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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 rear door lock actuator on this 2003 Mercury Mountaineer. It's the same part and similar process on these Mountaineers from 2002 to 2010 and it's the same years on the Ford Explorer. We show you on the driver side but the passenger side is a similar procedure. The items you'll need for this is a new rear door lock actuator from 1AAuto.com, a flat blade screwdriver, a 6mm and 7mm socket and ratchet and a T27 Torx bit.
Start off by prying out on the bottom of this panel and then pulling out to release the clips. Then slide it towards the front of the car and off the door handle. Now roll this panel out while pulling up on the front. Slide it forward and then just push the tab on this harness and disconnect it. Then remove this 7mm bolt and this 7mm bolt right here. Now lift your door panel up and out and your door panel's free. Peel back your water shield in this top corner and you can see Mike uses a razor blade to help separate the adhesive.
Now, using a flat blade screwdriver, just pry this clip open and then pull the door handle rod free. To give you more room while you're trying to remove the exterior door handle, we recommend you just lift up this yellow clip on the back of the interior door handle and pull your lock rod free. Remove the 6mm bolt underneath your interior door handle. Slide the door handle forward and just push this cable out and disconnect the cable. Then just pull the cable through your water shield.
Using a flat blade screwdriver, push in the tabs on this clip and pull the cable from the door. Then remove these three T27 bolts. We'll just fast-forward as Mike does that. Pull the door lock actuator towards the opening and then just lift up on this yellow clip and pull the rod free. Push the tabs on these harnesses to disconnect them.
With your assembly out, the actuator just slides on here, so take your screwdriver and just pry a little bit to make sure it's moving some. There's actually a tab right in, put your screwdriver in and twist. While you're twisting, work the actuator off. Actually if you lock this back up, it gives you a little extra room and the actuator comes right off.
There's a tab here and a tab here on the actuator, so they go into this slot and into this slot. Then there's an arm here. You have to make sure that goes into here, so put it into place and start sliding it on. Then make sure that your actuator goes into where it should here. Let's see here, I don't have it down quite far enough to push it down on there. Make sure that arm's going in and squeeze it on and slide it on.
Make sure that's open and I'm going to reconnect my harnesses here. The grey one goes here and this one goes right here. Put this in the door and then take my door handle rod or my lock rod actually, oops, I got to put it into the door and lock it in place. Bring your assembly up, take, carefully, outside door handle rod, and make sure it doesn't get caught up in there. Let's see. There we go. We'll fast-forward as Mike finishes replacing those bolts and then tightens them up.
Pull the cable back through your water shield. Then take your interior door handle and reclip the cable into the handle. Then just push that cable back into the bracket and then push in the tabs on the door handle and then slide the door handle back. We'll just fast-forward as Mike replaces that 6mm bolt and tightens it up.
All right so you want to make sure that your door is in the unlocked position. Back is locked. This way is unlocked. Then you want to hold your lock and unlock switch. Basically, here because that's unlocked, that's locked so hold it in the unlocked position. Pull it forward, make sure it's unlocked, put into your clip, and you can see and just lock the clip down. Reclip the door handle rod and just close the yellow clip over it.
Now push your water shield back into place. The door handle is held in by all these hooks, so if you take the water shield for any reason just make sure that everything is lined up so the hooks can go in easily. You can actually hook the bottom ones on first, just push the panel up, you may have to move it up a little bit, make sure it goes against the door all the way, and slide it down. Now replace those two 7mm bolts and tighten them up. The top one helps if you feed it back into place with an extension. Reconnect the harness and this tab slides in first. Take this panel and just slide it behind your door handle. Push those tabs back into place. Push the clips back in on the front.
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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Brought to you by 1AAuto.com, your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the Internet.
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 door lock actuator on this 2003 Mercury Mountaineer, and we show you on the driver side, but the passenger side is the same procedure, and it's the same part and similar process on these Mountaineers from 2002 to 2010 and for the same years on the Ford Explorers. The items you'll need for this are a new door lock actuator from 1AAuto.com; flat blade screwdriver; a 6, 7, and 11 mm socket and ratchet with an extension; and a T27 Torx bit.
You want to make sure that your courtesy lights don't stay on so you don't drain your battery. Just make sure you turn those off. Pry out from the bottom of this panel with a flat blade screwdriver. Then just slide the panel towards the front of the vehicle and off the door handle. Then lift up on the front of your switch panel and then slide it forward and up. Then push the tabs on these harnesses and disconnect them. For this last one, you're going to want to use a flat blade screwdriver and push in on the tab and pull it free. Your switch panel is free. Now you want to remove this 7mm bolt and these two 7mm bolts right here. We'll just fast-forward as Mike does that. Pry out the switch and then just pry out the tab on the harness and disconnect the harness. Then feed that back through the door panel. Lift the door panel up and then pull it back. Push the tab on this harness to disconnect it, and your door panel is free.
Remove this 6mm bolt and slide the door handle forward. Pull it out and just push this cable free. Then, using a pick, unclip the lock rod. Once you've opened up the clip, use the pick to lift the rod up and out of the clip. Now unclip the cable from inside the door handle, and your door handle is free. Peel back your water shield. You can see Mike is using a razor blade to help separate the adhesive.
Pull this cable from these clips, and then, using a pick, open up this yellow clip right here and then pull the door handle rod free. Remove this 11mm bolt right here, and we'll just fast-forward as Mike does that. Remove these five T27 Torx bolts, and the two farthest from the latch actually hold in this brace. You want to make sure you remove those first, pull the brace out, and then remove the three closest to the latch. Lift your door lock actuator up until you see this yellow clip and push it off this rod. Pull that rod free, and then, pull the latch and actuator assembly from the door, and just disconnect these two harnesses right here. To do that, you just push the tab and pull the harnesses free.
Now, to remove the actuator, you just want to pry out on these tabs on the side, and then stick the flat blade screwdriver underneath the center of the actuator and twist it to release the clip under there, and then just slide the actuator off those rails.
You've got this tab here and this tab here. They go into these slots, respectively, and then you just have to make sure this goes into the activating arm, so line it up. Push it down make sure that's going into the arm, and then push it on the rest of the way.
Next, put your lock back up in place. Replace and tighten up that 11mm nut. Reconnect those harnesses to your actuator, then push that rod back into the yellow clip, and re-clip it. Then, feed the actuator back down into the door. Re-clip this lock rod back into the lock bezel, and then, line up the latch and replace those three T27 bolts. We'll fast-forward as Mike replaces those and tightens them up. Put this rod back into place, and then, replace those two T27 bolts. Push the handle rod back into this yellow clip and close the clip. Then re-clip the cable back into these clips. Make sure if you disconnected this harness that you push it back into place. Once everything is clipped, push the cable back through the water shield and push your water shield back into place.
Take your new door handle, clip the cable back inside the handle, and then re-clip it to the lock rod. The easiest way to do this is just open that clip up, pull the lock rod in with the pick, and just set it into the clip. Once you have it in place, push it down into the clip with your finger and then close the clip back up. Push that cable in and then push your door handle and slide it back. Then, replace that 6mm bolt and tighten it up.
To replace your door panel, just reconnect this harness, and make sure you push the harness for your mirror switch through. Then push the door panel into place and slide it down. We'll fast-forward as Mike replaces those three 7mm bolts and tightens them up. Reconnect this switch and push it back into place. Then reconnect your switch panel and slide the back end first. Then push the front end down. Then slide this panel back over the door handle and push those tabs back into place. Then push in the front. 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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