Removal of interior door panel

[Gowman]

Front driver's side, how easy is it to remove, everything seems to be working fine but their is a clunk, like a bit of stuck on wiring harness coming adrift.

All I can see is a couple of fixings at the bottom, just wnated a look to see if it was something obvious but if it's tricky I fear I leave it.

[alf.onso]

Its easy to remove.

Just be sure you get some retainer clips before as they tend to brake.

[myaussieskoda]

Front driver's side, how easy is it to remove, everything seems to be working fine but their is a clunk, like a bit of stuck on wiring harness coming adrift.

All I can see is a couple of fixings at the bottom, just wnated a look to see if it was something obvious but if it's tricky I fear I leave it.

Before you go pulling the door panel off regrease the door lock mechanism with some Krytox (dealer has this stuff) or lithium based white grease. The noise could be exactly what I had, mostly when going over bumps and it turned out to be a dry lock mechanism.

[Gowman]

Thanks guys will try that when the weather gets better

[Gowman]

Anyway, I found a trx socket that removed the two screws at the bottom of the door panel but nothing budged & I fear trying to get it to budge by leverage will wreck the paintwork.

What I did find however was that there is a hole below the speaker & a finger feel confirms that it's is a bit of wiring harness clunking at the bottom of door.

There must be an easy way to get in at it & fix it???

[spencem]

Why not let the dealer fix it, I'm guessing you are still in warranty?

[artichoke273]

Here you go:

http://elsaweb.spaghetticoder.org/doc/C.en-GB.S00.6217.00/35378040/3

[Gowman]

Many thanks artichoke273, amazes me how folks find such detail. Looked complex so I took it to dealer who was very good. They stripped it down & it wasn't a wiring harness issue. They discovered it was the window regulator, when the window is down it's fine but when it's up it's apparently within the acceptable tolerances & just the way it sits.

[Gowman]

However, I still didn't like when, on such a magnificent beast, it was like an empty beer can rattling in the door.

My local garage however came up trumps on it at very meargre cost. It apparently was related to a sound baffle that had come adrfift, now re-glued 7 tied.

It wasn't the simplest of jobs & perhaps wasn't made easier by the dealer's previous butchery & apparent blindness to the problem.

Moral of the story, support your local trader that you know & trust & knows what he's doing.

Well done B, car is a joy again