Rear Door Window Regulator: Service and Repair

Rear Side Door Window Regulator Replacement (Impala)

Removal Procedure

1. Position the front door window with a 6.3 mm (1/4 in) space at the top.
2. Tape the window to the window frame.
3. Remove the rear door trim panel. Refer to Rear Side Door Trim Panel Replacement Service and Repair.
4. Remove the rear door water deflector. Refer to Rear Side Door Water Deflector Replacement (Impala) (Service and Repair).
5. Disconnect the rear window from the rear window regulator carrier plate. Refer to Rear Side Door Window Replacement (Impala) (Service and Repair).




6. Disconnect the electrical connector from the rear window regulator motor.




7. Loosen the bolts on the rear window regulator motor.
8. Loosen the bolts on the rear window regulator rail.
9. Remove the rear window regulator, lifting up and out from the key slots on the rear door inner panel and through the rear access hole.

Installation Procedure




1. Install the rear window regulator bolts half way into the rear window regulator motor and the rail.
2. Position the rear window regulator rail through the rear access hole first.
3. Position the rear window regulator motor through the rear access hole.

Notice: Refer to Fastener Notice in Cautions and Notices.

4. Install the rear window regulator into the key slots.

Tighten the rear window regulator motor and the rail bolts to 10 Nm (89 lb in).

5. Remove the tape from the rear window and position the rear window to the rear window regulator carrier plate.
6. Connect the rear window to the rear window regulator carrier plate. Refer to Rear Side Door Window Replacement (Impala) (Service and Repair).




7. Connect the electrical connector to the rear window regulator motor.
8. Install the rear door water deflector. Refer to Rear Side Door Water Deflector Replacement (Impala) (Service and Repair).
9. Install the rear door trim panel. Refer to Rear Side Door Trim Panel Replacement Service and Repair