How do you remove doorpanel on an 2005 Buick lacrosse or allure?

Answer 1

Start by removing the three bolts. 2 are located under the rubber insert in the door handle and one is behind a plastic cover plate in the door release. Remove this plastic cover carefully as it has brittle plastic tabs to hold it in place and they easily break. If they do break, just use a touch of glue from a glue gun on to gently hold it in place.

Once the bolts are removed, carefully pull the door liner away from the door. There is a specific lever tool that you can buy to help you with this. I didn't have one and managed to pry it apart using my fingers. Again, do this carefully as the plug holders on the reverse of the door skin can break off if you are too heavy handed.

Then, once it has been freed all the way around, it's just a case of lifting it up to release around the window sill. You may find it easier to do this with the window fully down to give you more room. Also be careful to lift over the protruding lock latch.

Once the skin has been lifted off, you will need to release the door latch cable (using pliers) and disconnect the wiring loom for the windows. Remember to close the window before disconnecting if you are not putting it back together straight away!

To put it back - just reverse the process remembering to locate all of the push plugs properly so that there is no loose fitting.

Easy operation that takes five minutes to remove.