How do you remove the window switch panel?

Clive618 · 11-11-2007, 12:27

How do you remove the electric window switch panel from the driver's door armrest? There is a rattle coming from somewhere in mine which I want to sort out. I've released the clip at the back with a bent srewdriver but it simply will not budge any further, even after using considerable force. I can see two white plastic pins or something inside as I try and pull it away, but can't work out what's stopping it from coming away.
I've removed the blank panels on the rear doors before without difficulty and thought the front ones would be the same, just with the electrics attached, but there seems to be more to it than that.

ric04vrs · 11-11-2007, 13:02

there are 3 clips around the edge of the trim , gentle levering will be required to free them off

myfatcow · 11-11-2007, 16:26

hope this helps

from the thread http://www.briskoda.net/forums/ice-s...how-pics/9647/

Clive618 · 11-11-2007, 21:21

Thanks for the advice, I'll have another go when I have a bit more time. When I removed the rear door trims, I released the clip on the inside of the armrest using a bent screwdriver through the little hole in the base of the armrest. That way, by pulling the panel upwards, away from the door, the outside clips released without needing to be levered. I thought the same would apply to the front but there seems to be something within the armrest that is stopping it from lifting away from the door.

11-11-2007, 12:27	#1
Clive618 Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 65 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	How do you remove the window switch panel? How do you remove the electric window switch panel from the driver's door armrest? There is a rattle coming from somewhere in mine which I want to sort out. I've released the clip at the back with a bent srewdriver but it simply will not budge any further, even after using considerable force. I can see two white plastic pins or something inside as I try and pull it away, but can't work out what's stopping it from coming away. I've removed the blank panels on the rear doors before without difficulty and thought the front ones would be the same, just with the electrics attached, but there seems to be more to it than that.

11-11-2007, 13:02	#2
ric04vrs I parked up 1st Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: not near enough to the Ring Posts: 6,096 Thanks: 29 Thanked 177 Times in 172 Posts	Re: How do you remove the window switch panel? there are 3 clips around the edge of the trim , gentle levering will be required to free them off __________________ not so bored now

11-11-2007, 16:26	#3
myfatcow Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: kent Posts: 573 Thanks: 25 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Re: How do you remove the window switch panel? hope this helps from the thread http://www.briskoda.net/forums/ice-s...how-pics/9647/ __________________ Andy

11-11-2007, 21:21	#4
Clive618 Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 65 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: How do you remove the window switch panel? Thanks for the advice, I'll have another go when I have a bit more time. When I removed the rear door trims, I released the clip on the inside of the armrest using a bent screwdriver through the little hole in the base of the armrest. That way, by pulling the panel upwards, away from the door, the outside clips released without needing to be levered. I thought the same would apply to the front but there seems to be something within the armrest that is stopping it from lifting away from the door.

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