seated and that the window harness comes up through the opening here. Line up your door lock pin. Set the panel into place. Push it down until all the tabs lock into the door. Reconnect your window switch.

Install the panel back into the door until it snaps into place. Reinstall your five seven millimeter screws into the door panel. There's the one black screw at the bottom. It's got the plastic thread on it. Your four machine screws, we'll have two going into the door pull here and two into the handle. A good trick for getting the two screws in at the top, because they're a little difficult up inside there, way at the back, and they'll fall down inside of the door panel if they fall out of your socket, is to just take a little bit of grease. I'm using brake grease, but you can use wheel bearing grease. Coat the head of the bolt with it. You don't need to go crazy here. Just make sure you get a little bit on the flat edges. When you install this into your socket, it'll keep the bolt in place. Reinstall the cover on your door pull. It just snaps into place. The same thing with the one up top on the handle. Make sure you hook the front end in first before snapping the back in.

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How to Replace Rear Speaker 2006-10 Ford Explorer

step 1 :Removing the Door Panel

step 2 :Removing the Speaker

step 3 :Installing the Speaker

step 4 :Reinstalling 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 Rear Speaker 2006-10 Ford Explorer

step 1 :Removing the Door Panel 1:00

step 2 :Removing the Speaker 3:15

step 3 :Installing the Speaker 3:40

step 4 :Reinstalling the Door Panel 4:01

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 Speaker

step 3 :Installing the Speaker

step 4 :Reinstalling the Door Panel