Retention and guide assembly for a vehicle door

A vehicle door retention and guide assembly comprising:

• an elongated first sidewall configured to be connected to a door panel of a vehicle door;
• an elongated second sidewall coupled with and oriented transverse to the first sidewall;
• and
• an elongated retaining flange coupled with and oriented transverse to the second sidewall, each of the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the retaining flange extending from a first end toward a second end, the first and second sidewalls extending from the first end to the second end, the retaining flange extending from the first end toward, but not entirely to, the second end,
• the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the retaining flange at least partially extending around and bounding an internal recessed volume,
• the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the retaining flange shaped to receive a roller of a control arm extending from a vehicle body between the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the retaining flange, the retaining flange positioned to engage one or more of the control arm or the roller and retain the roller within the internal recessed volume between the second sidewall and the door panel of the vehicle door.