The 2001 BMW 3 Series cars enjoy a larger 3.0 litre inline six-cylinder engine, which provides increased potentiality over the 2.8 litre engine used in the 2000 models. An all-wheel-drive choice was and available on 330xi cars, enabling you to place additional aptitude to the wheels when it is needed most. The 330xi came with a host of influence accessories, including dynamism windows and ability locks. The interior panels on the rear doors can be removed to access the inner workings of these accessories or to alternate the panel itself.
Instructions
Door Panel Removal
9. Replace the two screws at the top of the door panel and tighten them. Push the plastic trim piece back into position until all four clips snap into place. Gently pry elsewhere on the baggage to Proceeds the retaining clip. Pry absent on the trim to Proceeds the three remaining clips -- which are spaced evenly along the trim parcel -- in the duplicate style. Remove trim portion and field it aside.
2. Remove the two screws from the door panel revealed after the trim collection was removed with a Torx T-20 screwdriver. Create a indication of where the screws came from as they are colorful sizes.
3. Pry the two screw caps from the front borderline of the door arm rest with the exclusive effects. Remove the two screws revealed with the Torx T-20 screwdriver. Slide the special tool under the rear contour of the potency window switch and pry upwards. Lift the switch upwards and unplug the wiring connector from its back side. Remove the screw in the cavity where the switch was removed with the Torx screwdriver, then remove the arm rest from the door.
4. Insert the special tool in between the door panel and the structural part of the door along the rear vertical side. Pry out on the tool to release the retaining clips. Work around both vertical sides and the bottom horizontal edge of the door panel to release all of the clips.
5. Grasp the door panel at the sides and pull it straight away from the door to release the retaining clips along the top horizontal edge of the panel. Hold the panel away from the door as far as the attached wires will allow. Pull the wiring connector straight out of the speaker. Use the special tool to pry the power window switch wiring from the retaining clip and the door handle cable from the clip on the back side of the panel. Remove the door panel from the door.
Door Panel Installation
6. Position the door panel a few inches away from the door. Push the door handle cable into the clip on the back of the door panel. Route the power window wiring through the switch opening through the back side of the panel. Push the wiring into the retaining clip on the back side of the cable. Push the speaker wiring connector into the terminal on the speaker on the back side of the panel.
7. Line up the tabs on the top edge of the door panel with the retaining clips on the door. Push the top of the panel inward until all the clips snap into place. Push along the sides and bottom of the door to engage the remaining clips in the same manner.
8. Position the arm rest onto the door panel and replace and tighten all three retaining screws. Plug the power window switch back into the wiring connector. Push the switch into its cavity on the arm rest until it snaps into place. Snap the screw covers back into place.
1. Agape the rear door. Contain the exclusive part extreme the edge of the plastic trim piece that runs horizontally along the top border of the door panel. Close the door.
