How To Remove Rear Door Panel 2004-08 Chevy Malibu
Created on: 2011-12-08
If the door panel needs to be replaced or components beneath need to be accessed, this video will show all the steps needed to remove and install it
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Pry off the door handle bezel with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door pull with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the two T25 Torx screws inside the door pull
- Remove the two plastic clips from the rear edge of the door panel
- Pry out the door panel with a door panel clip tool or putty knife
- Lift the door panel up and off
- Separate the door panel from the watershield
- Disconnect the window switch wiring harness
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step 2 :Reinstalling the Door Panel
- Connect the window switch wiring harness
- Lift the door panel into place
- Push in the door panel clips
- Slide on the door handle bezel
- Push the two plastic into the rear edge of the door handle
- Insert the two T25 Torx screws inside the door pull
- Push in the door pull trim piece
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
Putty Knife
Door Panel Removal Tool
T25 Torx Driver
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In this video we show you how to remove and reinstall the rear door panel on this 2006 Chevy Malibu, pretty much the same for any 2004 to 2008 Sedan. Tools you'll need are a flat blade screw driver, a T25 Torx Driver, and either a door panel clip tool or a household putty knife would work as well.
First you'll want to remove this cup around the door handle. Pry it down, underneath your door handle and pull out. Then you kind of have to push up on the top. Get your screwdriver, if you can, in between. I'm just trying to pry up on this part. There's going to be one more down here. Pull that off. There's a little trap door behind your door pull; take that out. There are two T25 Torx screws right here. I'll just do a little bit of fast motion here while I take out those twp T25Torx screws. On the back of your door handle there are two little push pins. You push the middle in. There's one down lower here. After you push the middle in, you can either grab them with your fingernails or use a screw driver and pry those pins out. Now either use a door panel clip tool or even a household putty knife will work. Put it in behind the door panel, and pry out a little bit. Once you work it in behind there you slide it. Just pull the door panel off its clips. Now slide the door panel up. It's just sticking onto the water shield. It was actually pinned to the door panel. It's also stuck to the door itself. You just kind of separate the door panel and the water shield. Here in behind is your lead for the power window switch. You can just kind of use a screw driver to press on the tab and release that. Then pull that apart the rest of the way.
To reinstall our door panel, make sure you plug in your power window switch first. Bring the panel up, get your lock rod in place. Push the top of the panel towards the window and then down. Make sure your pins are in. Then push that on. Reset these little pins by pushing them back out so they're sticking up and out, and put in your two T25 Torque screws. Get them in place. We'll speed it up again as we just tighten up those two screws. Put this trim plate back on and you're all set.
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