Dead Short??

Hi ALL

I have recently bought a 53 reg TD4 5 door freelander, now being new to this type of car when I used the electric switch to drop the tail gate window it went down and then stayed down, bummer??, when I mistakenly used the rear tail gate handle to undo the door the window suddenly popped back up but then would not respond to the internal switch.??

I took it to my local garage and explained the problem, he removed the power supply to the battery I assume the positive lead, and the tail gate window with the key in the rear door allowed him to raise and lower it, when he reconnected the battery lead the internal switch worked??

He has told me I need an auto electrician to look at the car as he says I have a dead short?? However the tailgate window opens with the switch and closes and with the key in the tailgate it open and closes?? Is this a freelander "isum" or do I have an electrical glitch?? As always the experts are the people that own these cars not always the mechanic no offence to the mechanic

unlikely to be a dead short, otherwise fuses would be blowing and it would stop working.

by disconnecting the battery and reconnecting, this makes the rear window recalibrate, but by using the key to lift the window, he has not followed the correct procedure.

try recalibrating again:

disconnect battery
wait 10 mins
reconnect battery, tailgate window should drop
get in vehicle and turn ignition on (no need to start vehicle)
raise window using dashboard switch
ecu should bleep twice when it reaches the top and window is then recalibrated.

should drop and rise by dash switch, also holding down unlock button on keyfob will drop the window, use the key in the tailgate to raise it again.

that said, some owners report slightly differing methods, mine won't stay in a mid position, it's either open or closed. I never open mine anyway so it's no big deal.

the recalibration procedure is also described in detail in the owners manual.

you will only be able to have it half open if you do it while the glass is on the way down it just goes back down if you do it on the way up hope this helps

Guys’ thanks: Update

I’ve followed optimus-primes guide , when I reconnect the battery the window does not go down, I can open the window by the key in the rear door, the switch inside lowers and raises the window, but no bleep from the ecu and no dropping of the window 1cm when I use the door handle to open the door.???? Also window wiper on the rear does not work??? So could this be a faulty relay switch or do I have the dreaded electrical gremlin.

As always your help solving this is greatly appreciated

Change the wiper motor first and fix that. It has a sense to the window so that the wiper does not operate when the window is down and this could be affecting it!