993 TARGA - WINDOWS STUCK DOWN. HELP!
993 TARGA - WINDOWS STUCK DOWN. HELP!
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149 posts

233 months

Saturday 14th July 2007
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Hey everyone. Ive recently bought a lovely 993 targa and have had a few weeks of fun with it. Its my first 911, my first porka in fact, and it has kept a smile on my face since the day i picked it up.
Today though, I have a problem; my passenger side window is stuck halfway down.

It started a week or so back; I parked with the windows and roof down, locked the car with the PA1000 key fob, the hood and drivers window closed but the passenger window stayed open.

A few days later, the drivers window and hood were open, locked the car, roof closed, drivers window closed all but the last inch. When i turned the ingition on and tried to use the switch to close it, it didnt weant to know for a while, then closed. This has happened a couple of times.

Today it has failed completely; can had been sat all day in the sun all locked up. I opened up, started up, lowered roof and windows, drove about a bit, and when i tried to close the windows using the switches, they both stayed open. I got out and locked the car with the fob but only the drivers window and roof closed. Passenger window stayed open an inch. Now NONE of the window or the roof work.
I have checked the fuses and one of the 30amp ones was burned out; think it was #4 the power window one.
My problem is that if i lock the car the alarm sounds after 30 seconds cos the window is open. I cant leave the car unlocked, so is there any way at all to lock the car and disable the alarm?

yank

70 posts

274 months

Saturday 14th July 2007
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It's the remote closure that is playing up. I'm pretty sure it will be behind the carpet piece by your feet. There are two screws holding the carpet piece on, take these out and you will find a black box with five plugs on it, there are two sets of wires, one set for each window and a fifth for power, ground, and sensor wire, simply unplug the two sets of wires that go into the box and than plug them into them selves,,,, if you know what i mean,,, basically you just want to bypass the little black box. Once you have done this your windows should work.

hope you understand the above,,,, I'm good at tech but crap and explaning!

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Original Poster:

149 posts

233 months

Saturday 14th July 2007
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Hi, thanks for the reply. Before i go outside with a screwdriver and start pulling bits of carpet out (its dark, were having a bbq and ive had 5 beers and most of a bottle of wine), do you remember if the wires or the box they plug into are marked with the relavant description?
Also is it in the driver footwell or the passenger? I notice your name is YANK so if youre from the US and in a LHD car its the passenger footwell for me(?)

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Original Poster:

149 posts

233 months

Saturday 14th July 2007
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A brief spark of intelligence reminded me to check your profile. Youre from London - driver side footwell it is then... wink

yank

70 posts

274 months

Saturday 14th July 2007
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there not marked but they only can plug in one way, make sure you do both sets,,, Good luck!

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Original Poster:

149 posts

233 months

Sunday 15th July 2007
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Hi tks for the reply. Unscrewed that panel but theres no closure unit there, only the nokia speaker and controller unit for the incar phone (very '80s!). I heard also that the unit can sometimes be under the passenger seat, had a look and theres a lot of wiring that i do not trust myself to go fiddling with as i cant identify what does what. any ideas?

chinoloco

88 posts

233 months

Monday 16th July 2007
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Hey that sounds cool! I tried same thing with my 993 Targa / PA1000 and it doesn't do the remote closing thing. Is there an option or something that does this? Is it expensive/difficult to retro-fit?