Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing window regulator motor -V14-/-V15-

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / General body repairs, exterior / Front door, central locking / Door components / Removing and installing window regulator motor -V14-/-V15-

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Note

Removal and installation are only described for the left window regulator motor. Removal and installation of the right window regulator motor are similar.

The door control unit -J386/J387--4- is separated from window regulator motor -V14/V15--1-.

The door control unit -J386/J387- is clipped into door.

Removing

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1783-

Removing and installing window regulator motor -V14-/-V15-

–	Remove front door trim → General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr.70.

–	Secure door window against sliding down with adhesive tape.

–	Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers. Remove ignition key.

–	Disconnect connector -3-.

–	Remove bolts -2- (Qty. 3).

–	Remove window regulator motor -1- from mounting brackets of cable drum.

Installing

WARNING

If a new window regulator motor (door control unit) is installed, the additional functions and the excess force limitation feature have to be coded!

Removing and installing window regulator motor -V14-/-V15-

–	Position window regulator motor -1- on mounting brackets of cable drum. Move door window up and down slightly so that the splines between window regulator motor and cable drum engage more easily.

–	Connect connector -3-.

–	A new window regulator motor must be coded using → Vehicle diagnostic tester.

–	The work procedure and notes on the automatic window raising and lowering system as well as on the excess-force limitation feature can be found in → Booklet.

Further installation is performed in the reverse order of removal.

Specified torques

Bolts → Chapter „Assembly overview - window regulator“

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