Door Trim Panel - Remove/Install Procedure
File In Section: 10 - BodyBulletin No.: 53-10-29A
Date: February, 1996
SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE
Subject:
Section 10-6 - Revised Remove/Install Procedure for Door Trim Panel
Models:
1996 Buick Skylark
1996 Oldsmobile Achieva
1996 Pontiac Grand Am
This bulletin is being revised to update Step 8 in the "Remove or Disconnect" procedure. Please discard Corporate Bulletin Number 53-10-29 (Section 10 - Body).
This bulletin revises the removal and installation procedure for the door trim panel. Please add this procedure to Section 10-6 of the Service Manual.
Door Trim Panel
Figures 9 - 14 (Refer to Section 10-6 of the Service Manual)
Remove or Disconnect
1. Front door upper trim panel by gently prying at side to disengage tabs and pull rearward.
2. Buick & Oldsmobile - Front left door power lock and window switch bezel by engaging a small flat blade screwdriver to spring clip under rear of bezel.
3. Buick - Rear door power window switch by prying under bezel.
4. Pontiac - Front/rear power door power lock/window switch bezel by prying under rear edge of the bezel after two screws are removed.
5. Buick & Oldsmobile - Power door lock switch.
6. Wire harness connectors.
7. Manual lock slider knob by pulling outward to disengage from locking rod.
8. Pontiac - Door inside handle escutcheon by pulling inside door handle to open position and gently disengage by pulling front of escutcheon outward.
9. Buick & Oldsmobile - Door inside handle escutcheon by rotating and pulling forward to slide over door handle.
10. Reflector using a flat blade screwdriver.
11. Pontiac - Front or rear door trim panel screw behind reflector and pull cup.
12. Buick & Oldsmobile - Front or rear door trim panel screws, behind reflector, under armrest and behind door inside escutcheon.
13. Window regulator handle, if applicable - refer to "Window Regulator Handle" in this Section.
14. Door trim panel retainers using J 38778 - trim removal tool. Start at the bottom and gently pry inward separating trim from inner, thereby disengaging all retainers from door inner.
15. Door trim panel by lifting at pull handle and applying pressure in the outboard direction just beneath the beltline. Beltline pressure exerted at the upper front and working rearward will disengage trim panel beltline hooks from door inner beltline slots.
16. Disengage mirror switch from bezel by pushing on the side of mirror switch.
Install or Connect
1. Align keyway on mirror switch to bezel, then grasp mirror switch handle and pull towards bezel until it snaps in place.
2. Door trim panel by first aligning locator pins on back of trim to door inner. Push trim panel close but just short of full engagement. Set upper beltline hooks by applying downward pressure at trim panel beltline.
3. Align fasteners to door inner panel retainer holes and engage fasteners by applying pressure to door trim panel.
4. Window regulator handle, if applicable - refer to "Window Regulator Handle" in this Section.
5. Pontiac - Front or rear door trim panel screw behind reflector and pull cup.
6. Buick & Oldsmobile - Front or rear door trim panel screws, behind reflector, under armrest and behind door inside escutcheon.
7. Door inside handle escutcheon by inserting door handle in door handle opening.
8. Insert door inside handle escutcheon clips to front end of door trim panel opening and apply pressure to secure.
9. Reflector by aligning clips to the slots in door trim panel and apply pressure to secure.
10. Manual lock slider knob by positioning onto locking rod and slide rearward.
11. Wire harness connectors.
12. Buick & Oldsmobile - Front door power lock and window switch bezel.
13. Buick - Rear door power window switch.
14. Pontiac - Front door power lock and window switch and bezel.
15. Pontiac - Rear door power window switch and bezel.
16. Buick & Oldsmobile - Power door lock switch.
17. Front door upper trim panel by inserting tabs to retainers and apply pressure to secure.