Freelander 1 Problem with rear wipers and rear door

dog-man · Jan 9, 2017

Unlocked my 06 TD4 to go to work using the fob as usual and found that the rear door didn't unlock. Tried again. Same result. All other doors unlocked. I then locked the doors again. There was a single honk from the horn. All doors locked. Unlocked again and rear door still locked. Drove to work and as it was raining I switched on the rear wiper. Nothing happened. Tried wash and wipe. Nothing.
I assume the single honk of the horn is telling me the gob battery needs changing. I thought that happened when unlocking too??
If it is just the fob battery, why would it affect the rear wiper and rear wash and wipe. Any advice gratefully accepted.
I probably won't be able to check anything major for a few days as I am on nights.

Skinny Mike · Jan 9, 2017

This is only a possibility.
Your rear door has unlocked, but your rear window mech has died.
So trying to unlock the rear door, the window trys to drop but the wire has snapped or something.
So your alarmed honked to say the rear was unsecure.
Have you tried dropping the rear window with the dash switch.

Only thinking aloud.

Mike

dog-man · Jan 9, 2017

No, not yet as I didn't want to risk not being able to close it as it is raining heavily.
What you say makes sense.

Skinny Mike · Jan 9, 2017

Leave it alone til you have time to mess with it. If the rear mech has gone, just getting in the rear door is going to be a right larf

Or if it's the door handle, fun and games will abound.
Hopefully it's neither of these and some bright spark will come up with a simple solution.

Mike

dog-man · Jan 9, 2017

Can this be connected with the resr wiper not working?

Skinny Mike · Jan 9, 2017

Yes, rear door, window and wiper are all on the ECU, and all will stop on one problem.
Mike

dog-man · Jan 9, 2017

Does seem to be pointing to the window mechanism then. I shall research what I need and cost just in case.

Colonial · Jan 9, 2017

Not knowing what your weather was like this morning i.e. Frosty etc.?

You only get a honk when you lock the car and something is left open, e.g. window or door.
The car only bleeps when the fob battery is running low.

dog-man · Jan 9, 2017

Not frosty this morning.
About 3 hours before I left for work, the rear windo worked fine as I checked my tyre pressures and needed something from the boot area.

Alibro · Jan 9, 2017

Sounds like the rear window mechanism but if it was only that you would still be able to open the door. I had a similar issue and it turned out the connection to the handle was a bit iffy. Luckily in my case the problem was intermittent and I was able to get the door open but it still took two days to find and sort it.
Good luck but make sue you've plenty of time before trying to lower the window.

GrumpyGel · Jan 9, 2017

Colonial said:
Not knowing what your weather was like this morning i.e. Frosty etc.?

You only get a honk when you lock the car and something is left open, e.g. window or door.
The car only bleeps when the fob battery is running low.

+1 on this.

When the fob battery is low there is a buzzer under the dash that beeps.

When you lock the car but a door is still open you get a honk from the horn. Is the door open light on the dash illuminated? Might be worth a read of Rave to see if there's other reasons why it would honk the horn when locking.

Is it a 3 door? Not sure how the sensors picking up the canopy being installed/off could affect this.

dog-man · Jan 9, 2017

Five door. No door open lights on dash but I will check all doors manually.

dog-man · Jan 9, 2017

I just fiddled with the door handle and it clicked an I was able to pull the door open as normal.
However, the window has stayed in the closed position and now when the door is closed the window is outside the plastic cover at the top.
Help!

dog-man · Jan 9, 2017

How can I remove the plastic trim at the top that the window should slide under?

Skinny Mike · Jan 9, 2017

Best not to try and remove that. Give the glass a gentle push to lower it slightly, but be GENTLE, you don't want it dropping.
The trim will come off, but it's glued very firmly in place.
Mike

Skinny Mike · Jan 9, 2017

And you know that bit where we said don't mess with it til you've got plenty of time.
Ho hum, we've all done it.
The door will shut, just take your time

Mike

dog-man · Jan 9, 2017

I have tried to push the window down but it wouldn't budge. I will try again.
Difficult to do anything as I am at work and it is dark here. No lighting.

freelance · Jan 9, 2017

The trim is on clips, which can be quite brittle!!

Skinny Mike · Jan 9, 2017

freelance said:
The trim is on clips, which can be quite brittle!!

True, sorry I was thinking 3 door not 5.

Mike

dog-man · Jan 9, 2017

I can close and lock the tailgate but the glass is outside that top plastic trim.
I will probably have to drive home like that. I hope the glass doesn't shatter due to being under a bit of pressure.

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