Window does not operate as door is opened

[ticker]

Guys,

when I press the door mechanism, the door opens but the window refuses to open to allow door to open.

Any ideas?

Dave

[toobin]

Hammer?

[BigGriff]

PCB on top of the winder motor in the door. Get a new one for about £25 and silicone it before you fit it. Its usually the water that gets down inside the door that kills them.

[Big Al.]

BigGriff said:

PCB on top of the winder motor in the door. Get a new one for about £25 and silicone it before you fit it. Its usually the water that gets down inside the door that kills them.

Yep, concur, have needed to replace both of mine on different occasions.

[custardkid]

contact spray is the quick solution, it drys the pcb out.

ether take the door skin off and spray the pcb, wait 10 mins.

or slide the tube between the glass and the window seal and give the inside of the door a good spray (its about in line with the wing mirror, on top of the motor)

custard

[tuscan_thunder]

Any thoughts on why our passenger window, when you open the door, drops right down and refuses to come back up unless you twiddle the control knob? Water as well?

[yzf1070]

tuscan_thunder said:

Any thoughts on why our passenger window, when you open the door, drops right down and refuses to come back up unless you twiddle the control knob? Water as well?

More than likely. As the other guys have said, remove the pcb, dry it thoroughly and then give it a good coating of silicon sealant, basically encapsulate it. Re-install and if normal operation resumes ok....forget about the PCB as that should solve the water issue once and for all.

Good Luck

G

[ticker]

Sorted and working, thanks for advice. Basically realised every time I washed car, (once a week), I had difficulty after, not connecting the two (DOOH!)issues before recieving your advice.

Cheers guys, its good to talk!

Dave

[dickkark]

I put latex gloves over them, leaving them open at the bottom,looks funny but works a treat.marigolds are too chunky!
Be careful what silicon sealent you use, Ive seen what some silicon sealents do to metal,
had a windscreen fitter come out to fit a screen in our p100 and the broken screen had been fitted with silicon sealent,it had actually eaten away at the roof pillars/screen flange so badly that we had to scrap the thing.
some of these non automotive, i.e. bathroom sealers have all sorts of acids and chemical etches in them, no doubt to allow them to grip to hard smooth surfaces.

[yzf1070]

dickkark said:

I put latex gloves over them, leaving them open at the bottom,looks funny but works a treat.marigolds are too chunky!
Be careful what silicon sealent you use, Ive seen what some silicon sealents do to metal,
had a windscreen fitter come out to fit a screen in our p100 and the broken screen had been fitted with silicon sealent,it had actually eaten away at the roof pillars/screen flange so badly that we had to scrap the thing.
some of these non automotive, i.e. bathroom sealers have all sorts of acids and chemical etches in them, no doubt to allow them to grip to hard smooth surfaces.

Yes thats very good advice...use the acrylic type sealant or a silicone that does not give off acetic acid when curing.