How to change the window regulator assembly on your Land Rover Range Rover Sport

So your window stopped working. Well it's ok its a common problem on these cars. The good news is that your most likely problem is your window regulator. This is easy to test. If you hear the that something wants to move then look down through the window hole. If you see two white assemblies moving then your regulator is ok and your glass clips are broken (like the car in this procedure, had broken clips) but you have to take your regulator anyways to fix them, so one way or the other you are doing this...

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Here is the procedure on how to change it.

First off you need to pull the tweeter speaker: Just grab it and pull the top, then pull the front upwards to undo the clip then sllide it forward. If you pull the top and look with a flash light you'll see what I'm talking about.

Now you need to pull this plastic cover in your door handle.

With the cover off, you need to remove these three screws. The one on the right of the pic needs a bigger screwdriver.

The door panel has a grand total of five screws as seen in the pic below (the first three you should already have removed in the previous step). The screw at the handle has a little cover. I recommend removing this cover with a razor blade.

With all five screws neatly removed (I hope you are making note of where they go!) you can pull the door panel. Start at the bottom and work your way to the top. Then pull up on the door panel because at the top it attaches with some pain in the behind clips. With the door panel detached, you have to undo the three connectors for the window switch, the connector for the courtesy light and the cable for the door handle (should just pull out.)

Now you have to remove the speaker, just undo the connector and remove the four screws. This is when we figure what is going on. 



Three possible scenarios.

• The window retaining clips broke. This is what happened to this car. Here is a pic of the stupid window retaining clips. So peak through the hole for the speaker and try to see the bottom of the glass to see if this is what happened. If everything seems attached then this is not your problem. If this is your problem then you need to fish the glass out. This is hard and a pain I know but dont worry so much about scratching the glass because... (as of today)... you have to replace the whole glass. Dumb Land Rover won't sell you the clips separately. With the glass out just continue the steps.

 

•  The second possibility is that your regulator broke, in which the retaining clips are still attached but the cables or something else gave out. A bad regulator usually comes with lots of pieces at the bottom of the door assembly.
• Thirds scenario is that your motor is bad, in which case you need a new regulator assembly because the motor comes with the regulator.

Now you need to remove the glass. If the retaining clips broke you can just fish it out. If not then you need to detach it. This involves placing a screwdriver carefully not to scratch the glass between the glass and the clip and releasing it. Here is a pic of the clip so you know what I'm talking about. The top part is what you are prying. The fish out the glass carefully.

 

Now with the glass removed remove the four bolts and two nuts that hold the regulator.

Twist the regulator 90 degrees and fish it out.

 Reverse the procedure to install. The only thing that is a bit confusing (but you can figure it out if you made it this far) is attaching the door cable to the door handle. Make sure the panel is able to open the door before you clip the panel back in place!