#2014 ford focus rear door panel removal full#
#2014 ford focus rear door panel removal code#

YouвЂ™ll know you have turned the screw enough when the small handle cover comes off completely. The longer one in the middle didДЄs you turn the screw, keep your other hand on the small part of the exterior handle (not pictured below.) YouвЂ™ll feel it come loose with each turn. The left and right small T25 screwdriver heads didnвЂ™t fit. Not sure what the problem was with the other two heads, but I just thought IвЂ™d mention this in case yours doesnвЂ™t fit straight away. I then tried a longer T25 head (entre) and it fitted perfectly. Two of my short Torx 25 screwdriver heads (left and right below) did not fit this screw easily and when I turned nothing happened. YouвЂ™ll need a screwdriver with a long enough shaft вЂ“ a stubby one will be too short but a normal length one should be OK. In order to remove the outside handle you need to turn this screw anticlockwise. Inside the hole and youвЂ™ll see a T25 Torx screw inside. Hole on left side with plastic cover removed 3. The photo shows the hole thatвЂ™s left after removing the cover. Use your plastic knife to prise off the cover. Open the door you want to replace the handle for and locate the black plastic cover level with the lock on the inside of the door edge.

#2014 ford focus rear door panel removal code#

You can check the paint code for your car by referring to the sticker on the inside of the driverвЂ™s door frame вЂ“ youвЂ™ll find the corresponding colour charts online. I found a set of four from a car breakers for ВЈ20. A screwdriver with a medium/long shaft and T25 Torx head.HereвЂ™s what I did to replace just our exterior handles. ThereвЂ™s plenty of information out there on the internet about doing that.

#2014 ford focus rear door panel removal full#

Replacing the lock is a bigger job and requires taking the inside door panel off to access the full lock and inside of the door. Just to emphasise that this post is about replacing damaged exterior handle covers, not about replacing the actual lock mechanism. There isnвЂ™t much information out there on the internet about replacing these but it turns out that it is pretty straightforward job вЂ“ even for a novice. The door handles on one side of our Ford Focus got caught on a gatepost and both got scratched. The scratched handles on our Ford Focus Mark 2