Carrier Assembly, Rear Door Window and Quarter Window, Removing and Installing
Carrier Assembly, Rear Door Window and Quarter Window, Removing and Installing
Door window and quarter window are contained in following description "Removing carrier assembly".
Window regulator, door lock and loudspeaker are secured to carrier assembly.
Window regulator is part of carrier assembly delivery casing and cannot be replaced individually.
Carrier assembly can only be removed when door window is removed from window regulator. For this purpose, door window must be driven down to height of installation hole in carrier assembly and spreader pins must be removed.
If it is not possible to drive down door window by electrical window regulator, first exact cause of malfunction must be determined.
To do so, using Scan Tool (ST) V.A.G1551, check DTC Memory of comfort system (address word 46).
If there is an electrical fault via window regulator motor, this can be removed from carrier assembly.
Removing
- Remove rear door trim.
- Remove housing, see removing lock cylinder housing.
- Pry out cover cap -1-.
- Lower door window until spreader pin -2- and spreader plug -3- are accessible in window cut-out.
NOTE: If work step is not possible due to a malfunction via electrical window regulator, window regulator motor can be removed to be able to slide window down.
- Screw in a 5 mm bolt (approx. 70 mm long) into spreader pin -2- and pull out from spreader plug -3-.
- Now screw in a 8 mm bolt (approx. 80 mm long) into spreader plug -3-.
Note: When screwing bolt into spreader plug, do not use excessive force on anchor otherwise it may fall backward into door.
- Pull out spreader plug from window regulator guide and thereby from door window.
- During this, Bowden cable must be pressed to side from window using a screwdriver.
- Pull seal -1- off center frame to window shaft seal -2-.
- Pry out cover cap -3-.
- Remove visible bolt.
- Using a screwdriver -1- , lift catch -2- and remove filler piece -3- upward out of window frame.
- Grip inner window recess seal -1- using pliers -2-. Then, move pliers in direction of -arrow- and simultaneously lift off window recess seal -1- from door flange using a light turning motion upward.
- For easier removal of window recess seal, pliers may be supported using a wedge -3-.
- Slide door window -1- upward and remove inward -arrow- from door.
- Remove window guide -1- in upper area and remove bolt -2- at center frame.
NOTE: Bolt -2- is gradually being discontinued. Therefore, center bar is clipped into door at top. The remaining work remains identical.
- Remove hex bolt -1-.
- Remove center bar -2- from quarter window seal -3- and remove downward from top of window guide.
- Remove center bar -1- upward from door.
Quarter window, removing
- Remove window guide -1- from door flange -2-. Rotate lower area of window guide outward 90� -arrow A- and then remove window recess seal -3- upward -arrow B-.
- Now quarter window can removed from door at corner -arrow-.
Continuation when removing carrier assembly
- Remove boot -1- off B-pillar.
- Disconnect wiring connector -2-.
- Unscrew bolts -arrows-.
- Remove bolts -1- (for lock).
- Remove upper carrier assembly off door, lift and lift out of door toward hinge side -arrow- of door.
- Next, loosen two clips for electrical wire from reinforcing plate in door and disconnect wire from boot.
Installing quarter window
- Insert quarter window into door (arrow A). A soapy solution can be used as a lubricant to ease the installation.
- Position window guide -1- to door flange -2- from exterior and turn 90° to exterior.
- Install window guide, as shown in illustration, into window shaft.
- Press window shaft seal -3- downward (arrow B) onto door flange.
- Insert window guide -1- into door flange -2- and complete assembly.
Remaining installation is in reverse order of removal.
Installing carrier assembly
- Pull operating lever -1- in direction of arrow.
- Tension spring -2- which is secured on door lock in direction of arrow with a screwdriver and hook spring into locking lever.
NOTE: Hooking the operating lever in locks the lock and prevents incorrectly attaching the bowden cable later.
- Guide electrical wiring through boot into door and secure clips in door panel.
- Install carrier assembly in door.
- Insert all bolts and tighten bolts marked -1- and -2- in sequence. Tightening torque: 8 Nm (71 in. lb).
NOTE: The remaining bolts can be tightened in any sequence.
- Remove window guide in reverse order, install center frame and door window and connect door window with window regulator.
Remaining installation is in reverse order of removal.
- Check function of door components.