Peugeot 607 Electric Window Repair

Peugeot 607 Electric Window Repair

The electric window on this 607 was not working correctly. The switch unit did not respond particularly well to inputs, a separate video deals with how it was opened up and cleaned.
However the window regulator (or window mechanism) also had faults. The window was jamming about 75% of the way down, and then was very slow to rise back up. Opening up the door panel revealed that one of the runners securing the glass window to the track of the regulator had broken. A seemingly common issue with electric windows. The plastic part goes brittle with age and eventually snaps. This may happen during the winter months.
It is possible to replace the broken parts with identical plastic replacements, however as prices on eBay go there is no real advantage to that, the same plastic parts and metal upgrades cost the same. In fact the full kit to refurbish the regulator cost £9.99
It is an option to refurbish the whole kit, however only the runner had broken so I just replaced it in this video. There are a few videos out there showing how to fully rebuild a regulator with one of these kits. I did not fancy the idea of messing up the regulator so chose to just replace the runners instead. I had never done this before but the trick of using vise grips to hold the runners in place while reinserting the plastic guides worked quite well. Apologies if parts have been misnamed, or named consistently. The assembly as a whole was a regulator, past that level I am not sure what names the individual parts were given.
All in the repair cost under £10, which is even cheaper than the cost of a used item taken from a scrapyard and with the upgraded metal runners this should be a much longer lasting repair.
One bit of advice however is to turn off the overhead courtesy lights while working on the window, as that caused the battery to go flat.

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Caroline Danielou says:

grear vidéo, great job. hope to see you again. ☺

Shan Yi says:

Thanks for the video.  Will also get the repair kits and have my technician fix it. Great saver on costs.

XDG71 says:

Please you have other video repair windows back plase tank you

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