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HoraceM

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My 2012 turbo has just developed a strange habit. When I press the switch to close the driver's door window, it gets to half way up and then immediately stops and reverses all the way down until fully open. Pressing the switch either way has no effect until it has reached the bottom and stopped. Then if I repeat this, it does the same thing. The only way to close the window is to do it in short bursts of about an inch or two.
Any ideas anyone?
 
Yep, had exactly the same. PC replaced the glass - no change. Then they played around with the mechanism which seems to have done the trick. It's all to do with the anti trap sensor ( or whatever it is!). It seemed to be more prevalent if the rubbers were damp, for some reason. Comes under the warranty so cured at no expense.

 
My passenger side window only raises from half way with one touch switch. I need to hold the switch to get it from fully down to 1/2 way up. Is that normal?

 
There is a reset which works something like this. Push to take the window all the way down and push for down again. Push to take the window all the way up and push up again. It might not be precisely this but give it a go, it resets the limits of the window.

 
JCX said:
My passenger side window only raises from half way with one touch switch. I need to hold the switch to get it from fully down to 1/2 way up. Is that normal?
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Insofar as I'm aware yes - mine does exactly the same.

 
Try using a silicon lubricant spray in the side tracks of the Windows. This lubricated the window felt/rubber and may prevent the auto overload switch from kicking in, it sounds like there is some excessive resistance for the window to move up and this it's triggering the safety cut out.

 
yep, mine does the same and I thought it was faulty, until i drove another and it did exactly the same.

Be careful with any silicon lubricant, if it spreads anywhere then you will "enjoy" it smeared on the rest of the window and when its sunny looks really rubbish.

 
yep, mine does the same and I thought it was faulty, until i drove another and it did exactly the same.

Be careful with any silicon lubricant, if it spreads anywhere then you will "enjoy" it smeared on the rest of the window and when its sunny looks really rubbish.

 
Wow - It's fixed.

Tried the single down press (after lowering the window) that didn't seem to work, so tried a double down press and the same double up press at the top and BINGO, it seem to have fixed the problem - at least in the garage. So you can all have a go and see if it fixes yours. Hope so!

So, ask the right people the right question and you'll (hopefully) get the right answer.

Cheers all

Horace Marks

 
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