How to Remove Rear Interior Panels 2008-12 Ford Escape
Created on: 2019-04-23
Watch this video to learn how to remove the rear interior panels. The experts at 1A Auto show how to remove the rear interior panels on your 08-12 Ford Escape.
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step 1 :Removing the Rear Trim Panel
- Open the liftgate
- Remove the bottom liftgate trim by pulling it up
- Move the carpet to the side
- Pull up on the rear seat to fold it forward
- Pry up the two push pin clips on the rear passenger door panel with a trim tool
- Fold the seatback forward
- Starting at the passenger door end, pry the rear trim panel away from the body
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step 2 :Replacing the Rear Trim Panel
- Replace the rear trim panel by sliding it in bottom first and then firmly pressing in all the mounting clips
- Make sure the rear passenger door weather stripping is over the panel
- Return the seatback to upright position
- Replace the rear passenger door trim piece
- Return the seat bottom to upright position
- Replace the bottom liftgate trim
- Replace the carpet
Tools needed
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Plastic Fastener Remover
Trim Tool Set
What's up, guys? I'm Andy from 1A Auto. In this video, I'm going to show you how to remove this interior trim panel on this 2012 Ford Escape.
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Open up the lift gate. Come back here. You want to take this panel off first. Just grab underneath ... just like that. Set it aside.
You can just pull back this carpet, slide that aside.
This panel needs to come off, so we need to move the seats.
All right. I'm just going to grab under the back of the seat here, pull up, fold it forward like that.
I'm going to remove this panel. I just need a trim tool to gain access to this panel, to get underneath here. It's just a clip holding this in. And just pry up like that. Oh, the clip fell out. That's okay.
All right, on the front side over here there's a little push pin. Over here, just get in behind the panel and push this out. There we go. All right, now we can pry underneath this push clip. There you go. That one's pretty long, too. And then we can slide this forward a little bit, and we're going to have to pull the seat down. And here, keep the seatbelt out of your way.
Just get in behind the panel and push it. Might have to use the trim tool. There's just clips holding it in. Just grab it, give it a good tug. If that door comes off, it's no big deal. Slide this forward, and just slide this out.
Now we're all set on the inside here, so I'll put this interior body panel back on.
Just slide this in. Once it's in position, you can start pushing it on. It just clips in place.
The weatherstripping right here has to go over the panel, so just grab it and fold it over just like that. Make sure that hole lines up right there.
Push the seat back there.
Now this little push clip is going to go right in here just like that. And I'm just going to slide this push pin out. Get this in position. Push that down, and push the other push clip over here. There we go.
Close that door. You can push this seat back underneath.
I'll just take this trim piece, line this up just like that. Push it on.
And we can take the carpet, put that back in position. And take this door that fell off, and slide that back on.
Thanks for watching. If you want the parts to do it yourself, check out 1aauto.com, the place for DIY auto repair.
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