9 Electric windows The Electrics, Dashboard and Heater
Citroen XM Internet Reference Version 1.0 19
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gap at the top of the window. Didn’t have much time to spend on it though. Not sure how easily fixable it
is- there’s not much space to get inside the door.
To remove the panel:
Remove the screw holding the top of the armrest on,
Remove the window switch and remove the screw found underneath it,
Remove the inner door handle surround (clips off)
Oh-so-very-carefully go round the edge of the trim panel and unclip it- you will quite probably snap a few
of the clips off, I know I did...
Disconnect the wiring to the kerb lighting, That should do it. I think.... For better instructions get the
Haynes manual- that’s how I knew about the screw behind the window switch!!
The access hole into the door should be towards the rear of the door, low down. It’s big enough to get
your hands in, but that’s about it.
Repairing the rear window
When I bought my XM the passenger side rear window wasn’t operating. I had to replace the two plastic
clips that attach to the glass. Here’s what I did to replace them, once I had removed the interior door
panel:
To replace the plastic central window guide, which fixes onto the bottom of the window, undo the three
bolts holding the winder motor and remove the motor, cables and guide rail assembly. To fix the white
plastic guide clip to the vertical slide rail, first soak it in boiling water for ten minutes then snap it onto the
rail by force. To fit the top, side guide clip, unclip the centre bottom guide from the glass and lower the
glass down. Fix on the new side clip and raise the glass and guide into the correct position before
reattaching centre clip.
Actually I did a lot more than this because I didn’t know how to do it and I went up lots of blind alleys.
Does anyone know what to do about the clips that break off from all around the inside edge of the
interior door panel when you remove the panel? They shouldn’t break but always one or two do,
sometimes taking the hard foam material the panel is made of with it.
Electric window not winding
Just as winter apporaches one of the rear passenger windows has decided to stop winding. It seems to
have come out of its guides and also seems to stop going up some 10 mm before the top of the frame.
Has anybody cured this problem relatively easily? I presume that one of the plastice bits has snapped/
worn out!
Can you buy new guides?
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Any advice welcome as long as it stops the rain comming in!
Steve
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Electrice window not winding
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