How to Remove Rear Trim Panels 2000-07 Volvo V70
Created on: 2019-02-15
How to remove rear trim panels on 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 Volvo V70
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step 1 :Removing the Rear Trim Panels
- Open the tailgate.
- Use a flat blade screwdriver and a body trim tool to remove the rear cargo light from the center of the trim panel on the hatch.
- Push on the connector tab to disconnect the light.
- Use a T25 Torx driver to remove the mounting screw behind the light.
- Use a body trim tool to release the inner trim panel on the hatch and pull down on the panel to remove it.
- Use a T25 Torx driver to remove the mounting screw from the upper rear passenger side panel and pull down on the panel to remove it.
- Use a 10mm socket and ratchet to remove the bolt from the lower rear passenger side trim.
- Pull out the trim panel and access panel.
- Pull on the rear passenger side panel to remove the corner panel.
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step 2 :Installing the Rear Trim Panels
- Pull down on the spring-loaded corner anchor to insert the corner panel.
- Pull on the rear passenger side panel to replace the corner panel.
- Push on the tabs along the outside of the corner panel to snap it into place.
- Press the rear passenger side panel into place.
- Use a 10mm socket and ratchet to reinsert the bolt in the rear passenger side panel.
- Line up the upper rear passenger side panel and press it into place.
- Use a T25 Torx driver to reinsert the mounting screw in the upper panel.
- Reinsert the lower corner assembly insulator using the cutout guides.
- Reinsert the lower corner panel.
- Press the hatch trim panel into place.
- Use a T25 Torx driver to reinsert the mounting screw in the hatch trim panel.
- Reconnect the rear cargo light.
- Press the light back into place.
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
10mm Socket
Ratchet
Trim Tool Set
T25 Torx Driver
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Hey, everyone. It's Sue here, from 1A Auto, and today on our '03 Volvo V70, I'm going to show you how to remove all the trim pieces in the station wagon trunk so you can access your tail light assemblies, and your strong arms for the liftgate. If you need these parts or any other parts for your car, click on the link below, and head on over to 1aauto.com.
Open your tailgate, and the rear wagon cargo lamp is located right in the center of the hatch, on the inner trim piece. I like to take a small screwdriver, and I'm going to use a couple of tools here. I'm going to pry it with that, but then I take my body trim piece, and I can wedge that right up in there, and then I can kind of pull it down. Then there you have the bulb access in the lamp. To discard it, just push down on that green tab on that connector, and then we have the lamp assembly.
Now with the light down, you've accessed the mounting screw for this back light. It's a T25. I'm just going to pull that bolt right out. Grab our body trim tool and pull down. There we go.
Then we have another T25 right here. This is the right rear window area. It's the upper trim. I'm going to do the same with this. I'm going to grab it and just pull it down. Set that aside.
We're right behind the passenger seat on the right side corner. There's a bolt inside this spot. It looks like it's the holder for the back screen of the hatch. It's a 10mm socket. Discard that bolt. You've just got to really grab this firm, and pull.
I'm just going to grab this access panel. Put this aside so that I can get in here. It's one extra protector for the bulb. Now that I've taken that bolt out, but, before I can pull the tail piece out, I have to disconnect this piece. I just pull it like that, and there's the panel access. Now I can take this cover completely up and discard that.
To reinstall the corner trim piece, we've got to pull down on this anchor. It's kind of spring-loaded, so use one hand and guide that down, and then I pull back on the side panel. I can re-align up everything here. There's tabs along the outside trim here. Just push on it. You'll hear them snap into place. We've got one here. Push that in. Now we're free to connect the side panel. I'm going to remount that. There's a bolt back there. That is a 10mm socket. Slide that up. There we go.
Now we have a top trim piece. You can see the guide tabs and the there is two the round, tube-style holes that are going to clip right into there, and then the long pin goes up to there. I like to guide that in first, then I'll guide the back pin in. There we go. There is a Torx screw. That's a T25. That goes right in here.
That molded form that's going to act like an insulator for the back assembly. You can see the little cutout of the ears in the pattern in that side panel. Okay. It's got it in that way first. Line up those tabs, and then we can push it in, into the plastic. It's in there nice and firm.
Then the last panel, we've got two ear tabs on the bottom here that go down on the floor panel, and then just push it. It locks into place.
Now we're going to install the piece on the tailgate, in the center. First thing I'm going to do is put that wire through so that I can use that to plug in the light. Guide these up in the plastic trim and then just give it a good snap up. Now, this has a little screw that goes in the center here. It's a Torx head T25.
Now we're going to plug in the rear cargo light, snap that in place. You can see the tabs on this. So there's two little tabs on the electrical end, and then the push-ups. So we're going to guide it in this way, and then snap it up.
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