Reviving an old thread. Both of my doors broke the same day and kept getting worse until they both would not close the SAME day. Talk about coincidence.... I knew they were breaking because they kept getting harder and harder to close. I bought the parts preparing for riskydnb to fix them for me. The pair ended up costing me $75 so they have come down from $75 each. It is not as hard to replace as I thought they would be.
1: Buy parts, they are in stock normally because they are a common part that breaks
2: Roll down window
3: Carefully pull door panel plugs out
4: Carefully pull black cover off of the door pull
5: Remove lower panel under door pocket by twisting lock plugs and lifting panel off
6: Remove screws from under plugs, in door pull and very bottom of door panel
7: Carefully remove filler plug over door lock plunger
8: Carefully pry door panel straight out, use trim removal tool if you have it
DO NOT LET PANEL FALL, it still has the door opening cable attached to it, it will break a clip, trust me I learned the hard way
9: Roll the window up. Window down made panel removal easier
10: Unplug window and door lock wiring on rear of panel. One plug on passenger side three on drivers side. Remove door opener cable from handle by UN clipping it and lifting the rod out of the hole in the handle
11: Remove door speaker and un plug wires
12: Use a long reach Torx head to remove bolt from door jamb
13: Use a long reach Torx head to remove 2 bolts sunk in the leading edge of the door, very hard to see, done by feel and try not to drop down inside the door. If you do, find someone with skinny arms to reach down inside to retrieve. Both of my arms ended up with large bruises. A magnet MIGHT work, it did not for me. If you have to reach down in very carefully pull the tape and plastic up to UN cover the openings in the door.
14: Remove the Torx bolt holding the stopper to the body of the door. As you do,this reach up through the speaker hole to grab the stopper and maneuver it out of the front of the door and then out the speaker hole
15: Reverse for installation
DO NOT FORGET TO REPLACE WIRING PLUG/s and DOOR OPENING CABLE