slonar21

I need to replace my keyless door handle as the touch sensor is faulty, I thought it was pretty straight forward (remove handle via screws in the side of door) but in the WIS they say i need to remove the inside door panel.

Anyone ever changed just the handle, I think because it is keyless I need to remove the door pannel to plug the wire maybe.

I have attached the WIS

I am just replacing part #1, only the handle

So if anybody has any experience with this help would be appreciated, i really dont want to remove the inner door panel...

awiner

I replaced both my handles last year due to the same issue.

You have to remove the inner door panel in order to gain access to the wiring harness plug. It is next to impossible to disconnect and reconnect the plug end with out doing this.

slonar21

How difficult is the panel removal, looks very tedious from the WIS instructions

awiner

Door panel removal isn't too bad. The instructions will walk you through it step by step.

Just make sure to not the orientation of all the pieces as you remove them such as the hook for the interior door handle and how it fits into the stirrup, etc.

slonar21

Just finished and you absolutely need to remove the door panel

Here are good instructions for the door panel removal
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w215...e-cl-door.html