rear door problem

hi all,

Our freelanders back door has stopped working ie, the glass will not go up or down and the door itself will not open (with or with out the key and remote). I have checked the fuse and is ok. Can anyone tell me what could cause both these problems at the same time?


:5bdriving:

When the door is open inbetween the hinges you'll see a rubber boot with all the wiring to the door.
Check this is undamaged and the connector hasn't come loose.


Oh and post a Hello in the Introduce section

Hoyt-Protec said:

When the door is open inbetween the hinges you'll see a rubber boot with all the wiring to the door.
Check this is undamaged and the connector hasn't come loose.


Oh and post a Hello in the Introduce section

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hi, that is one of the problems, the door will not open !

Oh.......do all the other doors function correctly?

Hoyt-Protec said:

Oh.......do all the other doors function correctly?

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yes all 4 doors work

My guess would be that the connector came undone when the door was closed, you can try to take off the door cardand have a look inside.You should still get to it even with the window down

the door card is a night mare to get off with door closed

will the window drop if u press the switch on the dash

cremator said:

the door card is a night mare to get off with door closed

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It's either that or get out the tin opener

hi like cremator said try the switches for the glass not on the door as you may have the child locks on for the window and door my friends door would not open and he kept trying for the out side then suddenly it did we still do not know why but it is still working

Sounds like the microswitch in the handle has just died.

There is a way to get it open, but its not the best of ideas posting it up on a public forum...

the switch on the dash will not open the window/door ether. When you press it you hear the relay clicking,

Is the window regulator faulty? Does the door should still open at all? Even though you cant open the door fully as the window doesn't drop

Is the rear wiper in the park position on the rubber strip? Needs to be for the tailgate to open. Or force the tailgate to open by putting it in safe mode and using the tailgate open fuction. Regulater needs to work but it should ignore the sensors me thinks.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/self-test-mode-freelander-1-diagnostics-124575.html#post1433925

Hippo said:

Is the rear wiper in the park position on the rubber strip? Needs to be for the tailgate to open. Or force the tailgate to open by putting it in safe mode and using the tailgate open fuction. Regulater needs to work but it should ignore the sensors me thinks.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/self-test-mode-freelander-1-diagnostics-124575.html#post1433925

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the wiper sits above the rubber strip at the bottom (at an angle so bottom of the blade is on the rubber but the top is not), i did try and move it down but keeps going back up. How can i get it to sit on the rubber?

also gave the self test thing a go, but cant get it to so into test mode.

when you play with the handle you can hear the microswitch and what sounds like a relay click, but will not open.

disco_mikey said:

Is the window regulator faulty? Does the door should still open at all? Even though you cant open the door fully as the window doesn't drop

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disco_mikey said:

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door will not open

Disco Mikey
The rear window drops slightly in order to open ona Freelander.

When closed the glass sits in the frame around door.

Hoyt-Protec said:

Disco Mikey
The rear window drops slightly in order to open ona Freelander.

When closed the glass sits in the frame around door.

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I am aware of this. The window needs to drop in order to open the taildoor

Landyz said:

door will not open

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I gathered, but for the above reason. Window needs to drop before the door will open. If the window doesnt drop, it wont open

done all things suggested, but still not door opening. Except two things.

1) how do I check the regulator is working or not ?

2) I have added a pic of where the wiper motor parks, if anyone can say its ok or not ? If not how do I adjust it ?

If its none of these what else can I do?