How to remove door switch panel

[juntjoo]

Apparently the previous owner broke these little fastening plugs all along this panel probably trying to remove it but there are two left, the second pic shows one, that dont want to budge. How am i supposed to get this off?

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[bryanwheat]

Pull the door panel off.

 

[GSLENK]

take off the whole door panel. its like 3-4 screws, and the rest is pull out pins. remember to unplug the switches. then you can access whatever is holding it in there better.

 

[juntjoo]

So this smaller panel isnt supposed to be separated from the whole door panel?

 

[Bud92gsx]

pull the door panel off.

+6..

Some of the panals are screwed to the door panel..Not hard to do with a cordless drill, with phillips head.

 

[JosephMiranda]

Phillips head scew driver to remove the screws holding the door pannel on and the dcrew behing the door handle also a phillips screw then pop the clips loose by pulling the bottom half of the pannel off first (i found that to be the best method. then simply remove the 2 or 3 screws holding it to the pannel. all done.

 

[juntjoo]

Okay, so they have to be separated by screws from the inside of the door panel? What a screwy design. No wonder the guy b4 me broke all those little plugs

 

[bryanwheat]

Damn near any vehicle ever made will require you to pull the door panel to get to the switches. IT is just how it is. That plastic piece is actually supposed to be attached by plastic studs that are melted to a plastic washer on the back. IT is pretty common over time for them to break and that piece to be loose from the panel. In the time it took you to write and reply to this thread you could already have the door panel off. IT takes literally 5 minutes to remove.

 

[juntjoo]

okay okay, alright alright... it still sucks though. my Honda's is much easier to access. thanks tho for the tip. I shall get to it asap