The drivers window regulator gave up on me recently on my Octavia II, but for all my searching online I couldn't find out how to change it. Found videos for nearly ever make and model of car besides the Octavia II. I'll give a basic run down on the process in-case anyone's looking in future.

 

First off remove the outer door panel, simple enough to do and plenty of info online as to how to do this part of the process without me going into it.

 

    You'll notice the inner panel, or skin, is one complete panel, no holes or cut-outs in it. You'll see two rubber bungs, remove these and let the window down until you can see the white plastic holders that the window sits into. On most other cars there's two little screws holding the window to the regulator here, on the Octavia II there are two small, white, plastic, 2 part plugs.(Consisting of an outer ring which splays, and an inner plug) Push through the inner part with a screwdriver,(you'll hear it fall down inside the door), then knock through the outer ring. Lift your window up and secure it with tape to prevent it falling back down again.

 

  The next thing you'll notice is the panel is RIVETED on, unlike most other cars where the panel is held on by bolts. A bit more hassle, so drill out the rivets. Pull the panel out, takes a little bit of maneuvering to pull it away with the bottom of the regulator being lower than the inner panel, unscrew the motor from the panel, unplug the speaker, unplug the clips that hold the wiring to the panel and pull the door handle cable through. There's a small plug on the inside of the panel, at the bottom left, that needs to be unplugged to remove the panel completely, takes a little patience but once that's done your panel is off.

 

   Drill out the rivets holding the old regulator to the panel, position the new regulator and pop rivet it on. Alternatively the holes on the new regulator might be threaded, mine were, so bolts are another option.

 

  Refitting the panel provided a slight problem. The holes where you secure the panel to the door are quite large, about 10mm. Bigger than your average pop rivet will fill. I couldn't find rivets big enough in any hardware or car accessory shop locally to suit. So I bought washers with a 5mm inner hole but wide enough not to pull through. Because there's no cut outs on the panel I used duct tape (the answer to 99% of lifes problems) tore off a bit, stuck the washer to it, cut out the hole in the middle and stuck it on behind each hole on the door. Attach the plug behind the panel, on the bottom left, pull through the door handle cable again and it's simple enough to rivet the panel back on then. Screw back on your motor and hook up all your plugs.

 

Let down your window again until it's sitting on the two plastic holders again. Take your 2 part plastic plugs, sit the inner part just inside the outer ring, holding it with a screwdriver. CAREFULLY move the plug back into position and through the hole on the bottom of the window. I say carefully because if you let it fall, then your drilling out the rivets again to fetch it from the inside of your door. When you get it into position tap the outer ring in through the hole. When it's in far enough tap the inner part though until it's flush with the outer ring.

 

 Refit the outer door panel again and Bob's your uncle.  

 

 

Spot on, I did mine last year but wish I'd done a 'how to' now coz its pretty simple really apart from the damn rivet issue, I had the same problem finding rivets big enough to plug the holes so glued some washes on the back like you, good write up Pday.

I also applied a silicon bead to the lower half of the window regulator lip to stop any water leaks. I was getting a wet drivers footwell after heavy rain and worked out it was coming from between the regulator seal and the door.

Found this online

https://workshop-manuals.com/skoda/octavia-mk2/body/body_work/front_door_central_locking/front_door/removing_and_installing_door_assembly_carrier/

 

Old thread I know, but one of the cables snapped on my drivers window yesterday (perfect in a heat wave with non-functioning air-con).

 

Haynes, and the link above both talk about removing the lock barrel before removing the panel, but the original write up doesn't mention that - anyone know if that is a typical Haynes unnecessary extra step or is there a danger of screwing up the door lock if you don't take the barrel out first (which looks like a finicky enough little procedure in its own right...)?

Garage did my window regulator recently, inner door skin off, etc. I'm 99% sure they didn't take the lock barrel out, for what that's worth...

I have the same I think , went to put the window down when it was already down and a nice snap then grinding crunch sound of a cable or something. Lucky it went back up but its screwed now , any idea of the part needed ? 

I think you can replace just the wire and rollers, plenty of kits on eBay. However, I think it's a nasty job with rivets to undo and redo etc. I got a garage to do it, and they replaced the whole window regulator. Mechanic said it was a nasty job and he didn't want to see my car back, so quite glad I didn't try and do it myself...

Looks like you can get kits of just the wires from about £12, but first you should probably open it up and check if you need the wires or the sliders or both.

For the whole mechanism aftermarket ones seem to start around £30 without motor, although I understand they are £160 from a dealer (may include the motor?)

As noted above, the mechanism (regulator) seems to be riveted to a panel which in turn is rivetted into the door, using odd sized rivets, even so, replacing the whole mechanism will be a huge amount easier than just replacing the wires, and is the route I intend to go down (now that I am back from my holiday)  - you need to drill out and re-rivet the panel even to do the wires.

No idea where to get the right size rivets from yet.

Hey Jim so how have you got on with your window , I've drilled out all the rivets it was easy enough and the panel is about to come off I just need to take out the holding pins from the window , ithink you can do this by threading a screw into it and pulling it out , did you find out what size rivets to get yet. 

I haven't done it yet, I have a replacement panel which looks right - (local motor factor says they always come in wrong for him and to expect to find it to be wrong), but the rivets haven't turned up yet so I haven't taken the old one off yet.

Rivets: https://www.skoda-parts.com/spare-part/n91003401-pop-rivet-a6-4x10-0-skoda-5075.html (based in czech I think, they also have the trim clips, I'm sure you broke at least 1 getting it off?)

They are 6.4mm multi-grip rivets as far as I can tell, but I couldn't find multigrip in 6.4mm, and there is no way plain will expand enough for a 10mm hole.

Another option would be to use a washer on the back, but since you wont be able to get a hand in, you would need to use something like double sided tape to hold them in place.

 

I have seen 2 sources that say to use an M5 bolt to remove the inner part of the window pin, and then M8 on the outer part, I should have both but haven't actually checked (M5 is an uncommon size but I have a lot of bolts).

 

I got a bit distracted with the wiring for the light sensor which 'fell out' of the connector due to a pigeon flying into my windscreen and knocking the rear view mirror off which was dangling by those wires for a while until I could pull over and deal with it (impact not hard enough to for my dash cam to notice and protect the file, but I nearly soiled myself!). The connector and the terminals were broken so I have replaced them and I think got the wires in the right order (may be trusting Haynes too much?) but the headlights are still coming on with the ignition. May have had a short which has damaged the control module. Been too busy driving it to finish either job yet...

New user here (By new I mean I’ve used these forums for years and finally made an account)! 
 

I have a Skoda Octavia Mk2 and need to find and order new pins, pegs, dowels for the drivers window regulator. I am struggling to find them anywhere can anyone help out? 

Just replaced the regulator in the driver's door as it ate the cable

 

I discovered rivnuts, which as the name implies are nuts you can rivet in!

 

I got all the bits from eBay, here's the UK sellers I used, all very good!

• Sealey Rivnut tool + 40 rivnuts, I used all the M4 ones https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/toolsbypostshop
• M4 Cap Bolts, get the 10mm length, I got 8mm which were just long enough https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/gwr-fasteners
• Window Regulator, even though the picture showed the old style with open cables, this had shrouded cables which looks to be a better design https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/carspares-direct

The rivnuts were really easy, and it all fitted perfectly apart from me dropping the plastic securing dowels!