This was super helpful! Thank you so much! I am always apprehensive about pulling parts and panels out of vehicals because all of the fasteners are hidden secrets. My issue was not a broken cable, but simply a detached cable that I had to put back into place. But the panel disassembly information was invaluable! Thanks again!
The price to pay is the music and sound effects, however the cost was reasonable considering the help you provided in this exact replacement I had to do. Thanks for the video!!!!
I've always wondered what it would be like to repair a car in the middle of Disneyland and this video not only helped me replace my actuator it confirmed my decision to leave my children and wife in the middle of town town and never go back again...
I just did this to my car and man it was pain!😫 and I have not put it together yet.. so here I go I am about to fix it in the next couple min after I finish watching this. Thanks for the video
I can't get the white cable holder out to access it feels like a strong spring is stopping it moving towards the access hole. Ten minutes after writing that, I just noticed the black rubber cable holder poking out the face of door. I pushed it in and solved the problem!
Very helpful. On mine there's a screw BEHIND the white piece of plastic that takes a right angle tool. 2007 Kia Spectra. Mine broke at the door handle but the cable would still move a little.
My latch cable fail and kept having to open the door from the outside. They want way too much for a new one plus I don't trust the crimped ends so i just used 316 stainless steel tig filler rod alittle thinner than a close hanger wire and cut it to the length of the cable and bent a hook on both ends. You'll never have to deal with it again because the rod won't break and there's no need for crimping any end fittings.
🛑🚨PROCEED WITH CAUTION BEFORE FOLLOWING THIS VIDEO🚨🛑 I can say only one good thing about this video, which there is only one thing,is that it helped guiding, but he left out very important steps to make it seem like a easy do it yourself video, and added in ridiculous music to make it seem like a piece of cake, it wasn't, some key parts of the car had to be manipulated with to try to get into some nooks and crannies that we're vital to fixing the car, what shouldve been easy turned into a nightmare, just please proceed with caution
oh. Window rolled UP might make this process easier.... Thanks for the video! I think this is the last Kia I buy. So many stupid things break that never broke on my Toyota.
If you can't get the actuator released because the metal rods connected to it, follow the rod up and unclip it by the bottom of the window. They have little holes and clamps just like the cable does. I was stuck there. The rest is simple.
Almost exactly a year later, mine broke once again. I had one of those little plastic clips need replacing last year and I got lucky that a mechanic at the local dealership had one in his box that he gave me. So, I notice that in your video you have a white clip. Did you buy that with the new cable or did it come with the cable? If so, could you post the part link or tell me where to get the clip? Thanks in advance!
Wish I had known cables were out there. I am doing the passenger door today and may just take the cable out of the new actuator that was difficult to locate. Even the Kia parts system wouldnt list the part and I sell auto parts for a major retailer.
This video is like 60% helpful. Some steps were missed, like the cable clips on the panel. My lock mechanism has a 3rd screw on the backside, not just the two on the front white plastic piece. Getting the new cable into the lock mechanism in such a crowded space is extremely difficult more time should’ve been spent on offering tips on how to do this. Personally I found the music and especially the sound effects extremely frustrating and distracting. Again I wish more time was spent offering tips throughout the whole procedure rather than trying to make the video cute. If you’re going to make a how to do please make it a thorough. at this point it makes me just want to drive to the mechanic and have him finish the job
@@axlem.6977 Same with me. I can't get the back screw off and don't have any idea how to do it. If you read this and figured it out, please let me know, I'd appreciate it.
I finally got the 3rd screw out. Had to buy a 90 degree adapter for my drill. Good luck getting it back together. The music wouldn’t be so bad if the video was better, but when you’re frustrated because all of the hard parts are skipped, you get stuck listening to the same parts over and over...and you’ll want to kill the next person who walks by.
That white thing on the locking mechanism inside of the door has another screw on the backside that is almost impossible to get to that you skip over in this video. You just show the 2 screws on the front side that are easy to get to, I wish it was this easy. Putting the new wire inside of the door latch mechanism is extremely difficult, borderline impossible because of the tight space and no where to fit tools or fingers, you just skip that part also.
Than you, very much needed. I think I can do this. Is the cable actually broken, can not be fixed? I have a 2008 Kia Spectra do you know the part number?
I was working to remove the white part of the locking mechanism so I could get to the cable to replace it. I couldn't even get a screw driver to fit there to unscrew it, do you have any suggestions? Once I got it free from the tab restraints, there wasn't enough wiggle room to get a screw driver to the screws. Thanks.
Great video but that music though... ☹☹ There was one screw you were missing from that white piece. On my car there was 3 screws, one you unscrew from front then one from the back of the black plastic assembly. I have to find a small angle philips screw driver to get back there otherwise I'll break the black plastic or white piece to get it off.
I have an '06 Spectra and this video is insufficient to use as a repair guide. As many have stated, there is a third screw behind the white plate that is being replaced at 4:47. Worst of all is that installing the door side cable end, at 5:13, is virtually impossible due to a lack of space. The creator totally skips over that operation. Finally, he unscrews a bolt unnecessarily at 3:36 - one does need to unscrew the bolt lower down, but not the one he is showing at 3:36. To be fair, this is not the first time I've tried to work on an '06 Spectra door and found it much more difficult than videos concerning the doors on the '05 or '07 models. I don't know why Kia made the '06 doors so much more difficult to work on.
