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Hi, I'm Mike 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 outside door handle on this 2004 Dodge Stratus, same as any '01 to '06. Tools you'll need for this repair include a small flat blade screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver, a putty knife or door panel clip tool, and an 8mm socket with a ratchet and extension.
Use a small flat blade screwdriver, and down in the pull cup here, pry up a little trapdoor, there's a little Phillips screw in there. Then, in behind your door handle, there's another Phillips screw in there. Then there are three Phillips screws: one there, there, and then one on the back edge here. I'm just going to fast-forward as I use a Phillips screwdriver and remove six screws in all. This triangle here you can just pull out and off. Now all you need is a putty knife. You want to get it down in behind the door panel here, slide it down, and pull it out. Then start to pull the pins and then the door panel comes up. Right here is your lock harness. There's a little button, press on that to disconnect it. Then, on your latch rod, there's a clip. Reach in behind with my finger, pull that clip off, and then the rod comes up and off. Then, lastly, down here is your window harness. There's a button right in the middle. You really got to push that button, work the harness out, and then your door panel is off.
Once your door panel is off, you want to check these aqua clip pins here because there could be pins stuck inside of them. Use a pair of needle nosed pliers to pull the pins out. Reinstall them on the inside of your door panel. I'm showing this in fast motion here, but you want to carefully pull back your water shield. You want to avoid ripping it as this provides sound deadening as well as protection from water and stuff for the inside of your vehicle.
We're going to go inside the door here and then you can see. Let's see, you can't see, but there's a rod with a little red clip on it. Reach in, push the clip off, and pull the rod out. Then do the same thing: reach down, pull that clip off, and take that rod out. Now there's an 8mm bolt right there, and then one you go in at an angle and get right there. I've got an 8mm socket with an extension and a ratchet.
Here's our old handle and our new handle from 1A Auto. We sell both the smooth kind that you can paint to match to the car - as well as the textured kind.
You'll want to switch your latch rod and your lock rod. The latch rod is just like the bottom. Flip that clip off, pull it out, put it into your new handle, and clip the rod on. To help with this latch, take a small screwdriver and pry that clip out. Your latch comes right out.
Take your new handle and take your latch. Your new handle, you might need to pry out on this clip a little bit, get it to come out, clip it in, make sure you push the retainer all the way back in. Now it goes back in. As you're putting it in, make sure you push this rod back behind the window channel. Then you pretty much put it up and in and it clips in place. Now I'll just take my bolt with my extension and socket and a flashlight, shine it up in there and get it started. Same thing here, shine your light up underneath, put the bolt in, and get it started. Then, this rod, you're going to have to pull down a little bit on your mechanism, push the rod in, and then reach in and lock it on. I'll just take this and stick it back a little bit to make sure our door's unlocked. Put our water shield back in place and we're ready to put the door panel back on.
To put your door panel back on, first reconnect your power window switch. Make sure it clicks. Bring it close and reconnect your power door locks. Take this rod, put into the hole, slip the clip right around, and flip it on. Make sure your lock goes through. There is a larger locating tab, it goes into a big hole, once you've got that, make sure your pins go in. Cheat back, make sure all the pins go in correctly. Now it's just a matter of replacing all the Phillips screws. We'll speed up as we replace all those screws and those one down in the door cup, behind the door panel. There's also three at the bottom and then one at the back.
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Hi, I'm Mike 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 remove and reinstall a rear door handle on this 2004 Dodge Stratus. The same as any '01 to '06. On this vehicle the handle is actually not broken, but we do just remove it and put it back just to show you how it's done. Tools you'll need are a small flat blade screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver, putty knife or a door panel clip tool, and an 8mm socket and ratchet with an extension.
To remove the rear door panel we're going to look inside the cup here, and you'll see a little trapdoor. Use a small flat blade screwdriver, pull that up and you can see there's a Phillips screw in there. Same thing here, another Phillips screw and then there are two Phillips screws on the bottom: one there, one there. Once the screws are out put your hand underneath, and then you want to go around the edge of the door panel. You'll get towards the clips and pull them out. Sometimes they can be very difficult to release. There's also a couple up top here.
Lift the door panel up. Behind there's a little clip here. Use your thumb, pull that off. Your harness for your windows is down here. There's a little tab. Push that tab and disconnect it. You may find a couple of your clips don't come with the door panel. Just pull them out and then reinstall them back into their spots on the door panel, and they're ready to go.
Next, you want to carefully peel back the water shield. It's a little difficult on these vehicles. I don't know what in the world they used for adhesive, but it sticks on there good. Carefully peel it back. Try to avoid ripping it as much as you can. Remove this little plug here. You just have to push it and pry it out. Now inside through each hole there is an 8mm bolt, a little difficult to see; a little difficult to film. Here the red arrow is pointing to that from 8mm bolt. We've got an 8mm socket, ratchet, and extension, kind of peek in there. A little tip here, if you put some glue on your socket so it'll stick to the head of the bolt, you'll prevent dropping them. If you do drop them, it's pretty easy to reach down into the door to retrieve them. On this one you want to go up and back some finding the bolt. Take your handle pull it out. Go back, bring the front out and slide it forward and out. Disconnect this rod. A lot of times what happens is they break right here or this rod gives out. Obviously mine's fine.
To reinstall, put it down there like that. Push it in. Then go back, up and in and clip it in place. If you do drop your bolts like you heard me do on the second one, with the handle out is the best time to look down and find them. Taking this one and starting it by hand correct. To get this rear one, what I did was I actually put a little bit of glue and put it in my socket, so that way my bolt doesn't fall out. This is pretty much the most challenging part here. I'm providing some light on this side. Feeding my socket in. Start the bolt. Tighten it up. Finish it up. Put our plug back in.
Fast-forward as I put the water shield back on. I did take this all the way off because, I dropped a bolt, but if you follow my tip of using a little bit of glue in the socket, you won't have to do that. To reinstall the door panel, take your power window harness and plug it in. Take your rod, put it into the door handle, flip the clip around. Put your panel up over your lock knob there. There's a large pin here that lines it up. We can cheat and look back here and make sure the pins are going in. Reinstall your screws. We'll fast-forward here as we reinstall the four screws: one in the door pull cup, one behind the door handle, and then the two at the bottom. Make sure you put the little trim pieces back in the one for the pull cup and the one for the door handle.
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.
