My 99 LH car's front passenger door panel rattles on bumps. I suspect
the dealer didn't replace the clips inside the door panel. (It was
opened up several times to fix the window and also to fix the
microswitch that disarms the alarm when the key unlocks the pass. side
door).

The service manual says the clips are good three times and should then
be replaced. Shame on me for not requesting the dealer redo it at the
time, but the last time they worked on that door was well over a year
ago and it's not really noticeable all the time or in warmer weather
(plastic parts expand?)

The rattle seems to come from somewhere between the manual door lock
control and the armrest. Is replacing the clips inside something I can
reasonably do myself? If I remove the door panel is it easy to find and
do, or do I have to worry about window and door innards spilling
everywere and falling apart? I believe the clips that do this job are
called 'white clips'. Hopefully this is the cause of the rattling. Not
a major concern, but it is an annoying one on bumpy roads.

The clips at the bottom of the door (per TSB 23-04-00) were installed so
that's not the issue. (99 Intrepid ES)
Thanks!

"Greg Houston" <gh114 (AT) no (DOT) spam> wrote

If the clips were no good and you suspect them as being the cause of the
rattle, then your door panel would not fit on tight and you would see that.
If you have a rattle in the door, chances are it is one of the rods/linkage
or wire harness that go to the latch beating on the door/panel causing the
noise

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

Greg Houston wrote:
Make sure they put all the screws back in, including three screws at
approximately 120° intervals around the door speaker (not the screws
that hold the speakers in, but in deep wells in the door panel). A
screw that goes in vertically on the pull cup in the arm rest is
critical. Another screw in the recess around the inside door handle.
And the white clips that you mentioned (there are two per door) - and
yes *you* can replace them. They slip in and out of open-ended slots in
the panel.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

the door panel is also held on by screws around the speaker and at the
bottom
i would bet the screws at the bottom are too tight and the door panel is now
cracked and broke there
i hope u kept good records so u can go bac and complain
and when they say u did it u can say i don't fix stuff because i pay u
folks to do it
and now it's brokesince u fixed it and they don't have a leg to stand on


Greg Houston wrote:

Greg already said that he has the clips at the bottom of the door
isntalled and that that is not the issue. I also mentioned the 3 screws
around the speakers.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

philthy wrote:

Bill Putney wrote:

I think all of my screws are there. The rattle (boy is it annoying seems
to be coming from just below the manual lock control, so hopefully there is a
bad clip behind that area that can be replaced. I'm getting ready to order a
bunch of parts (hopefully online if I can find a dealer with an online part
number lookup). From my 98-99 LH parts catalog (dated 2002) I found three
part numbers that look like they could be the clips I'm looking for. However
it's not easy to tell from the diagram which part is the one I need:

Image Part # Description
#10 6035 807 12 CLIP, Door Trim
#11 6504 014 AR FASTENER, Door Trim Panel, [White], Attaching
#12 6503 204 AR FASTENER, Door Trim Panel, [Green], Attaching

Do you know which is the proper part, or are all of them needed to hold the
door panel?



[Some other parts I'm ordering are MH08TL2: sun visor holder (I broke mine
somehow), 4591100AC:air filters, Bright Platinum touch up paint, and the TSB
23-04-00 door bottom clips (for the driver's door--looks like 0UB4715DAA
(Quartz color) should do the job.)

My homelink garage door transmitter has *very* limited range, and sure enough
there is a TSB -- 08-19-00 for that issue. It calls for an updated antenna,
part # 04602316AA, so I think I'll try to get one of those too.]