At the top of the door, carefully press out the decorative triangular panel of the exterior mirror.
Press the mirror adjustment switch on the inside handle with a narrow screwdriver.
Remove the handle in the inner handle with a jerk.
Pry the tweeter bar out of the inner handle with a narrow screwdriver.
Remove a total of four fixing bolts of the inner handle.
Remove the power window handle. For these purposes, the workshop uses a special tool KM-317. Take a strong rag as an aid and pass it between the door crank and the synthetic ring.
Pull the rag firmly down while slowly turning the door crank handle until it pops off the axle.
Make sure that the fastening clip is not lost when the crank handle of the door comes off.
Remove the synthetic ring from the door lining.
At the bottom of the receiving pocket, unscrew the three Phillips head screws.
Where present, remove the light in the door, see chapter on lighting.
From one corner, pry the trim away from the door with a wide screwdriver or the handle of a spoon. Put your hand behind the facing and loosen the rest of the clamps.
Pull carefully and never jerk, otherwise the clips will break out of the plastic holes in the cladding.
Disconnect the power mirror and tweeter multi-pin connector behind the door trim.
Also disconnect the wire connector at power windows.
Remove facing from metal of a door upwards.
Carefully peel off the pasted film so that it can then be pasted again.
When assembling, the film must be glued. It does not allow water condensate from the door frame to pass through to the facing board, so it cannot swell. If the old film is torn, then you need to cut a piece of suitable size from the protective film.
The black arrows show the three Phillips head bolts that secure the door lock to the door frame. The white arrow indicates the mounting bolt that secures the window rail to the front door.
When installing, first attach the door trim at the top.
When installing, make sure that the lock button is correctly inserted into the hole in the door trim.
Insert the fastening clips one by one into the holes provided for them in the door and press them in.
The clips can move a little in the synthetic cladding holes so they always fit in. To push into the holes, the clamps must be exactly in front of them. Anyone who blindly hits the mounting clips will simply crush them.
To mount the window crank handle, you must slide the mounting clip onto the crank handle on the door so that it fits into the recesses.
Now put the window crank handle with the clamp installed on the power window pinion. Press the crank with your palm so that the clip fits into the groove of the roller.
Screw on the rest of the parts.
Removing the door lock
Remove the door trim.
Partially remove the protective film.
Rear door lock: Remove the outer door handle.
For everyone: unscrew the window guide from the metal of the door and remove it.
Disconnect the lock lever on the door lock.
Disconnect the door lock control rod.
Unscrew the three torx head bolts (T30) and remove the lock from the door frame.
Where present, disconnect the central locking connector.
Removing the outer door handle
Remove the door trim.
Remove the protective film from the door handle area. Make sure that the film does not tear.
Unscrew the window guide from the door metal and remove.
Where present, disconnect the central locking connector.
Unscrew the two fixing nuts of the handle bowl and remove it from the outer handle.
Detach the lock lever from the door lock and unhook the outer handle. To do this, press the clamps. Remove the inner piece from the handle.
Unscrew both fixing nuts of the door handle.
Remove the door handle from the outside.
Remove the handle bowl from the door shaft.
After mounting, turn the knurled nut on the linkage downwards until the linkage begins to work without free play.
Dismantling the lock drum
Remove the handle bowl, see chapter «Removing the outer door handle» above in the text.
Insert the key into the lock drum so that the locking plates and springs do not fall out when the drum is dismantled.
Wring out a spring lock ring on the back end of a drum of the lock.
Remove the control plate.
Remove the lock barrel from the handle bowl.
Lubricate the new lock drum with an anti-corrosion insulating spray.
Removing power windows
To mount the power window, you need blind rivet pliers and four (front power window) or five (rear power window) countersunk rivets 4.8x11 mm in size. If you do not have blind rivet pliers, you can also screw in the window lifter with appropriate short screws.
Remove the inner door trim.
Remove the protective film.
Place the glass at half height and secure the doors in the shaft with two wooden wedges.
Before you can press the outer handle from the metal of the door, you need to unscrew the handle bowl (arrows).
The door handle includes the following parts: 1 - lever lock mechanism; 2 - lock drum; 3 - external door handle; 4 - handle bowl; 5 - fixing nuts.
At the front door, unscrew the glass guide rail from the door and remove.
Drill out the power window fixing rivets with a 8.5 mm bit. Drill gently until the rivet head falls off. Do not drill through the metal of the door.
Knock out the remaining rivets with a punch.
On a forward door unscrew an adjusting lath of a window regulator from a door. Pre-mark the mounting position of the power window.
Raise the window slightly.
Disconnect the power window from the guide rail.
Remove the power window from the bottom hole in the door shaft.
Insert the window regulator into the door shaft. Attach the lifting arm to the glass rail.
Align the window regulator with the holes and use the adjustable clamping pliers to secure it to the metal of the door.
Attach the window regulator.
Screw in the window mounting rail screw in the front door according to the markings. If necessary, adjust the window setting with this screw. To do this, lower the window down and then up. Screw in the screw in this position.
Before installing the door trim, check the operation of the power window control. Window glass should rise and fall easily.
Removing power windows
Dismantling power windows is almost the same as dismantling manual windows. Here is a description of the different works:
Left: with this screw (arrow) you can, if necessary, adjust the installation of the window.
Right: The window regulator is attached to the metal of the door with so-called countersunk rivets (arrows). When dismantling, drill out the rivets.
Left: when dismantling the power window, unhook the lifting lever from the window chute back and then forward (arrow).
On right: in the rear door, the glass guide channel is fixed at the top with two torx bolts (arrows).
Before removing the power window, disconnect the wire connector to the power window motor.
After installing the power window, check its operation: the electric motor must move the glass without jerks.
If your car has power windows on the front and rear doors, then after installing the power window, its electronics must be reprogrammed.
Close all doors, turn on the ignition.
Close all windows one by one by continuously pressing the control switch. Keep the switch pressed for at least 5 seconds.
Re-programming the power window electronics is also necessary if the relevant fuses have been replaced, the battery has been disconnected, or the power window electrics have been disconnected from the on-board network.
Dismantling the door window
Remove the door trim and remove the protective film.
Remove the window regulator.
Remove the door seal from the outside of the door metal.
On the rear door, unscrew the power window guide channel and pull it up together with the seal. Additionally, partially remove the window frame seal.
Slightly lift the window at the back and remove it from the doorway up.
When installing, slide the window into the guide channel first with the front sliding pieces.
Make sure that both sliding parts are inserted into the guide chute.
Install the window regulator.
Screw on the guide chute.
Mount the window frame seal and the opening strips.
Adjust the window as described in section «Removing the power window».
After installation, check the function and, where necessary, reprogram the power windows.
Removing the rear side window
The rear side windows in the Vectra are attached to the body with plastic nuts.
When dismantling the side window, remove the inner lining in the vehicle located around, see chapter «Salon».
Screw off seven (beveled back model) or four (with stepped back) plastic nuts around the side window.
The rear side window on the stepped rear model is secured to the body with four plastic nuts (left illustration). And the window in the Vectra model with a beveled back is screwed with a total of seven nuts (right illustration).
Left: to dismantle the mirror glass, you need to press the glass inward in the inner upper corner, at the same time grasp the diagonally opposite corner of the mirror and remove the glass from the spring clips.
On right: the arrows show the fixing screws of the exterior mirror.
Carefully push the side window out of the cutout.
When installing, secure the side window with new plastic nuts.
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