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Posted on May 14, 2009

Rear window broke. Heard something break and fall within door. How hard is this to repair myself?

My 2000 S80 rear passanger window suddenly just broke when I tried to roll it up. I heard something break and fall within the door. How difficult is it to remove the door panel and fix this? I don't want to pay a dealership big $$ to fix this.

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