Mintygooner Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Hi all I'm totally new here so please forgive me if I do anything wrong.I've had my 2000 freelander 1 td4 since new and for the first 16 years she has not had hardly any issues with breakdowns,sadly I think she is starting to show her age and has started having problems. They seem to all be situated in drivers side door , firstly the window only opens about 2" then stops working, and now the door will not unlock from the fin only from the key !!!. Sorry if I've waffles hope you can help me . Thanks Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenlivet Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 You need a new window motor and a new door lock mechanism, mine was like this when I bought it and the faults are common. You save some money on labour by having both done at the same time. Expect all the windows and the sunroof to suffer the same problem! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 As there are two problems in the same door, I would be checking the wiring going from a-pillar to the door before replacing parts. It could be just that these have frayed and broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mintygooner Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 Thanks for your help guys I'll investigate those options. If the motor was defective and need replacing how does it open the window for a few inches then come to a stop ?? I'd have thought if the motor was busted it would not shift the window at all ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab56horse Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 As Glenlivet says this is a very common problem, on my Freelander 1 i had, at one time, all four windows, sunroof and a rear door lock actuator fail. Water gets into the motors and corrodes them.. And yes they can go part way down and stop ! I managed to strip, clean and re-grease 3 of the window motors, working just great, the 4th one was to far gone so it was on to ebay to get another motor and door lock. The sun roof however looks like a daunting task with major dismantling work needed, Think i will leave this for another day /month/year, we don't get a lot of hot weather up in the north of Scotland anyway ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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