Front Door Latch Replacement
Without Super Locking
NOTE: Put on gloves to protect your hands.
  1. Remove these items:
  1. Raise the glass fully.
  1. Pull the glass run channel (A) away as needed, and remove the bolt, then remove the center lower channel (B) by pulling it downward.
  1. Remove the screws (A, B) securing the latch (C), then remove the latch through the hole in the door. Take care not to bend the outer handle rod (D), the latch cable (E), and the inner handle cable (F).
  1. Remove the screw, then remove the latch protector (A) by releasing the hook (B).
  1. Disconnect the latch cable (A) and the inner handle cable (B) from the latch (C).
  1. Install the latch in the reverse order of removal, and note these items:
    • Make sure the actuator connector is plugged in properly and each rod is connected securely.
    • Make sure the door locks and opens properly.
    • When reinstalling the door panel, make sure the plastic cover is installed properly and sealed around its outside perimeter to seal out water.
With Super Locking
NOTE: Put on gloves to protect your hands.
  1. Remove these items:
  1. Raise the glass fully.
  1. Driver's door: While holding the outer handle cover from outside of the door, loosen the bolt until it can be pulled out half-way by hand, and then release the hooks of the outer handle cover, then remove the cover.
  1. Driver's door: Release the hooks, then remove the lock cylinder from the outer handle base.
  1. Pull the glass run channel (A) away as needed, and remove the bolt, then remove the center lower channel (B) by pulling it downward.
  1. Remove the screws (A, B) securing the latch (C), then remove the latch through the hole in the door. Take care not to bend the outer handle rod (D), the cylinder cable (E) (driver's door), the latch cable (F), and the inner handle cable (G).
  1. Driver's door: While pressing a middle flange portion (A) of the outer casing cover (B) against the latch, pull both outside flanges (C) of the retainer (D) upward.
  1. Driver's door: Pull the middle flange portion (A) of the outer casing cover (B) up, then disconnect the cylinder cable (C) from the latch.
    NOTE: As soon as the cable comes off the latch, the shutter (D) goes down into the connector (E).
  1. Driver's door: If the retainer (A) of the lock cylinder cable (B) is damaged, release the hooks (C), then replace it.
  1. Remove the screw, then remove the latch protector (A) by releasing the hook (B).
  1. Detach the latch cable (A) and the inner handle cable (B) from the latch (C).
  1. Install the latch in the reverse order of removal, and note these items:
    • Make sure the actuator connector is plugged in properly and each rod is connected securely.
    • Make sure the door locks and opens properly.
    • When reinstalling the door panel, make sure the plastic cover is installed properly and sealed around its outside perimeter to seal out water.
    • Cylinder cable installation: Before installing the cylinder cable (A) to the latch, hang the elbow of the shutter (B) on the boss (C) as shown. Next install the cylinder cable fully into the connector (D), then push the retainer (E) until it snaps to engage the latch and the door cylinder securely. Make sure the elbow of the shutter is on the boss.