I need help removing the right rear door panel. The window fell into the door.

[Traveling Bill]

I was searching for info on how to remove the rt rear door panel on my 2005 Explorer because I am one payment away from owning this vehicle and want to keep it in good shape for a good long while. I came across this forum and decided this would be the best place to get first hand knowledge on probably just about everything I'd need to look into in the future. Yesterday afternoon I went to lower the window in rt rear door and it made a clunk sound and the window just dropped from closed to two thirds open! The dealership wanted to charge me a lot of money - almost a monthly payment, to fix the problem, so I figured I'd have look at it myself. Now, mind you, this is the 3rd time I've had this problem with that door since I purchased it. I thought that there might be an ongoing problem, since that window doesn't get much use compared to the front windows. So, my first job is to remove the door panel so I can have a look at what is going wrong in there. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank's, Traveling Bill

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! I've renamed your thread, and moved it into the stock 2002-2005 section. It sounds like the track is bad.

 

[BigRondo]

Try this thread, thanks to borland for the awesome write up: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=249253

It's for the driver's door on an '02 but should give you the guidance you are looking for. Hope this helps.

 

[Traveling Bill]

Thank's BigRondo for the info link on removing the drivers side door panel. It gave me enough basic guidence to remove the rt rear door panel. Within 5 minutes I had the window switch panel removed, which revealed the other screw that had to be removed to then pull the whole panel up and out. I ended up cutting a 1/2 inch by 2 inch by 25 1/2 inche piece of redwood and wedging it under the fully closed window cradle. Then a well tied off piece of trick line secured everything. Putting the door panel back on does take some patience and trial & error on positioning, pressing and lifting all at once. But now at least the window is securly closed and I can start to look around for a more reasonable (less expensive) way to fix the problem. This is a great web site. Thank you all. Traveling Bill

 

[BigRondo]

Talk about field expedience!!

Good luck with getting it fixed.