How to Replace Rear Power Window Regulator 2005-10 Volkswagen Jetta
Created on: 2015-01-26
Learn how to remove the door panel and replace a damaged or bad rear window regulator motor with the help of the 1A mechanics in this video.
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Pry up the pull handle panel with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the two T30 Torx screws in the door pull
- Remove the T20 Torx screw on the bottom of the panel
- Pry out the door panel
- Lift the door panel up and off
- Disconnect the latch cables from the door handle
- Disconnect the door lock wiring harness
- Disconnect the window switch wiring harness
- Disconnect the speaker wiring lead
- Disconnect the courtesy light wiring harness
- Removing any remaining clips in the door with a pair of pliers
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step 2 :Removing the Exterior Door Panel
- Pry off the side panel on the door
- Loosen the T20 Torx bolt from the lock bezel
- Remove the handle bezel
- Pry the door handle out
- Pry the clip on the door handle to release it from the latch
- Remove the door handle
- Remove the series of T30 Torx bolts lining the door
- Remove the T20 Torx screws from the outside of the door
- Pull the exterior door panel off
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step 3 :Removing the Window Regulator
- Insert a Phillips screw in the slot that holds the window to the regulator
- Pull out the screw and the center with a pair of pliers
- Pry out the center from the window
- Raise the window out by hand
- Push the center back into the window
- Remove the three T25 Torx screws from the window motor
- Remove the window motor
- Push the tabs that hold the motor through the door
- Remove the four T30 Torx bolts from the regulator
- Remove the four T30 Torx bolts from the regulator plate if necessary
- Pull the window regulator out through the door
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step 4 :Installing the New Window Regulator
- Insert the window regulator into place
- Insert the four T30 bolts into the regulator
- Insert the four T30 bolts into the regulator plate if necessary
- Push the crank onto the motor
- If you have a new motor disconnect the wiring lead
- Insert the window motor into place
- Tighten the three T25 Torx screws to the window motor
- Connect the window motor wiring leads
- Lower the window onto the regulator until it clicks
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step 5 :Reinstalling the Exterior Door Panel
- Line up the exterior door panel
- Push the exterior door panel into place
- Twist in the longer T30 screws to hold the exterior panel in place
- Insert the T20 Torx screw to the door panel
- Insert the T30 screws to the exterior door panel
- Latch the door handle cable to the door handle
- Push the door handle into the door
- Push the lock bezel into place
- Insert the T20 screw to the lock
- Push the side panel into place
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step 6 :Reinstalling the Interior Door Panel
- Connect the courtesy light wiring harness
- Connect the window switch wiring harness
- Connect the speaker wiring lead
- Connect the door lock wiring harness
- Connect the latch cables to the door handle
- Lift the door panel into place
- Push in the door panel clips
- Insert the T20 screw at the bottom of the door panel
- Insert the two T30 Torx screws in the door pull
- Push on the pull handle panel
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
T20 Driver
T30 Bit
Needle nose pliers
T25 Torx Driver
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the rear window regulators on this 2005 Volkswagen Jetta. We show you on the driver side, but the passenger side is the same procedure. The items you'll need for this is a T20 Torx driver, a T25 and T30 Torx bit and ratchet, flat blade screwdriver, and a pair of pliers.
Pry off the pull handle panel. Just pry from the bottom, pry from the center, and it pulls free. Then remove these two T30 screws and the one T20 screw at the bottom of the door. Once those are removed, pull out sharply on the door panel, and it will release the clips. Then lift the door panel up and out of the window sill. Then pull the panel back. Unclip your door handle cable, slide it forward, and then unhook it. Push the tabs on the other side of this harness and pull it free. Push the tab on this harness and disconnect it. Now up here, just push the tab on this harness and disconnect it. Then just disconnect this last harness right here. If you have any clips left behind just pull them out with some pliers and then slide them back into place on the door panel.
Pry off this panel on the side of the door. Then just pull out on it all the way down to release the clips. Any clips that were left behind, just pull out of the door and slide them back into place on the panel. If you look straight into this hole, you'll see a T20 screw head. Just stick a T25 driver right in there, and you have to feel around just a little bit until you get it. Then loosen it up until you start feeling a little bit of resistance. Then take out your driver, pull your handle out, and wiggle this until it comes out. Now pry out on the clip on the side of the handle, and it will release the door handle cable. Slide the handle back, and then just turn it out. Then remove this series of T30 screws that goes all the way around the outside of the door. We'll just fast-forward as Mike does this. Now remove this T20 screw right here. Now carefully pull off the outer door panel.
You'll need a screw; it's a coarse threaded one that fits right in here. Run it in, take a pair of pliers, and you're pulling the screw in the center out. Once you do that, you should be able to push the center through and the window will come up and out. You want to put this back in. It should stop right in the center. Then put your center in. Now you need to remove these three T25 Torx screws with either a Torx driver or a bit and ratchet. Now pull the motor forward and push these tabs through. Now remove these two T30 screws in your window regulator. If yours comes with a new plate, you would just remove these four T30s right here and pull that panel off as well.
Take your new window regulator, put it back into place, and then replace those two T30s. Push the crank back onto the motor, and if you need to open your door, you can just pull on the wire. If yours came with a new motor, you would just pry out on the tabs here and pull the harness free. Then just reconnect the harness to your new motor and push it onto those tabs. Then replace those three T25 screws. Now pull your window down. Make sure it's lined up then just pull it down until it clicks in.
Now make sure your door handle bracket has those three tabs clicked into those three slots. Then take your outer door panel and just line it up and push it back into place. Make sure the door handle holes are lined up and that the holes on the outside of the door panel is lined up. Then just replace a couple of the bolts that just hold it in place for right now. Then replace this T20 screw right here and tighten it up. We'll fast-forward as Mike replaces the rest of those T30 bolts and tightens all of those up. Take your door handle, push in the front first, and then turn it. Pull the cable out and clip it back into the door handle. Push your door handle in. Now take this small piece and just push it back into the door. Then tighten up the screw that goes through it. Then line up the clips on this panel and push it back into place.
Reconnect all of your harnesses for the door panel. Take your door handle cable and hook it back into the door handle. Then slide the cable back and back into that clip. Once you've got it clipped in, take your door panel and tuck it back down into the window sill. Make sure the clips are lined up. Then hit them back into place. We'll fast-forward as Mike replaces that one T20 screw and the those two T30 screws. Take the pull handle panel, line it up, and push it back into place.
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