Inside driver side door panel vinyl fell off where door handle is

Well, it's been 9 months - did this work; is it still holding?

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Is the rubber cement still holding after 2 years?

Do you apply the sealer to the foam, the vinyl or what?

Thanks for the tips. I live in Texas and drive a black 2002 Escape. Due to the tremendous heat wave we are having, the vinyl skins on both of the front driver & passenger side doors just gave out at the same time and are hanging down. They are holding on by just the door latch. Today I bought a can of 3M adhesive spray (Hi-Strength 90) from Lowes for $13.97. I'm going to try this fix. But first I will follow your advice and make sure I clean off the yellow foam residue and then seal the panel before I spray with glue. I will post a follow-up to let everyone know what happens. [DB]

When you find him, give him two kicks from me. All four of my panels have just come off. So much for buying American. I am so disgusted with Ford. I'm done.

Yep, give him a couple of kicks for me, too. I thought it was because I have an '03 and because it suffers through the Texas heat every year, but it looks like a lot of people have this problem. I love this vehicle otherwise, but now it's looking pretty trashy without the vinyl on both front panels.

I have a 2006 Ford Escape. My husband blamed it on the Florida heat. I will never buy American again.

It's not just a southern heat thing I live at the North end of Kansas and it is falling off all four of my doors on my 2003 ford escape. I hoping they didn't have the same cheap mindsets when putting the engine together as they did with the interior. This has never happened to any other car I owned. Cheap bastards.

We have a 2006 Ford Escape and the drivers side padded panel where the door handle is came loose from the top seam first then a few weeks later the passenger side came loose. Ford has got to know about this problem, it seems to happen to often. We took it to Grand Prairie Ford here in Dallas and was told it would cost 4,000.00 to replace. Hell the damn car ain't worth that much. Has anyone figured out a good way to fix this crap? Can that little padded panel be removed from the door panel? I find it strange that it would cost 4,000.00 dollars to fix it when you can find door panels on the internet from 49.00 to 150.00 for the entire panel.

It's very embarassing indeed, I am embarassed to open my door, and the fabric is a mess, glued various times at no avail, it's a Ford problem for sure, and when I tried to pull the vinyl to fix it, there is not enough fabric, you pull one side and the other comes off, for the price we pay for our cars, they at least should have enough fabric or a better system to keep the panel looking great for ages...I took the car to Ford, and they sent me to a mechanic, because "they don't fix this..." hun?

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On a separate website for Taurus/Sable owners, we've discussed this problem. No one has an answer. Shame on Ford for such a sloppy, defective assembly in such a simple thing as door panel trim. We've tried various epoxies, but none seem to hold in hot weather. Will keep watching here for a solution.

I was doing some research and found a 3M product called 'Rubber and Vinyl 80 Spray Adhesive'. It says it 'forms a durable, high strength bond to vinyl, leather, laminate, wood and most rubber and plastics'. I guess the key word there was 'most'...but it also says it resists temperatures over 200°F! Good for when the car gets like an oven! Think we will give that a try. Is it one you've already experimented with?

Haven't tried that product. Problem in the Taurus is there is a large amount of space between the trim piece and the door panel. Need to find a way to fill that up. Putting huge blobs of epoxy gets contact between the 2 pieces but the epoxy doesn't hold in heat.

I have two blocks made of firm foam material that I think would hold up nicely with the glue and I believe it's just about the right thickness to connect the panel to the inside of the door. Haven't tested it yet. It's anybody's guess if this will work at all, right? We'll give this a shot and I will post the results. I cringe just thinking about doing this job and we certainly don't want to make it any worse! I still don't know why they can't sell us clips/fasteners to replace the ones they know are going to break! )o;

Has anyone tried the 3M line of automotive double stick tape? Some of the reviews on Amazon say it holds anything. My Ford dealer recommended it as well. I just put mine back on using 3M double stick tape. Will keep you posted as to how long it holds. (The roll is still in the truck - will have to post which specific type and size.) I put it around all 4 edges and pounded it in with a rubber mallet to make it really stick. (When all else fails, use brute strength!)

My last post was July of 2013. Since then I've had to re-glue the door panel on the driver's side. Instead of using a can of 'super' spray glue I decided to use a hot glue gun. It works fine. You can kind of pile it up so there is plenty to fill the space when you press it back on. Just be sure to press it firmly into place and hold it until it cools good so is won't slip. Not sure how long it will last but I figure hot glue has to get pretty dang hot to melt so it should hold in hot weather. We shall see when summer rolls around again. (o;