Very helpful thanks. Was using this alongside the workshop manual. That says to lower the window by 1/3rd and then pop the clip off the glass on the door lock side. You can then take out two screws and move the black bar across to the other side, out of the way. No need to remove the glass or mess with the hinge side of the window mechanism. It worked for me.
Very useful video thank you and it helped me enormously. For anyone thinking of doing this job who has keyless entry it's worth noting that removing the door handle isn't quite as easy as this one. You'll find a ribbon of small wires coming from the handle that disappear into the door. The terminate in a black plastic block. Gently pull on the wires and using a screwdriver or similar tool, pull on the black terminal block at the end of them. The terminal block is on a spring and fits into a groove on the door handle armiture. As you pull on it, It will slide into view at the edge the hole that the handle comes out of. You will then see a pink plug on its front face that the aforementioned wires are moulded into. Gently prise the plug off and the wires will detach allowing you to remove the door handle. Only took me an hour to figure it out!!. I would also recommend making a note of the position of the wiring loom attached to the door latch inside the door before removing it. The position is critical because if you get it wrong then the window will not close as it snags on them. The latch cable that comes through the inside of the door and attaches to the door card holds the wiring loom out of th way of the door glass against the inner skin of the door.
Yesterday I could get the unit out with your guide, thank you. However, I didn't change it, I fixed it. My issue was that, even if I locked the car, the door was still openable. There are 2 little motors in the lock unit, I swapped those. Costed me £10 from Aliexpress. Thanks again.
Hello… I have just had to repair my 08 Jaguar XF door as the door lock to door latch cable had snapped….. well now i have had it all apart twice..there is a easier way to remove the entire lock without having to remove the window… …when it comes to taking it out… remove the four regulator screws on the right hand side and bottom of the window regulator ..leave the top left one in place… this makes the window stay where it is whilst still allowing you to tuck the right side of the regulator out of the way .. just ply the window clip away, tuck the right side of the regulator out of the way…undo all lock assembly then take it out of the door , then unplug the electrics from it..miles easier than struggling to disconnect whilst in situe….only wire that needs disconnecting whilst in situe is the passive entry cabling that attaches to the door handle… but even this is easy… undo door handle as above …reach inside and you will feel a sliding bit of plastic towards the rear of the latch mechanism..this slides to allow to be unplugged from outside of the vehicle….apart from that it was a huge help to identify on what to do..
Best to remove whole window regulator motor assembly – easy to do and makes installing the new lock mechanism a lot easier. Also need to know beforehand which torque screwdriver to use where. See Hilton video on rear door lock replacement for guidance on this. This fault is so common on all Jaguar Land rover locks I can't understand why Jaguar have not redesigned the mechanism. If safety rather than inconvenience were involved, the locks would have been recalled long ago.
This was a great video which helped me immensely as I had to fit a new lock prior to selling the car and did so in time. Doing it in the garage with plenty of lighting did help for anyone who's thinking of doing this
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Very helpful thanks. Was using this alongside the workshop manual. That says to lower the window by 1/3rd and then pop the clip off the glass on the door lock side. You can then take out two screws and move the black bar across to the other side, out of the way. No need to remove the glass or mess with the hinge side of the window mechanism. It worked for me.
Very useful video thank you and it helped me enormously.
For anyone thinking of doing this job who has keyless entry it's worth noting that removing the door handle isn't quite as easy as this one. You'll find a ribbon of small wires coming from the handle that disappear into the door. The terminate in a black plastic block. Gently pull on the wires and using a screwdriver or similar tool, pull on the black terminal block at the end of them. The terminal block is on a spring and fits into a groove on the door handle armiture. As you pull on it, It will slide into view at the edge the hole that the handle comes out of. You will then see a pink plug on its front face that the aforementioned wires are moulded into. Gently prise the plug off and the wires will detach allowing you to remove the door handle. Only took me an hour to figure it out!!.
I would also recommend making a note of the position of the wiring loom attached to the door latch inside the door before removing it. The position is critical because if you get it wrong then the window will not close as it snags on them. The latch cable that comes through the inside of the door and attaches to the door card holds the wiring loom out of th way of the door glass against the inner skin of the door.
Yesterday I could get the unit out with your guide, thank you. However, I didn't change it, I fixed it. My issue was that, even if I locked the car, the door was still openable. There are 2 little motors in the lock unit, I swapped those. Costed me £10 from Aliexpress. Thanks again.
Hello… I have just had to repair my 08 Jaguar XF door as the door lock to door latch cable had snapped….. well now i have had it all apart twice..there is a easier way to remove the entire lock without having to remove the window… …when it comes to taking it out… remove the four regulator screws on the right hand side and bottom of the window regulator ..leave the top left one in place… this makes the window stay where it is whilst still allowing you to tuck the right side of the regulator out of the way .. just ply the window clip away, tuck the right side of the regulator out of the way…undo all lock assembly then take it out of the door , then unplug the electrics from it..miles easier than struggling to disconnect whilst in situe….only wire that needs disconnecting whilst in situe is the passive entry cabling that attaches to the door handle… but even this is easy… undo door handle as above …reach inside and you will feel a sliding bit of plastic towards the rear of the latch mechanism..this slides to allow to be unplugged from outside of the vehicle….apart from that it was a huge help to identify on what to do..
Best to remove whole window regulator motor assembly – easy to do and makes installing the new lock mechanism a lot easier. Also need to know beforehand which torque screwdriver to use where. See Hilton video on rear door lock replacement for guidance on this. This fault is so common on all Jaguar Land rover locks I can't understand why Jaguar have not redesigned the mechanism. If safety rather than inconvenience were involved, the locks would have been recalled long ago.
This was a great video which helped me immensely as I had to fit a new lock prior to selling the car and did so in time. Doing it in the garage with plenty of lighting did help for anyone who's thinking of doing this
Good effort making this video but the ultra-wobbly camerawork and earsplitting sound distortion was quite challenging.
Thank you for making the video – only one on youtube showing front doorlock replacement on the XF! Very helpful!
Thanks for this – I have exactly this problem. How can I tell which exact model of actuator I need to order?