Removing the Electric Window Panel on V70 (00-07)

[jellison]

Anyone know how to get this panel out without breaking it?

Tried on here, but no reply http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?p=135...

[mnkiboy]

Have you not posted in the wrong section on there? You've posted it in the V70 2007 onwards section, rather than 2000-2007.

[jellison]

Yep just worked that out

[Super Slo Mo]

The door card is a piece of cake to get off. If you don't mind waiting a day or two though (on hols at the mo), I'll go and have a look at a door card I have and see how the switch comes off.

[jellison]

Super Slo Mo said:

The door card is a piece of cake to get off. If you don't mind waiting a day or two though (on hols at the mo), I'll go and have a look at a door card I have and see how the switch comes off.

That would be fantastic - have tape over the button at the mo to remind me not to use it, as it works sometime but not others. Thanks again.

[jellison]

Super Slo Mo said:

The door card is a piece of cake to get off. If you don't mind waiting a day or two though (on hols at the mo), I'll go and have a look at a door card I have and see how the switch comes off.

Slo Mo, got the below from the Volvo Forum (once I'd reposted in the right year section(!).

The switch unit clips in from behind, into a mounting that is glued in place, so you will have to remove the door card to get at the switch box itself. But fear not, it's dead easy. Once you know how, the door card comes off in 2 minutes, and shouldn't break anything.

1. Pull off the black triangular trim that covers where the mirror goes 2. Slip a thin blade in between the two halves of the door-pull moulding, preferably at its base, and prise off the outer half.
3. Use a torx screwdriver (IIRC T25) to remove the two screws recessed into the remaining door-pull moulding.
4. Use a small, blunt ended spike to press in the centre pips of the 9 plasitic fasteners around the sides and base of the door card.
5. Gently ease the door card away from the door, lifting it over the lock button. Be aware that there are several electrical connectors behind it, so don't pull it away from the door just yet, but support it while you reach behind it.
6. Disconnect the speaker wires, the door handle bowden cable (just pull it sideways to unclip it from the housing), and the two multi-plugs connecting into the window switch unit.

You will now see how the switch unit is mounted - a locating torx screw at the bottom, and tab-clips at the top. You can prise it out of these clips with a small, flat bladed screwdriver, but make sure you undo the topmost tab-clips, as the others that you will see serve to hold the box together.

To refit the door card, reconnect the wires (the door handle cable just clips back in place), then hook it over the top lip and the lock button. Now remove the centre core from the 9 plastic fasteners, and push each outer piece into each fixing hole. Now insert the centre core and push it home. Replace the two screws, press the door-pull outer piece back in place, and then the black triangular trim.

Be aware that with the switch box removed, you will get a "Door Open" warning if you start the car. This will also prevent the remote locking from working, and keep the interior lights on (at least for a while). You can manually lock all the doors except for the tailgate, which has no manual locking facility on some cars.


PLUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UpoWWpP2U

[Super Slo Mo]

Ok, saves me digging it out of the pile of interior bits I have. Volvo's do seem to be delightfully simple to work on though, everything seems to have been designed to be easily stripped and rebuilt.