Rear Door Checker Removal/Installation

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Replacement part

Grommet	Rear door speaker hole cover
Quantity: 3	Quantity:
Location of use: Rear door speaker hole cover	Location of use: Rear door panel

Fully close the rear door glass.
Disconnect the negative battery terminal. (See NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL DISCONNECTION/CONNECTION (US) .)
Remove the power window sub switch (rear). (See POWER WINDOW SUB SWITCH REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .)
Remove the rear door trim. (See REAR DOOR TRIM REMOVAL/INSTALLATION .)
Remove the screws shown in the illustration.

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Disconnect the connector shown in the illustration.
Insert a remover tool into the position shown in the illustration, move it in the direction of the arrow, and detach the tabs from the rear door panel.

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Remove the rear door speaker hole cover with the rear door speaker.
Remove the grommets.

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Remove the bolt shown in the illustration.

Fig 1: Rear Door Checker Bolt With Torque Specification
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Remove the nuts shown in the illustration.

Fig 2: Rear Door Checker Nuts With Torque Specification
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Pull out the rear door checker from the rear door speaker hole cover installation hole.
Install in the reverse order of removal.