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Tesla Model 3: Door - Rear - LH (Remove)

Tesla Model 3 2017-2025 Service Manual / Body / Body Panels / Door - Rear - LH (Remove and Install) / Door - Rear - LH (Remove)

Door - Rear - LH (Remove and Install)

Remove

  1. Open the rear LH door, and fully lower the window.
  2. Pass a shop towel halfway through the striker, and close the door so that it rests against the shop towel.
  3. Open the front LH door.

Door - Rear - LH (Remove)

  1. Release the clips (x4) of the rear LH door electrical harness seal at the B-pillar, and pull the wiring harness out of the B-pillar bulkhead.
  2. Pull the rear LH door wiring harness connector out of the B-pillar, and then tuck the harness into the cavity at the front of the rear LH door.
  3. Carefully open the rear LH door, and then close the front LH door.

Caution:

Do not allow the leading edge of the rear LH door to crush the wiring harness or connector against the B-pillar.

Door - Rear - LH (Remove)

  1. Disconnect the rear LH door electrical harness, and then rotate the connector exiting the B-pillar 90 degrees, so as to prevent the connector from falling back into the B-pillar.

Door - Rear - LH (Remove)

  1. Remove the bolt that attaches the door check to the B-pillar.

Caution:

Unbolting the door check allows the door to swing freely beyond opening limits.

Door - Rear - LH (Remove)

  1. Use a dry-erase marker or tape to mark the mounting locations of the door hinges on the door.

Door - Rear - LH (Remove)

Door - Rear - LH (Remove)

  1. Loosen the upper bolt of each hinge that attaches the rear LH door to the hinge by approximately 5 mm.

Door - Rear - LH (Remove)

  1. With assistance, remove the lower bolt of each hinge, and then unhook and lift the door away from the vehicle. Door - Rear - LH (Remove)

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