This item maybe called a xmas Tree or Klecko. if it is a cap over a screw then a small screw driver or knife blade would have done the trick. If a Klecko or
xmas tree you can get behind the panel. I have xmas Tree pliers that work for the job but what you want to do is pry the panel off fairly straight. Use a rag
between the door and a beefy screw driver and try to get the tip of the screw driver to touch the Klecko. Then Pry it off trying not to break, Bend or scratch
or hurt anything. c-ya Jonce
I cant tell what fastener you have without looking at it but those are the 2 most common.

>Also - and this is going to sound pretty daft - I cannot get the little
>black plastic buttons off the inside panel on the rear door.  I am
>assuming that behind these little black buttons are screws that fasten
>the panel, which is that fiberboard stuff covered with a thin sheet of
>plastic, also black, but when I try slipping a knife or other blade
>under the edge of the button, I am unable to pop it off.  The buttons
>are very thin and flexible, so they flex, but do not come off.

>Your help would be much appreciated.

>Steve

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