Recommendation: To remove the door, you can unscrew the bolts that attach the hinges to it (access to the bolts is difficult, but you can unscrew them with a ring wrench). However, in this case, the door will have to be held on weight, with the risk of dropping it, damaging the paintwork of the body. It will be even more difficult to make bolts when installing the door. Therefore, work should be done by disconnecting the hinges from the body (as below).
To perform the work, you will need an assistant, as well as a piece of thin steel wire about 1.5 m long.
Removing
1. We prepare the car for work (see "Preparing the car for maintenance and repair").
2. Remove the door trim (see "Tailgate upholstery - removal and installation").
3. On the connecting blocks of the wiring harness laid in the door, we mark the color of the insulation of each wire connected to it.
4. Disconnect the block of the wiring harness from the block of the wiper motor-reducer (see "Rear window cleaner - removal and installation"). In the block that supplies voltage to the block of the gear motor, with a slotted screwdriver with a thin blade or an awl, we press the locking antennae of the wire tips. Disconnect the wires from the block.
5. In a similar way, we release the tip of the wire that supplies power to the additional brake signal from the block (see "Spoiler - removal and installation").
6. Shoot "massive" wires from the door lock stud (see "Tailgate lock - removal, installation and adjustment").
7. Disconnect the door glass heating element wire (see "Tailgate glass - removal and installation").
8. Pull the wires out of the tailgate.
9. Inside the car, removing the decorative trim, with a socket wrench by 17 mm Loosen the seat belt top bolt.
Warning! Be careful not to lose the spacer located under the bolt.
10. Using a Phillips screwdriver, unscrew the two screws securing the lining of the rear pillar.
11. We release the trim from under the glass seal and remove the upper part of the trim from the rack. Similarly, we remove the lining on the other side of the car.
12. Remove the rear handrail pad. Using a Phillips screwdriver, unscrew the screw on the rear fastening of the handrail.
13. Remove the handrail base plate.
14. Similarly, disconnect the rear mount of the handrail on the opposite side of the ceiling.
15. With a puller or a slotted screwdriver, we remove the latches of the three holders of the rear of the headlining.
16. We take out the holders.
17. Remove the gas stops (see "Door gas stop - removal and installation").
18. We remove the edges of the upholstery from under the glass seal and remove the back of the upholstery from the ceiling at a distance of 5-7 cm.
Warning! To avoid bending the headlining, do not apply force.
19. Under the upholstery of the ceiling with a socket wrench by 10 mm with a ratchet, we turn off two nuts securing the door hinges to the car body and remove the tailgate.
Warning! One of the left hinge nuts secures the tip "massive" wires. When installing the door, do not forget to connect them!
20. Socket wrench if needed by 10 mm unscrew the two bolts securing the hinges to the door frame and remove the hinges.
Installation
1. Before installing the door, we pass a wire bent into a loop through the left side of its frame. We bring the end of the loop out of the hole for the wiring harness.
2. Install the hinges on the door.
3. Install the door in the opening of the body. Putting a tip on the hairpin of the left loop "massive" wires, wrap the hinge nuts (without tightening them).
4. If there is a lock on the door, remove the lock latch (see "Tailgate lock - removal, installation and adjustment").
5. We close the door and make sure that its position in the opening is correct and the gaps are uniform along its perimeter.
Tip: The design of the hinge fastening does not provide for adjusting the position of the door, so if the door in the opening is crooked, contact the service station (you may need the help of a tinkerer).
6. Tighten the hinge nuts, install the lock retainer.
7. With the help of a wire, we stretch the wiring harness through the door frame.
8. With a slotted screwdriver with a thin blade, we fill the outer end of the protective tube of the wiring harness into the door hole.
9. We put on the ends of the wires the connecting blocks in accordance with the marking made and connect the blocks to the wiper and an additional brake signal.
10. We fasten the upholstery of the ceiling with holders.
11. We install the lining of the rear pillars of the body and fasten them with self-tapping screws.
12. Using a slotted screwdriver, we correct the edges of the side window seals (the edges of the seals should be located on top of the lining and upholstery of the ceiling).
13. We check the performance of the wiper and the additional brake signal.
14. After making sure that the wiper and the additional brake signal are working, we install the tailgate upholstery (see "Tailgate upholstery - removal and installation").