ah ha - so found the issue. On the three door there is a micro switch on the right hand side body work. This is the "roof on" switch. It's half way up the slope in line with the head height of the rear passenger behind the drivers seat. On the frame work for the soft top there is a special clip...

ah - just tried that and the window doesn't rise:(. seems that the tail gate lock doesn't work - can't unlock it either.

Yes I have the ignition key. How do you raise the window using the key?

So the mechanism was working before I took the hard top off. I lowered the window, took the hardtop off and then put the soft top on. The tailgate locking mechanism still works OK fine. Do you know where the toggle switch is? Is it in the door or in the steel part of the roof??

Hello, I have just taken off the hard top from my 2006 3dr Freelander 1 and installed the soft top. Unfortunately the tailgate window no longer rises and is permanently in the down position. When I press down on the switch there is a little clunk from a relay at the back but when I press up...