Defender rear windows

**patclan** · 14th December 2009, 01:39 PM

Hi has anyone noticed the rear windows in their defenders going down?

My puma is only 4 weeks old and not sure if it is my son knocking the handles in the back or if they just do it on their own, I hear road noise then look back and see the window is down about an inch.

If this is normal is there a way adjusting them other than gluing the winder or an elastic band :-)

cheers
Patrick

**solmanic** · 14th December 2009, 01:50 PM

Mine drop down. Have done on every other Defender I've owned too. I just make a habit of checking the winder whenever I open the back doors.

**Scouse** · 14th December 2009, 02:15 PM

This might fix them:
Turn the winders around so that the handle needs to go up initially to lower the windows.

It seems to fix most. The idea is that bumps don't affect the handle & lower the window. If around the 'right' way, bumps will try to close the window.

**Bundalene** · 14th December 2009, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by Scouse

This might fix them:
Turn the winders around so that the handle needs to go up initially to lower the windows.

It seems to fix most. The idea is that bumps don't affect the handle & lower the window. If around the 'right' way, bumps will try to close the window.

Done that, installed the handle to that to wind down the handle has to go in an upward direction first. They still drop about 10mm or so on corrugated roads - strangely only the rear right in our case.

Erich.

**dmdigital** · 14th December 2009, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Scouse

This might fix them:
Turn the winders around so that the handle needs to go up initially to lower the windows.

It seems to fix most. The idea is that bumps don't affect the handle & lower the window. If around the 'right' way, bumps will try to close the window.

Originally Posted by Bundalene

Done that, installed the handle to that to wind down the handle has to go in an upward direction first. They still drop about 10mm or so on corrugated roads - strangely only the rear right in our case.

Erich.

Same as Erich, I've done this on the Tdi and the Puma and I can still get them to drop on a corrugated road. I'd love to know if there is any real solution to this problem. I suspect if they were electric (like the front in the Puma) then the motor drive cog would keep it held up.

**Utemad** · 14th December 2009, 05:32 PM

Not just a Landy thing. My 97 Rodeo did it on the rear windows and my old work VT Commodore did it on all 4 windows.

**crump** · 14th December 2009, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by Bundalene

Done that, installed the handle to that to wind down the handle has to go in an upward direction first. They still drop about 10mm or so on corrugated roads - strangely only the rear right in our case.

Erich.

Mines the rear left, done it since new, call it character.

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 14th December 2009, 06:15 PM

Mine have been doing it all along too. I thought it was the kids bumping them
!

kenleyfred · 14th December 2009, 06:49 PM

Mine do it as well. Checking the windows is part of the pre-wash routine.
Kenley

**Blknight.aus** · 14th December 2009, 08:06 PM

you can get a different regulator spring and on some regulators there is a handfull of holes you can locate the spring into that assists in the up.

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