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Window Regulator: Removal

  1. Disconnect negative battery cable.
  2. Remove door trim.
    Fig 1: Removing Door Trim
    G01080062Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  3. Remove one screw on pull handle bracket.
    Fig 2: Removing Screw From Pull Handle Bracket
    G01080063Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  4. Remove pull handle bracket.
  5. Peel off plastic door screen carefully by pulling it away gradually from door frame.
    Fig 3: Peeling Off Door Screen
    G01080064Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  6. Remove run channel.
    Fig 4: Removing Run Channel
    G01080065Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  7. Remove window glass.
    1. Reconnect window operating switch.
    2. Reconnect negative battery cable.
    3. Turn ignition "ON" and position window glass about halfway.
    4. Turn ignition "OFF"
    5. Disconnect negative battery cable.
    6. Remove two glass mounting bolts from power window regulator.
      Fig 5: Removing Window Regulator Mounting Bolts
      G01080066Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
    7. Remove glass carefully. Hold glass from both its inner and outer surfaces while tilting it toward hinge side of door, pull it out from outside door frame.
      Fig 6: Removing Window Glass
      G01080067Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  8. Remove power window regulator assembly.
    1. Disconnect electrical connector for power window motor.
    2. Remove seven nuts on door frame.
    3. Remove power window regulator assembly from out of access hole.
      Fig 7: Removing Power Window Regulator Assembly
      G01080068Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  9. Remove glass guide.
    1. Remove three nut on glass guide.
    2. Remove glass guide from access hole.
      Fig 8: Removing Glass Guide
      G01080069Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.