Rear Door: Service and Repair

Rear Door

Rear Door:

REMOVAL

1. Disconnect the ground cable from battery.
2. Remove the rear door trim.
3. Remove the rear door speaker assembly.
1. Remove the screws.
2. Disconnect the harness connector and remove the rear speaker assembly.







4. Remove the rear sealing cover.

CAUTION:
- Carefully remove the butyl tape. Excessive force will easily break the cover.
- If the sealing cover gets broken, replace it with a new part.

1. Remove the screw to remove the door trim bracket.
2. Carefully remove the butyl tape to remove the sealing cover.







5. Remove the door sash and rear door glass.
6. Remove the rear door regulator and motor assembly.
7. Remove the rear door latch.
8. Remove the rear outer handle.
9. Remove the rear door weather strip.







CAUTION: If the weather strip clip is removed with excessive force, the weather strip may be damaged. Be sure to use clip remover to remove.

10. Remove the bolts and nuts to remove the door checker.







11. Disconnect the rear door harness connectors.
1. Remove the grommet and pull out the rear door harness connector from inside the center pillar.
2. Disconnect the rear door harness connectors.







12. Before removing the door panel, make the following preparations.







1. Put a wooden block on a floor jack and place the jack under the front door.
2. Support the door with a jack to protect it from damage.

CAUTION: Do not lift the door panel with a floor jack excessively. The door hinges may be damaged.

13. Remove the door-side bolts for upper and lower hinges to remove the rear door panel.

CAUTION: Door panels are heavy. When removing and installing them, always work in a team of two or more persons.







14. Remove the door hinge from vehicle.

INSTALLATION

1. Put a wooden block on jack and place the rear door on that.







2. Apply grease to the moving part of door hinges.
3. Temporarily install the rear door to upper hinge and lower hinge after adjusting the height by jack.

NOTE: When installing, make sure that a uniform clearance is created around the rear door panel.

4. Adjust the clearance around the rear door panel.
5. Tighten the bolts and nuts of door hinges and door checker.

Tightening torque: Refer to "COMPONENT" of "General Description".

6. Install door internal parts in the reverse order of removal.
7. Connect the door harness connector, and install the center pillar lower trim.