What's up, guys?
I'm Andy from 1A Auto.
In this video, I'm going to show you how to replace the front door latch assembly on this
2010 Toyota RAV4.
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I'm going to take a trim tool, and just get underneath this trim right here.
Slide it out, there's a little clip.
I'm going to take this piece off right here, this little trim cover.
It goes under here, just use the trim tool, grab that.
There're clips that hold that in, clips right there on top, bottom, and on the front.
I want to take this cover off, and just use the trim tool right here.
Get under there, pry that out.
There're clips that hold that in.
Two right there, a clip there, there, and there.
Take the trim tool, go in right behind here, slide up.
This slides right out.
There're clips right there, a clip right there, and the sides.
This just makes it easier to disconnect this connector, rather than leaving this connected.
There's a little lock right there, push down on that lock.
If you take a trim tool, get in right here, right here.
You can't pull on the wires because it's separate from the connector.
There we go.
It slides up like that, and then you can disconnect the connector.
There's three Phillips head screws right there.
I'm just going to use a Phillips head screwdriver to take these out.
If you have to, use a magnet to get them out.
Take that one out.
I'm going to take a trim tool and go around the door panel.
Some clips, just twist to the side a bit.
Just grab the door panel, slide it up slightly, slip it out.
There you go, comes off nice and easy.
Disconnect this connector right here, this little tab.
It'll help if you use a pocket screwdriver, just slide that out.
I'm just going to take a razor blade or a utility knife, peel back on this, and then
we can trim this, just cut it.
This is butyl tape.
Generally, you can re-stick the old butyl tape when you put the vapor barrier back.
If you need to, you can always add some butyl tape.
All right.
The handle really doesn't fit through there, and I don't really want to rip it anymore
so I'll just take the handle off.
Pop these cables off, just like that.
Pop the green one off.
Remember, the green one goes on the lower part.
The green one is for the handle itself, and the white one is for the lock.
Slide that through there, and slide the wire through there.
Now we have more access.
All right, I'm going to hook up the window switch.
Just slide this in, because we want to put the window up.
Lock that in, turn the key on, and put the window up.
We can turn the key back off.
I'm just going to leave that connected.
Just take a pocket screwdriver, get underneath this little grommet right here, pull that
off.
Then, you're going to take a T30 socket and ratchet, loosen up this bolt right here.
Then, the cover on the outside, you're going to want to wiggle the cover.
Just use a trim tool, so I don't scratch the paint.
There we go, and slide that out just like that.
The screw doesn't have to come out completely, it's just going to loosen up.
You can pull that out.
There is a rod that comes down, that is the window channel.
There is a bolt right here, so I'm going to take that bolt out so I have some more room.
Just use a 10 mm socket and ratchet.
Take that out, and we can just move it out of the way.
Actually, if I slide it down, you can slide it off the window channel, the rubber piece.
Just set that aside.
There's a lock rod ... This actually goes to the handle to open the door.
We just want to pop this tab off, and slide it to the side.
Then you pull the rod out, pull the rod towards the car.
There we go, just pull that out.
I'm going to take these bolts out here.
Use a T30 socket and ratchet.
Now, I can just grab the door latch, slide it out.
Slide it out down here, just like that.
Here's the old part.
Here's the new door latch assembly, from 1AAuto.com.
As you can see, the shape is the same, it's machined the same way, the latch is in the
same position.
It has the same connector, right there and right there.
We'll transfer the cables over in a minute.
Then, the backside.
This lever is the same.
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All right, I'm going to transfer this rod over.
This is what goes to the door handle to release the door.
Just slide it out, and just slide this up.
Transfer it over, just like that.
Whether you're replacing the door latch assembly, or the cable, we're going to transfer these
over the same way.
Just take this cable.
I like to do them one at a time so I don't get them mixed up.
Then, just slide it out there.
We can transfer it over to the new one.
This goes in like this.
Slide it this way, and lock it down just like that.
Now, to transfer this one over, you just take a straight blade screwdriver or a pocket screwdriver,
get underneath here, pop this cover off.
There we go.
There was a clip right there, and these clips right there.
It's hard to get underneath them, like that.
Then, just take this cable, slide it up just like that.
Then, you actually have to physically move the cable up like that, because it's a little
S bend right there.
Transfer it over.
Just go through that hole.
Then, we want to lock this down, just like that.
Once that cable is all the way set, take the cover, and lock it in place.
All right, I'm going to go from underneath here, slide the cables through there.
Then, take this.
Now, remember that weather strip or that window channel, the rubber piece, just pull that
out of the way.
Go behind that, and get this lined up.
That looks pretty good right there.
You want to try to make sure you have the screws close to you when you go to put these
back in, so you can grab them.
Get those screws started.
Take a T30 socket and a ratchet, and we'll snug these up.
All right, I'll just snug them up a bit more, now that they're all in there.
That's good.
Now, we want to take this rod and slide that through the handle, back where it was.
All right, that's all the way through.
Then, push down on the lock, to lock that in place.
Take this window channel, then take the rubber weather strip or window channel slide, slide
that back on.
All right, as long as that bottom part is in the right position, you just grab the top
part and try to wiggle it and it doesn't move too much, you're probably in the right spot.
Put that 10 mm bolt back in there, 10 mm socket and ratchet, snug that up.
Take this assembly right here, this houses the lock and the cover.
Slide that back into position, and then we can tighten down this screw right here.
Take the T30 socket and extension, and try to get this started first.
Then, with that started, I can snug this up.
Not too tight.
Take the cover, and just slap that back in place.
All right, I want to put this door panel back together.
I'm going to disconnect this connector.
This has that weird connector, that the connector separates, and this piece separates from the
connector.
It just slides up, just like that.
Disconnect that, set that aside for now.
Now, I'll take the vapor barrier.
I want to slide this wire through this hole that it was in when we took it apart, and
same with these cables.
These cables are going to go through here, just like that.
Line this all up.
Take this connector, slide that in.
Now, we're going to reattach the cables.
Just slide this one, this one goes into the bottom one which is for the handle.
Lock that in place, and then the white one goes on top.
That's for the lock.
Just like that.
You can double check to make sure that works properly.
Good.
Now, we'll take this door panel.
We want to slide the wiring harness through there, and then take the handle, slide the
handle through there.
Get that in position.
That looks good.
Now, we're going to slide the panel from up top, near the window, get that lined up first.
Once that's lined up, just check to see if these pins are lined up with the holes.
When they are, just give it a little tap, go all the way around like that.
Feel and make sure the panel is flush with the door.
It looks good.
Now, I'm going to take these screws.
The longer ones are going to go in where the handle is, right there.
Use a Phillips head screwdriver, tighten that up.
This one is going to go right here, where the handle is, the door handle.
You're going to put this cover on first.
It doesn't really matter which order you put them on.
Lock that in place.
Put this cover on, right here, lock it in place.
Take the window switch.
I'm going to line up the connector, push that in, and then push that little lock down.
Position this right here first, and then push down on the front, just like that.
Take this little cover, line this up, lock it in place.
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