Front Door Window Regulator: Service and Repair

Window Regulator Replacement - Front Door (Monte Carlo)

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 front door trim panel.
4. Remove the front door water deflector.
5. Remove the inner energy absorber.
6. Disconnect the front window from the front window regulator carrier plate.




7. Disconnect the electrical connector from the front window regulator motor.




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

Installation Procedure




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

Notice: Refer to Fastener Notice in Service Precautions.

4. Install the front window regulator bolts into the key slots.

Tighten the front window regulator motor and the rail bolts to 10 N.m (89 lb in).

5. Remove the tape from the front window and position the front window to the front window regulator carrier plate.
6. Connect the front window to the front window regulator carrier plate.




7. Connect the electrical connector to the front window regulator motor.
8. Install the inner energy absorber.
9. Install the front door water deflector.
10. Install the front door trim panel.