Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing window regulator motor -V26-/-V27

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / General body repairs, exterior / Rear door, sliding door, wing doors, central locking / Door components / Removing and installing window regulator motor -V26-/-V27

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 is clipped into door separated from window regulator motor.

Removing

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1783-

Removing and installing window regulator motor -V26-/-V27

–	Remove rear 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 -4-.

Installing

WARNING

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

Removing and installing window regulator motor -V26-/-V27

–	Slot window regulator motor -1- onto mounting brackets of cable drum -4-. Move door window up and down slightly so that the splines between window regulator motor and cable drum engage more easily.

–	Tighten bolts -2-.

–	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

Door handle bracket → Chapter „Assembly overview - window regulator“

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Removing and installing window regulator

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