thanks for the advise sconner i will do that and hopefully rectify the problem for a while

unlocked the car today and everything now works again although there is some noise from back glass when window is taken up and down it also seems to be struggling to lift the window running very slowly,im sure this will be a on going problem that is going to keep haunting me every now and then.

thanks steve no the wiper doesnt work as you stated have also realised the back heated screen wont work either

I have also now realised that the rear wiper is not working either,will try disconnecting battery again.

I have a 2004 freelander 1.8 SE yesterday the back door would not open so i disconnected the battery then reconnected it after a couple of mins as this has happened before the boot did release and i was able to open the door only this time the window did not come down as before,when i press the...