How to Replace Interior Door Handle 1993-98 Volkswagen Jetta
Created on: 2013-03-17
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a broken or snapped off interior door handle. This video will be a helpful tool to get the handle replaced quickly and easilyon 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, and 98 Volkswagen Jetta and Golf models.
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step 1 :Removing the Parts of the Door Panel
- Remove the manual window crank by pushing the ring and pulling out
- Pull the door lock knob off
- Pry off the speaker grill with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pry off the trim piece at the front top corner of the door panel with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pull off the plastic grommets
- Push the grommets back in and re-mount them in the holes
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door pull with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pry off the trim piece inside the door handle with a flat blade screwdriver
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step 2 :Removing the Door Panel
- Remove the Phillips head screw at the front top corner of the door panel
- Remove the Phillips head screw inside the door pull
- Remove the Phillips head screw inside the door handle
- Remove the Phillips head screw around the speaker
- Remove the six T10 screws around the perimeter
- Pull the speaker off with a flat head screwdriver and disconnect the harness
- Pull the panel up off the door lock
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step 3 :Removing the Door Handle
- Remove the inside door handle by pulling out on the back
- Pull the handle forward, and when it comes off twist it down and towards the door
- Pull the handle off the hook
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step 4 :Installing the New Door Handle
- Pull the rod out and place it into the groove on the handle
- Line up the slots and push the door handle back and in
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step 5 :Reinstalling the Door Panel
- Place the lock stud into the door panel
- Push all the clips in
- Insert the Phillips screw into the door pull
- Push in the door pull trim piece
- Push on the mirror base trim piece
- Line up the pin and peg and connect the harness to the speaker
- Screw the Phillips head onto the speaker
- Replace the Phillips head screw at the front top corner of the door panel
- Replace the Phillips head screw inside the door pull
- Replace the Phillips head screw inside the door handle
- Replace the six T10 screws around the perimeter
- Reinsert the window crank pin into the window crank
- Put the washer on the window crank
- Pop the window crank into place
Tools needed
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T10 Torx Driver
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
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In this video, we show you have to replace an inside door handle. We show you the driver's side, but the passenger's side is basically the same procedure. The biggest part of this really is getting the door panel on and off. Once you have the door panel off the handle, it comes apart pretty easily. The tools you'll need are a small flat blade screwdriver, a small Phillips screwdriver, a regular Phillips screwdriver, and a T10 Torx screwdriver.
To remove your door panel there's a small ring down here at the base of your window crank. If you have manual windows push the ring towards the bottom of the crank, and the crank comes off. You can see that ring just locks on like that. You're going to actually re-lock it to put it back together. Then this knob actually pulls off, pull it quite firmly and that pulls off. Then, with a small flat bade screwdriver, carefully pry out your speaker grill and pull that off. You're going to pry out on the bottom of this triangle and then work your screwdriver in and pull and pry firmly. Then release the triangle. Once it comes off you're going to have to get these plastic grommets off of this, and then push the little blades back in and remount them into the holes.
The smaller one is always a little harder to get off. Sometimes it's unsuccessful getting that grommet off, but I actually just broke that smaller pin, not the best thing, but this will go back together even without that smaller pin. It has two tabs down here and a wire tab there. Next, you can start back here with a screwdriver, a little more from down here, and start working this loose here. Then pull and this whole plastic bezel comes off. Now, you've got a small Phillips screw here that you want to remove and two larger Phillips screws one there and one right in there. Then there are the four Phillips screws around your speaker you want to remove. Then there are six T10 screws around the perimeter: one here, one further down, and the two underneath. Let's see, one in the front and one towards the rear and then again two in the back here.
You'll also want to take and remove your lock knob. To remove the torque screws around the outer edge, you need a T10 Torx driver. I've got the style that fits on a ratchet, because these are a little, usually a little hard to get to. Okay, so I start up in the front with the ratchet and socket to get those front ones out. Then you'll see I switch to a screwdriver style handle with that T10 Torx bit and take the other four out.
Now, use a small screwdriver for this screw up here, and a regular screwdriver for the rest of the screws. Again, I'm going to use a little bit of fast-forward here as I take all those Phillips screws out. You need to pull the top out as well, and the screws that stay in there will come out. Pull it off of your lock. You door lock is just connected right here, just squeeze and pull down, and it comes off.
Okay, once you get the door panel off you just pull out on the back of the inside door handle, pull it forward, and it comes off. Then you just twist it down and push it towards the door and it comes off of the hook here. We're going to reinstall the door handles easy enough. I have to pull the rod out, get the handle to go into the hole, tip it up. I'm actually going to put this behind that first. Then you just got to peak behind, make sure that the slots are going into the right place. Line up the slots, push it in, and push it back to slide it into place.
Begin putting the door panel back together. You want to make sure your little security light is back up in there. Get the lock stud up through. The top goes in and make sure it's all in flush. Small screw right up here. Okay, I'm just going to fast forward and commentate as I go through the two screws that hold the door pull in place. Put those in. Then the speaker has a small round pin at the bottom, and a square peg at the top. Make sure you line those up properly on the speaker. Put the speaker back in place and the four screws back in place. Okay, now put the speaker grill back in place. Put your window crank back in place. The trim around the door handle, put that back in place. Put the knob for the mirror and the triangle for the top back in place. Then the six screws, the T10 screws that hold the door panel on the perimeter, start those in place first, and then tighten those up. Also, don't forget to put that lock knob back on. You're all set.
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