How To Remove Front Door Panel 2006-10 Chevy HHR
Created on: 2011-10-06
Watch this video to learn how to remove and replace the front interior door panel on your 06-10 Chevy HHR.
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door pull by hand
- Remove the two T30 Torx screws inside the door pull
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door handle with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the T30 screw inside the door handle
- Pry off the plastic clip at the rear of the door panel with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pry out the door panel with a door panel clip tool or putty knife
- Lift the door panel up and off
- Disconnect the door latch cable by hand
- Pry the door lock switch out of the door panel
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step 2 :Reinstalling the Door Panel
- Push the door lock switch into the door panel
- Clip on the door latch cable
- Lift the door panel into place
- Push in the door panel clips
- Push the plastic clip into the rear edge of the door panel
- Insert the two T30 screws into the door pull
- Insert the T30 screw into the door handle
- Push in the door pull trim piece
- Push on the trim piece inside the door handle
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
Putty Knife
T30 Driver
Door Panel Removal Tool
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In this video, we're going to show you the door panel removal and replacements on this 2008 HHR, same as any '06 to 2010. The only tools you'll need are a small flat blade screwdriver, a T30 Torx driver and either a putty knife or a door panel clip tool.
First, down inside your pull cup here, you'll see a little tab. Grab the tab. Pull up the little rubber plate. Then there's two T30 Torx screws in there. Then take a little screwdriver and pry out underneath this little tee point here. There's a T30 Torx screw in there. We'll need to use a little fast motion here as I remove those three T30 screws. Right down here, there's a little pin. I'm just going to pry it out with the screwdriver. I'm going to take a putty knife first. Put it back in there. Pull and use the door panel clip tool if you like. Find the rest of the pins. Look in there to save time. Actually, what I've eventually found in this is it's easy once you get the door panel out a little bit. Just run your fingers underneath the door panel until you come to one of the clips and then give it a good pull and it comes apart. Now, with the door panel out, there's a little tab on your cable here for the door handle. Push that back. That slides up and off. Then just use a little small screwdriver. There are two clips that it clips into. What you're doing basically is just prying here and here to release that lock button.
Plug the lock back in. Then for our cable, make sure the cable goes down into the handle. Then slide that, it goes down into a little slot. It clips right on. Make sure your lock button goes through the door panel on top. What I'm doing here is pushing with my thumbs to make sure that the tongue goes into the clips on the top of the door panel. Just right up the top, just peek in behind and guide the pins into the holes, all the way around. This little clip, push it in, and push the center in. Speed up at the end here. Put the two Torx screws down in the door pull area there and then, put the screw in behind the door handle and tighten those up. Put the trim plate back down in and the trim plate behind the door handle and you're all set.
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