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Hi, I'm Don from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a front exterior door handle on this 2003 Nissan Altima, it's the same process on the Altimas from '02 to 2006. The items you'll need for this are a new exterior door handle from 1AAuto.com, flat blade screwdriver, 10mm socket and ratchet and a Philips screwdriver.
Start off by removing this screw cap right here. Underneath that there's a Philips screw. You want to go ahead and remove that. Pry up the switch panel, starting at the top here. Now disconnect the harnesses from the switch panel, just push down on the tabs and pull the harness out. Now pry out this triangular panel at the top of the door panel and remove the screw cap from behind the door handle. Now you just want to remove these two Philips screws. Down here is your courtesy light. It just pulls out and you can just pull out the harness and then pull out around the door to release the clips and the door panel just lifts up and off. Now in the back side of the door panel, there's these two cables, they disconnect the same. Pull them out, lift it up and it's free.
Then you just want to push on the tab on this harness and pull it out. Now you just want to disconnect these harness clips, just push on the tab and pull the harness free and you want to remove this harness from this inner door panel here so just grab either side of the clips and pull out until it comes free.You may need flat blade screwdriver to help you out on some of these and we're just going to fast forward as Don does the rest of them. Right here you can see there are these two covers, you just want to use a razor blade and pull those off. Now you just want to connect your switch panel, just plug the harnesses into it. Then, just move your window regulator up until you can see those two 10mm bolts, right there. Just go ahead and remove those. Now that those bolts are removed, you can just pull your window up and out. Disconnect your switch panel. Lining your inner door panel there are nine 10mm bolts, you just want to remove these. Once those are removed, the inner door panel will just pull right off.
Now, on the back of your exterior door handle, there's these two rods here held on with clips. There's this one right here and there's one with the orange clip back there and to disconnect these you just push up on that clip and it may take a little bit of effort. Then you just pull that rod out and you want to do the same thing to the other one. Now as you can see both rods are disconnected. Remove this plastic cover and then right here on the back of your exterior door handle there's a 10mm bolt right there and another one right there, just remove those. Now, pull that harness right out of the clip there and you just want to push from one side and pull from the other and your door handle will come right out. There's a 10mm bolt right here, remove that to disconnect your lock.
The new door handle is on the left, the old one on the right. You can see the one from 1A Auto is black but if you want it to paint it to match your vehicle, you could buy some spray paint that's close and paint it with that or you could take it to an auto parts store with a paint department and get an air-charged can of the paint that actually matches your vehicle. We're just going to reinstall our old door handle because it's in good condition. You just want to put the lock in place and replace that 10mm bolt. Feed the door handle back into the door. Reclip the rods on the back of the door handle. We're going to fast forward here as Don replaces those two 10mm bolts.
Put your inner door panel back into place and make sure you're not pinching any harnesses. Then replace the nine 10mm bolts. Feed the window back down into place and into that window regulator. Replace the plastic cover. Now put the bolt into the socket and feed it into the door and replace those two 10mm bolts to hold the window in place. Place those two covers. Now you want to reconnect you harnesses and push them back into that inner door panel. Now to reinstall your door panel, it's pretty much a reverse of the procedure. You just push your harness into place and slide your door handle and lock cable down into that slot, push it forward and clip it into the door panel. Push the harnesses through the door panel. Then just line it up on the windowsill and push it down into place and make sure that the harness for your courtesy light comes through. Then, line up the clips on the back of the door panel and just hit them into place. Reconnect your courtesy light and push it into place. Replace the two Philips screws, the one behind the door handle and the one in the pull cup. Reconnect your switch panel, just plug the harnesses in and push the switch panel down into place. Replace the Philips screw in the switch panel. Now just replace that triangular panel and you're all set.
We hope this video helps you out. Brought to you by www.1AAuto.com, your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the Internet. Please feel free to call us toll-free, 888-844-3393. We're the company that's here for you on the Internet and in person.
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Hi, I'm Don from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we show you how to replace the rear exterior door handle on this 2003 Nissan Altima. It's the same process on these Altimas from 2002 to 2006, and we show you how to do this on the passenger side, but the driver side is the same procedure. The items you need for this are a new rear exterior door handle from 1AAuto.com, a flat blade screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver, and a 10 mm socket and ratchet.
In your pull cup here, there is a small little screw cover. Just pry that out and removed the Phillips screw that's under there. Now, carefully pry up your switch panel. Then, disconnect the window switch by pushing on the tab on the harness. Behind you door handle there's this little panel, you want to remove that, and then remove the Phillips screw in there, and then the one in this pull cup. Once those are removed, just pull out along the edges of the door panel to separate the clips on the back. Then, lift the door panel up and off. On the back of the door panel are these two cables. You want to pull them out of the door, push them forward and disconnect them. Here, we're carefully removing the water shield. We're using the utility knife to kind of cut the adhesive. You can do that, or you can carefully pull with your hands. Be careful and not to stretch or rip the water shield.
Removing this bracket is optional. We do it so you have a better view of what we're doing inside of the door. Disconnect your power lock by pushing in the tab on the harness and pulling it free. Now, you want to remove your door latch by removing these 4 Phillips screws. You can see he's using a Phillips head on a ratchet. If you feel you need more leverage to get these screws out, this is the best way to do it. Once those are removed, the door latch will just pull right out. Now, remove these two 10mm bolts on the back of the exterior door handle. Using a flat blade screwdriver, pry the tab at the bottom of the door handle. Once that's pried free, the door handle will pull right out. On the left is the old door handle. Once that's pried free, the door handle will come right out.
On the left is the old door handle. On the right is the new one from 1A Auto. You can see that the new one is black. If you want it to match your vehicle, you can buy a can of spray paint at a store and get a similar color, and match it that way; or, if you want the exact color, you can go to an auto parts store with a paint department, and they can match the color, and fill an air charged paint can with it, and you can spray it with that. Now, you want to remove your door handle rod from the old door handle by just flipping up that clip, pulling the rod out, putting it into the new door handle, and flipping down the clip on that. Now, feed your door handle into the door. You want that tab on the bottom of it to snap into place. We'll fast forward as Don replaces those two 10mm bolts. Now, you want to make sure the door handle rod goes into this hole on your latch. So, when you feed the latch in, you just want to lift that door rod up, and drop it into place. Fast forward, as Don replace that 10mm Phillips head bolt and those 3 Phillips screws on the side of the door latch. Reconnect your harness.
Push your cables and harnesses back through that water shield and push it back up into place. Replace the bracket if you removed it. Now, to reconnect them, you want to clip them in, push them forward, and push them back into the door. Now put your door panel up onto the window seal and push it down, and then hit around the edges to reactivate those clips. Make sure your window switch harness come through.We'll fast forward here as Don replaces the Phillips screw in the pull cup, and the Phillips screw behind the door handle and replaces that little cover. Now reconnect your window switch, and push the switch panel down into place. Replace that other Phillips screw in the pull cup, and the screw cover that goes over it. You're all set.
We hope this video helps you out. Brought to you by www.1AAuto.com, your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the Internet. Please feel free to call us toll-free, 888-844-3393. We're the company that's here for you on the Internet and in person.
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