Removing the front door assemblies and components when replacing the door and in the event of a fault.
Removal of the front door trim is covered in the article – «Removing the Renault Duster front door trim».
Removing the exterior rear-view mirror
Remove the front door trim.
Separate the wiring connectors.
Having slid the exterior mirror wiring harness connector upwards, remove it from the plastic holder.
Withdraw the foam seal from the hole in the door and pull the wiring harness through it.
Using a Torx T20 key, undo the two screws securing the mirror to the door.
Remove the exterior mirror. Refit the exterior mirror in reverse order.
Removing the front door glass
Remove the front door trim (article – Removing the Renault Duster front door trim).
Prise up the front edge of the inner door glass weatherstrip and detach it from the door inner panel.
After connecting the wiring connector to the front door window control switch, lower the glass so that the screws securing the glass holders to the window regulator slider are accessible.
Using a Torx T20 key, undo the two screws securing the glass holders to the window regulator slider.
Having rotated the glass, remove it from the door.
If the glass holders need to be removed, press the glass holder clip in with a screwdriver.
Withdraw the holder from the hole in the glass. Refit the glass in reverse order.
Removing the front door window regulator mechanism
Remove the door trim.
Undo the screws securing the glass holders to the window regulator slider, as described above.
Raise the glass by hand and secure it with tape.
Press the wiring connector clips and disconnect the connector from the window regulator electric motor.
Using a 10 mm socket, undo the three nuts securing the window regulator mechanism to the door inner panel.
Remove the window regulator mechanism through the service hole in the door inner panel.
Refit the window regulator mechanism in reverse order.
Removing the front door lock and exterior handle
Remove the door trim.
Using a Torx T30 key, undo the two screws securing the glass guide to the door edge.
Withdraw the guide through the service hole in the door inner panel.
The lock barrel is secured to the door outer panel by a metal clip.
Using a screwdriver, withdraw the clip from the grooves in the lock barrel.
Remove it from the hole in the door.
Using a 10 mm socket with extension, undo the nut securing the exterior door handle.
Using a 10 mm socket, undo the other nut securing the exterior handle.
Having pressed the plastic clip of the exterior handle rod, turn it about its axis and detach the rod from the lock lever (shown on the removed lock).
Using a Torx T20 key, undo the screw securing the exterior handle base.
Remove the handle together with its rod.
Using a screwdriver, press the lock locking rod clip.
Remove the rod with the button from the plastic end piece of the lock lever.
Disconnect the wiring connector from the lock.
Withdraw the interior handle rod from the plastic holder.
Using a Torx T30 key, undo the three screws securing the lock to the door edge.
Withdraw the lock with its rod through the service hole in the door inner panel.
Front door lock with electric actuator.
Front door lock with exterior and interior handles.
Refit the exterior handle in reverse order.
The length of the exterior handle rod can be altered by means of the threads rolled onto it.
After fitting the exterior handle and the lock, the handle rod latches into the required position with the metal clip, the lock and handle levers then having to be in the free position.
When fitting the glass guide, its upper tab must enter the slot shown by the arrow.
