Tool Usage: Designed to remove various types of plastic fasteners found on weather stripping, fender liners, & other plastic parts
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Plastic Fastener Remover - Available on 1A Auto
How to Remove Rear Interior Panels 2008-12 Ford Escape
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Plastic Fastener Remover
Trim Tool Set
1. Removing the Rear Trim Panel
Open the liftgate
Remove the bottom liftgate trim by pulling it up
Move the carpet to the side
Pull up on the rear seat to fold it forward
Pry up the two push pin clips on the rear passenger door panel with a trim tool
Fold the seatback forward
Starting at the passenger door end, pry the rear trim panel away from the body
2. Replacing the Rear Trim Panel
Replace the rear trim panel by sliding it in bottom first and then firmly pressing in all the mounting clips
Make sure the rear passenger door weather stripping is over the panel
Return the seatback to upright position
Replace the rear passenger door trim piece
Return the seat bottom to upright position
Replace the bottom liftgate trim
Replace the carpet
What's up, guys? I'm Andy from 1A Auto. In this video, I'm going to show you how to remove this interior trim panel on this 2012 Ford Escape.
If you need any parts for your vehicle, click the link in the description and head over to 1aauto.com.
Open up the lift gate. Come back here. You want to take this panel off first. Just grab underneath ... just like that. Set it aside.
You can just pull back this carpet, slide that aside.
This panel needs to come off, so we need to move the seats.
All right. I'm just going to grab under the back of the seat here, pull up, fold it forward like that.
I'm going to remove this panel. I just need a trim tool to gain access to this panel, to get underneath here. It's just a clip holding this in. And just pry up like that. Oh, the clip fell out. That's okay.
All right, on the front side over here there's a little push pin. Over here, just get in behind the panel and push this out. There we go. All right, now we can pry underneath this push clip. There you go. That one's pretty long, too. And then we can slide this forward a little bit, and we're going to have to pull the seat down. And here, keep the seatbelt out of your way.
Just get in behind the panel and push it. Might have to use the trim tool. There's just clips holding it in. Just grab it, give it a good tug. If that door comes off, it's no big deal. Slide this forward, and just slide this out.
Now we're all set on the inside here, so I'll put this interior body panel back on.
Just slide this in. Once it's in position, you can start pushing it on. It just clips in place.
The weatherstripping right here has to go over the panel, so just grab it and fold it over just like that. Make sure that hole lines up right there.
Push the seat back there.
Now this little push clip is going to go right in here just like that. And I'm just going to slide this push pin out. Get this in position. Push that down, and push the other push clip over here. There we go.
Close that door. You can push this seat back underneath.
I'll just take this trim piece, line this up just like that. Push it on.
And we can take the carpet, put that back in position. And take this door that fell off, and slide that back on.
Thanks for watching. If you want the parts to do it yourself, check out 1aauto.com, the place for DIY auto repair.
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great supplier
Richard
June 24, 2021
it's good to have the right tool for the job.
These guys came through for me
You need this
Jonathan
July 30, 2023
You need this to remove those plastic clips holding the body/bumper panels on. Works exactly as expected. Without it, you'll just break the clips.
The tool I didn't know I needed.
Matthew
June 12, 2024
I have used this multiple times to remove plastic pushpins, door panels, etc. Works great, the rubber bumper helps to avoid damaging body paint and unnecessary pressure to other components when prying. I Highly recommend adding this to the tool box.
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