Remove interior rear door panel on a 2003 crown victoria

Anand Kumar

• 2035 Answers
• Posted on Oct 21, 2008

SOURCE: My 2003 Forester driver side window wont work.

You need power window regulator as the cable of the regulator is out its place ,

1. Remove the gusset cover.
2. Pull up the inner door handle cover toward you to remove the upper hook. Pull down it to remove the lower hook. Remove the inner door handle cover.
3. Remove the power window switch assembly.
4. Using a trim panel remover, remove the clips of the trim panel.
5. Remove the speaker.
6. Using a spatula, remove the door sealer.
7. Remove the outer mirror assembly.
8. Remove the front end of the door weatherstrip and gusset.
9. Remove the stabilizers.
10. Remove the rear end of the door weatherstrip (inner and outer).
11. Operate the power windows switch so the bolts from the regular assembly are visible through the service holes. Remove the mounting nuts.
12. Take out the door glass. CAUTIONDo not turn the regulator in closing direction after removal of the glass. Otherwise gear may be disengaged.
13. Loosen the nuts to remove the rear sash.
14. Disconnect the power window motor wiring harness.
15. Loosen the four bolts and two nuts to pull out the regulator assembly.
16. Remove the screws to remove the motor from the regulator assembly.
17. Installation is the reverse order of removal.

SOURCE: crown victoria window motor replacement

remove the door panel. be very careful and make sure you get all the screws out. Should be maybe 2 on the bottom half of the door, and 2 on the top half. one is right by the handle, which is the one i forgot the first time i took my door pannel off. carefully pull the panel upward, and outward at the same time. Once the panel is off, disconnect the controls, and remove the light from the panel. Remove the plastic cover very carefully, it will tear, just keeps noise, and air, and the elements out.
There will be 3 screws, they are torx bolts, once you pull those 3 out. They are located middle of the door towards the right side. The motor will drop down a little bit. disconnect the wires for the motor, and wiggle the motor off of the regulator. the crown vics have a decent size hole to get into the door panel, you can also remove the speaker if that would help you do it. other than that, it just lining up the new motor into the car, pushing it into the regulator, and putting the 3 bolts in, make sure they are snug, and not cross threaded. put everything back together, and your set.

SOURCE: how remove the rear inside door panel on a 2001 oldmobile aurora

The inner door panel is held in by clips and screw.
Look at the door near the door handle there should be screws holding it in and along the outer edge of the door. Once loose, and the door handle removed or the arm rest removed. The door panel then prys out , because of the clips that hold it on. Then pops out by applying pressure to the panel upward to the top of the door. The clips always break because of the design and plastic.

Good luck

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you'll need to remove your door panel (screws are by the door handle, arm rest, under door and side of door) and pull back the weather seal (can't reuse it, but it's not that important) and you will be able to access everything.

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