Remove door lock

Preliminary work 

• Refer to DEACTIVATING THE 48 V ELECTRICAL SYSTEM .
• Refer to PREPARING THE SPECIAL TOOL .
• Refer to REMOVING THE OUTER FRONT WINDOW CHANNEL STRIP .
• Refer to RELEASING THE FRONT DOOR WINDOW GLASS .
• Refer to REMOVING FRONT DOOR TRIM PANEL .
• Refer to DISCONNECTING ALL BATTERY GROUND LEADS .
• Refer to REMOVING THE FRONT MODULE BRACKET .
• Refer to REMOVING FRONT DOOR WINDOW GLASS .
• Refer to PARTIALLY RELEASING REAR INNER WINDOW CHANNEL STRIP .
• Refer to REMOVING THE FRONT OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE .

• Remove plug (1).

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• Loosen the nuts (1) and carefully push the window regulator (2) to the side.

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• Unclip the clips (1) and the place the wiring harness (2) aside.

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• Unlock and disconnect the electrical plug connection (1) on the door lock (2).
• Unclip clip (3).
• Feed the vehicle wiring harness (4) out of the guide (5) and set it aside.

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• On equipment specification with soft-close automatic: 
• Unlock and disconnect plug connections (1).
• Unclip the clip (2) and the place the wiring harness (3) aside.

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Equipment specification with soft-close automatic function for doors: removing soft-close automatic function for doors 

• Detach Bowden cable (1) from holder (2).

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• Loosen screws (1).

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• Loosen screw (1).

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• Remove the cover (1).

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• Remove seal (1) for the external door handle.

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• Loosen screw (1).
• Slide the outside door handle support (2) forwards and feed it out inwards.

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• Unclip locking rod (1).
• Loosen screws (2) and (3).

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• For version with soft-close automatic for doors: 
• Feed the outside door handle support (1) with the door lock (2) and the soft-close mechanism for doors (3) out of the door (4).

  Make sure that the seal of the door lock (2) is not damaged.

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• Feed the outside door handle support (1) with the door lock (2) out of the door (3).

  Make sure that the seal of the door lock (2) is not damaged.

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