Gaining Access To Repair Power Windows,
Door Locks, Side Mirrors and More.
(Covers Model Years 1998 to 2002)
In This Article:
The side mirror cover is removed. Various screws are removed and
electrical connectors are disconnected. The door panel
is pried away from the door and lifted off.
The door panel on this 2002 Honda Accord is not that difficult
to remove.
I started prying at the upper edge of the side view
mirror cover. The bottom edge is hooked-in under the
plastic door panel.
Rear view of side-view
mirror cover. The red arrow
shows the hook the goes underneath the edge
of the door panel.
Using a prying tool I removed the button clip.
The red arrows show the three
10mm bolts that hold the mirror on. But first
the plastic door panel must be removed to
disconnect the wire.
With
a small screwdriver, I removed the small
cover over the screw on the inside door
latch.
Be
careful not to lose the little cover.
When
I removed it, the cover went flying across
the workshop, and it took me a few minutes
to find.
Using a
Phillips screwdriver, I removed the screw
that held the latch in position.
Then,
pushing in the direction of the arrow, I unhooked
the latch from the metal door shell.
Back view
of latch, the red arrows show the hooks.
The green arrow shows the
latch rod that needs to be disconnected.
I pushed upward on the plastic clasp that
wraps
around the rod.
With
the clasp released the rod can be lifted
out.
Using
my fingertip, I pressed in on the wire
connection release tab and pulled the wire
out of the switch.
Then with
a small screwdriver I lifted up the cover
tab at the bottom of the door pull handle.
Using a
Phillips screwdriver I removed the screw
from under the cover.
With a prying
tool, I lifted up on the back of the pull handle which unhooked
it from the front.
View of
pull handle removed.
Then I
pushed in on the wire connector tab and
pulled the wire from the switch.
With a
rigid putty knife I pried the plastic door
panel from the metal door shell.
I pulled
the plastic door panel outward and lifted
it
up, and the panel came off the metal door frame.
But... there was still a wire connected to
the door panel... the wire that powers the
light that you see at the bottom of the
picture.
By
twisting the bulb socket counter-clock wise I was
able to remove the interior light.
Then
the door panel was completely removed from
the car.
View of
back of plastic door panel.
The small
white spots around the edges are the push
clips that hold the panel to the metal door
shell.
View of
metal door shell and dust cover.
This dust
cover kinda fell off because somebody else
had already repaired something inside the
door, and the sheet of plastic wasn't
perfectly glued in place.
Removing The Rear Door Panel:
The rear
plastic door panel is similar to the front
panel.
With a
small screwdriver I pried off the small screw cover
from the inside door latch.
Using a
Phillips screwdriver I removed the
screw holding the latch in position.
I pushed
the latch forward to unhook it from the
metal door shell.
Then
using a flat screwdriver I released the
clasp from the rod.
Then I
pulled the rod out of the retainer clip.
With a
flat screwdriver I opened the cover to the
screw at the bottom of inside pull handle.
Using a
Phillips screwdriver I removed the screw
from the pull handle.
Then with
a prying tool I lifted the pull handle up
and unhook the other end from the plastic
panel.
I pressed
the release tab and pulled the wire
connector from the switch.
Bottom
view of pull handle.
Then with
a rigid putty knife I released the clips
holding the plastic door panel to the metal
door shell.
Pulling
outward and pushing up I unhooked the
plastic panel from the metal door shell.
Then I
twisted the interior light socket
counter-clock wise to remove it from the
plastic door panel.
