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DOOR PANEL THE POWER CONTROLS FOR WINDOWS AND LOCKS HAVE FALLEN DOWN BEHIND DOOR PANEL

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  • apples122 Oct 13, 2008

    Will I have to remove the entire door panel or can I remove the piece that is right by the door handle, and if so how do I remove?

  • tina_miss_da Nov 24, 2008

    How do you remove the door panel to fix it?

  • Marvin
    Marvin May 11, 2010

    You will have to pull the door panel, but what is the question?

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Most likely some kind of repair to the door panel will be needed, they should'nt have fallen out, so it is best to remove the panel, it only takes about 5 minutes, worked on 100's of Mustangs like yours, that was an average time.

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And the Screw or Screw along the Bottom of the door panel.
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After the screws are out 4 I believe. The Use of a CLip tool ir best.
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