Driver side window drop problem
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Seems my 2006 vantage has developed two odd faults today - the other one is in a different thread.
My drive side window is not dropping when it should. It does not drop when I pull the exterior handle or the interior handle. It does drop immediately that I begin to open the door and it raises when I close the door. It's not that I am opening too quickly - same thing if I wait several seconds.
I have tried forcing a relearn and it makes no difference.
I assume there is a micro switch for the door handles that needs adjusting our replacing?
My drive side window is not dropping when it should. It does not drop when I pull the exterior handle or the interior handle. It does drop immediately that I begin to open the door and it raises when I close the door. It's not that I am opening too quickly - same thing if I wait several seconds.
I have tried forcing a relearn and it makes no difference.
I assume there is a micro switch for the door handles that needs adjusting our replacing?
Ah, you have to love these cars.
I decided maybe I should try a hard reset - I found posts saying I either need to disconnect power to the module or pull fuse 82. But I also found a post saying that maybe using the battery disconnect switch might do it - so I tried that.
Unfortunately, once you've used that - you can't start the car 'cos it says "Check the battery disconnect switch". That's OK I thought - I'll check the manual to see what I need to do next. Except the manual is in the glove compartment. Which has an electronic switch. Which is disabled by the battery disconnect switch.....
Still, I found the reset switch and all is now good - although it didn't solve the problem. However, I suspect the battery disconnect might not remove power to the window anyway since that would make it tricky to open the door. May pull fuse 82 later.
I decided maybe I should try a hard reset - I found posts saying I either need to disconnect power to the module or pull fuse 82. But I also found a post saying that maybe using the battery disconnect switch might do it - so I tried that.
Unfortunately, once you've used that - you can't start the car 'cos it says "Check the battery disconnect switch". That's OK I thought - I'll check the manual to see what I need to do next. Except the manual is in the glove compartment. Which has an electronic switch. Which is disabled by the battery disconnect switch.....
Still, I found the reset switch and all is now good - although it didn't solve the problem. However, I suspect the battery disconnect might not remove power to the window anyway since that would make it tricky to open the door. May pull fuse 82 later.
So, I went to a local Aston Indy today to see what they thought of my window.
They said that the early vantages (mine is 2006) do not have micro switches for the handles - this was added to later cars because people were opening the doors to quickly. I said that mine had seemed to drop with the handle when I got it last week but he was adamant my car is working normally.
When I got home, I experimented with the passenger door which is working. In fact, that doesn't drop the window when pull the handle - if I keep the door pushed closed the window doesn't move. Instead, as I pull the handle, the door moves out just a mm or so as the rubber seals push it out - and that causes the window to to drop. The driver door didn't do that - and when I washed the car earlier this week I did notice a sprinkling of water on top of the lower seal on the drivers side, but not on the passenger side.
So I've just adjusted my driver side striker plate. I moved it a mm at most, but I'd say about half that. Back of the door is still aligned but now pulling the door handle causes the door to move out very slightly and that drops the window. Next time I clean it I'll see if it's dry on the seal or whether I need to move it in just a shade more.
They said that the early vantages (mine is 2006) do not have micro switches for the handles - this was added to later cars because people were opening the doors to quickly. I said that mine had seemed to drop with the handle when I got it last week but he was adamant my car is working normally.
When I got home, I experimented with the passenger door which is working. In fact, that doesn't drop the window when pull the handle - if I keep the door pushed closed the window doesn't move. Instead, as I pull the handle, the door moves out just a mm or so as the rubber seals push it out - and that causes the window to to drop. The driver door didn't do that - and when I washed the car earlier this week I did notice a sprinkling of water on top of the lower seal on the drivers side, but not on the passenger side.
So I've just adjusted my driver side striker plate. I moved it a mm at most, but I'd say about half that. Back of the door is still aligned but now pulling the door handle causes the door to move out very slightly and that drops the window. Next time I clean it I'll see if it's dry on the seal or whether I need to move it in just a shade more.
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