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Volkswagen Jetta Driver’s Door Panel How To Remove 99 to 05
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If you replaced the door latch with a used one that could be the problem – if you used a new one I’d suggest adjusting the door latch and striker plate on the door pillar to see if you can get the lights to stay off.
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Replacing my wife’s passenger side door latch. HUD and door light are staying on most of the time, unless door is aggressively slammed, yet eventually the lights will turn back on. Need help with removal and installation of new part. I have the part in hand as well. I’m sure I could figure it out but an all day project is not worth it to me.
Thanx a bunch! By the way with your help my ‘project’ with repainting my interior door panels is going GREAT!
Chad “generally speaking” since I can’t remember taking out an 03 rear seat – – if you see some bolts at or close to the bottom edge of the front of the seat cushion near the carpet then remove them – if no bolts take your palm and push hard on cushion towards the rear of the car – if that doesn’t work, wedge open with your hands where the bottom of the seat back meets the rear of the seat cushion and look for screws/bolts
GREAT video! Would like to know if you can post a video with removing rear seats of a VW Jetta ’03 model. I cant seem to find out how to remove them for minor cosmetic.
ok thanks, im going to check that first, greetings from tijuana, baja california, mexico 🙂
Yes you need to take the driver’s door panel off to replace the fuel door swirch – but first I’d check fuses and see if the latch isn’t binding or damaged first.
i need help ! 🙂 i have to take the door panel to change the fuel door switch?
You may need a special tool to get the window crank off – usually available at a parts store – other than that it should be fairly similiar – don’t know for sure since I havent done one
Can you help me remove the door panel on a 2000 jetta with crank windows? the door panel seems to be different than the video above.
great clip, clear, neat, understandable 😉 cheers
thanks saved me a lot of aggrivation norm
Thank you very helpful
great video, very helpfull!
i got a question, how do you change the door handles on the panels?on the inside
Check all doors an there lock and nothing
The key will work without the remote – the reason the alarm light might not be coming on all the time is the one or more of the doors isn’t properly locked – if all locks are not properly pushed down the alarm and light wont work
I lock all doors b4 and sometimes it turns on the flashing light is on an sometimes they don’t .
Plus I don’t have the bottoms key (fob key) just a copy
The alarm wont work if the doors aren’t locked so try locking all the doors from the inside by hand then get out and lock the driver’s door with the key – that might alarm it – also try using the remote even though the door is locked let me know if t works
I just got a 99 vw jetta manual Windows , I don’t know nothing about this cars, why the bottoms of all doors and trunk don’t work there’s no noise of clicking eather,
Is it off or what’s going on, I don’t have the original fob key it’s a regular key an when I lock my door my alarm doesn’t turn on .
Plz help
Thanks. I thought not, so for $228 parts and $180 labor it is fixed. Can’t wait for the other three to fail.
Nope –
Very well done video. I am having trouble with the driver door latch sensor system in my 2003 Jetta. From what I have read it is either the microswitches or bad solder on the door sensor unit. Is that easier to remove than the door panel shown above?
Is it the same for 07 and up?
Thanks to this video I could replace the driver side mirror; that I was needed to remove the door panel first to get to the mirror on my VW Jetta 2003
Thks for the vdo,.
Anything is possible – that being said this is specalty work – give it a try if your up to it otherwise find an auto upholstery guy – the switches should be screwed in or clipped in.
hey mark, i have a mark4 gti, the door panel looks exactly the same. First I’m wondering if the same tools and method you used will work for me.Also,I am looking to replace the plastic piece that holds the actual door handle as well as window controls. is it easy to dis assemble the electronic window switches from the plastic after dis connecting wire? haha one more quesiton, I want to get the leather that surrounds the plastic re upholstered. is it possible to remove that section?
Heheheh…at 3:12… ‘and pull like a bugger!’ Great video! Going in the garage now to pop the panel open to repair the window regulator. Thanks for the DIY!
Great video, Mark!
I have a 2004 Jetta and my Monsoon stereo stopped working. It’s frozen on one station, but there is no sound. The eject buttons, display, and the volume indicator work, but the CD Player and the other radio tuner buttons don’t respond. In a forum, I read that someone fixed this problem by removing the driver-side door panel and pulling out fuse 42 for 30 secs and then reinstalling. This puts the radio in “safe” mode, which can then be reset. Any thoughts?
VW are great forn the first 3 to 4 years then they start having electrical problems – so… it might be a good idea to trade it in since they do have a good resale price compared to others
HEY CAR QUESTIONS GUY, I have an 206 VW jetta 2.5 130k and i have a blown head gasket AND A FAILING transmission. So many issues im at my wits end! Should I get these issues fixed or just try and trade this car in??
😉 nice video
I really appreciate the quick response. Unfortunately this seems like a bit of work….I guess I’ll have to clear a day next weekend and a trip to Home Depot to get some matching rivets. Thanks again!
It isn’t a screw at all its a rivet – so you need to get a drill bit a little larger than the hole in the middle – stick it in the hole and drill – it will likely stick to the drill bit at some point and you just pull it out – you’ll need to put in a rivet or find a short sheet metal screw when replacing the speaker. Most manufacturers rivet various things since its fast and cheap
Following up on the speaker question….i popped off the door panel and can’t figure out the ‘screw’ that holds the speaker in. Its a little larger than a flat/philips head but just has a small round hole. does this mean i need to take off the bolts for the secondary (?) door panel and detach it from the back side? Or can you replace with a special type of screwdriver or some other way with just the panel you show being taken off (01 Jetta). Cheers!
Yes you need to take the panel off to remove the speaker
does the speaker grill come off without removing the door panel? or do you need to remove door panel to unscrew the grill from the door panel assembly? thanks and great videos btw!
I’m in the same boat as Sanfracisable, the fabric I have there just looks awful. There has to be a way the fabric area is attached to the door piece as a whole. Those three black screws perhaps? But I want to reuphoster the small fabric area of the door without purchasing a whole new door panel.
lol
You do need to take off the door panel – I’d take it off and send it to a shop that can handle the work.
Hello, the area around the handle, which is cover by either leather as per your video or just lining as in mine… can it be removed without having to remove the whole panel?
The reason is that the lining in the door panel is coming out looking horrible and it needs to be replaced/glue back. I’m planning to do it myself, however when I went to the dealer to have an idea of what it would need to be done, they mention that the whole panel would have to be replaced.
Please let me know!
A little different - you pop off the part of the handle – 2 screws behind it
There is a slight difference – you have to pry off the cover on the door handle first to get to the screws for the door handle
Awesome job
Thanks. Are the rear doors the same?