Door speaker cover replacement - CLC Mercedes-Benz Cars & Trucks

Hi, I don't believe that you can gain access to the speakers from the outside, the covers are not removable, they are an integral part of the door trim. You'll need to lift the small round upholstery caps, undo all the screws that hold the arms rest in place and pop-off the panel fasteners to lift the entire trim off the door. Before you can separate the trim, you'll have to also disconnect the wiring sockets and door lock linkages. Only after you lift the trim off you will see the speakers which are screwed onto the interior of the door frame itself. You will also need to lift the plastic dust cover glued to the door frame. Carefull, that black stuff is very sticky and a bit messy to handle.
From memory, they are about 110mm cone speakers and the rubber suspension ring has a tendency to perish after about 8 - 10 years, so I replaced mine with some aftermarket, 200W, 3 way speakers.
But beware, it's not quite that simple. The plastic mounts for the speakers make it hard to insert just any replacement speaker. The mount is actually part of the speaker body and I had to cut mine out with a hacksaw. I also had to do some modifications to the remainder of the mount to attach the replacement speakers. I didn't have any choice as the original speakers had collapsed and rattled like crazy, but the result was worth it. Good luck.

You would have to open the door panel to replace front speakers. Look for any screws around the door handle. look at the whole door panel for any screws so that you may remove the panel in order to reach the speakers. once the panel is free from any visible screws, use a door panel remover ($5-10) and use it to pry off the panel, use it around the door panel push-in connectors, and don't use extreme force, may break connectors. once the connectors around the whole panel are removed. make sure your window is down before the whole procedure. then pick up the panel from the bottom (push up), then the panel should be off the door, if you want to change the speakers, you don't need to take any of the wiring to the window/door lock. simply remove the cover if any over the stock speakers, usually some screws. once the cover/screws are off. the speaker should come off. You will see two wires off the speakers (the red(positive) the black(negative)), once the stock speaker is removed, simply attatch the new speaker to the wires. make sure the negative and positive from the car DO NOT TOUCH, you WILL short circuit and blow a fuse, maybe worse, and it's not worth the time fixing. hope this helps, good luck.

Section 01-09: Mirrors, Rear View 1999 Taurus/Sable Workshop Manual REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION Procedure revision date: 06/25/1998 Mirror, Power-Outside Rear View Removal

1. Disconnect battery ground cable (14301).
   

1. Remove front door trim panel (23942). Refer to Section 01-05.
   

1. Remove radio speaker grille from cover assembly by squeezing or pinching between thumb and index finger.
   

1. Remove two screws from cover assembly.
   

1. Disconnect outside rearview mirror wiring connector (C515-LH; C615-RH). Remove wiring guides as necessary.
   

1. Remove three outside rear view mirror retaining nuts. Remove outside rear view mirror (17682) while guiding wiring and connector through hole in door.
   

Item Part Number Description 1 17682 Outside Rear View Mirror 2 N621906-S36 Nut (3 Req'd) 3 F8DB-17D699-
AAW Cover Assembly Rear Substrate-LH 3 F8DB-17D698-
AAW Cover Assembly Rear Substrate-RH 4 N808968 Screw 5 F8DB-18B984-
AAW Speaker Grille-Standard (No Badge)-LH 5 F8DB-18985-
AAW Speaker Grille-Standard (No Badge)-RH 5 F8DB-18K901-
BAW Speaker Grille-Mach-LH 5 F8DB-18978-
BAW Speaker Grille-Mach-RH 5 F8DB-238A35-
AAW Speaker Grille-Blank (No Speaker)-LH 5 F8DB-238A34-
AAW Speaker Grille-Blank (No Speaker)-RH A - Tighten to 6-8 Nm (54-70 lb-in) ------------------
Trim Panel, Door Front
Removal

1. Remove cover behind inside door handle.
   

1. Remove screw from bottom of pull cup retaining front door trim panel to front door (20124).
   

1. Remove three screws retaining front door trim panel to front door.
   

1. NOTE: Do not attempt to remove more than one pushpin at a time.
   
   Using Rotunda Windshield and Molding Trim Removal Kit 107-R0401 or equivalent, remove the door trim panel by pulling one door trim panel pushpin at a time from the inner door skin.
   

1. Disconnect electrical connectors as necessary. Refer to Section 01-14A.
   

Installation

1. Follow removal procedure in reverse order.
   

1. Replace all pushpins with new pushpins (N808994-S).
   

Front Door Trim Panel

If I remember right, you have to reach your hand in there and remove the clips that hold it in place. you should just be able to flip the clips.

NO' YOU DONT NEED TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL, TO REPLACE SPEAKERS CONNECT WIRING CONNECTOR TO SPEAKER FIT SPEAKER BACK IN GRILLE AND REPLACE RETAINING SCREWS.

Carefully pry the grill out and you can access the speaker and screws.If you have a 9Volt battery you can pop test the speaker with it just make you two short jumper wires and connect to the battery and touch on the speaker terminals if it pops its good if nothing voice coil is seperated. p.s. pry on the lower side of the grill cover.

Hope this gets you tunes!!!

The door trim will have to come off. The upper one will be the first & then the lower next. The lower one has molded L brackets at the very bottom so when you are able to take the lower one off just angle outward a few degrees and simply lift out. The speaker is bolted on the door shell.
The inside door handle has a cover that is slotted. Gently pry that cover out to get to the screw behind it. Most part of the trim is installed with rosebud clips that are pushed in. Usually the inner pull handle has two screws for a secure mount so that the door pull handle doesn't come loose easily.

If you want to replace the speakers, you will have to remove the door panel. Removing the cover will only allow you to clean the cover or remove any foreign matter from the speaker cone.

Does speaker have an external cover on it, on the outside of door panel? if yes, remove it and speaker porobaly has screws holding it in door. if no, just slots/smalll holes, cut in panel & speaker is concealed behind panel, then the panel will have to come off. Once you get to the speaker it's relatively easy from there.

You have to take the door panels off.
The front speakers are 6"
So remove the front door panels, unbolt the factory speakers, bolt the new one in the existing holes, reinstall the door panels.
The grills will look factory, but you will have better speakers. Nice way to keep the good stuff hidden from prying eyes.