Pesky Windows - cheaper fix?

[phil08]

Hi all,

Both windows on my S3 have stopped working at the same time.

Local garage had had a look for me and drivers side cable has sheared off and is just flapping around inside having wrapped itself up in the cogs.

The passenger side has broken a piece off the regulator itself.

Garage has quoted two new regulators which including fitting and vat works out nearly £300.

It's a fair old chunk to spend - I'm looking for experienced owners or anyone that's had this issue to see if there's any cheaper fixes. I've seen repair kits of eBay for as little as £10 but the garage says these will be a pig to fit.

Any ideas?

At the moment I'd rather spend the money on the cambelt and water pump which need changing so any saving I can make will be ideal.

 

[Lemon S3]

Don't get those repair kits. They won't fit your s3. They state they fit both a3 and s3 but they won't. For some reason the a3 cable is a fair amount shorter.
I ended up buying a 2nd hand door frame with window n cable etc on eBay for £20 and just swapped it over. It's not that difficult to do, prob only took about 30 mins


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[Lavis89]

Can you see if it's just the clips that have snapped? if so then it's a common problem, i think it costs £10 for new clubs to hold the cables in place, a bit of faffing about to fit them but i managed to do one of mine in under a hour and i didn't have much of a clue what i was doing

 

[phil08]

Can you see if it's just the clips that have snapped? if so then it's a common problem, i think it costs £10 for new clubs to hold the cables in place, a bit of faffing about to fit them but i managed to do one of mine in under a hour and i didn't have much of a clue what i was doing

It's a local garage that I use that had a look for me.

I have had this issue before on previous golf mkiv and a Octavia VRS and always managed to fix it with a cheaper kit either the clips or the more fuller kits that have a cable included.

The garage I used to use has since closed up shop so I'm using an Audi VW specialist now and this was their diagnosis of the issue

 

[Lavis89]

A lot of garages wont bother trying to repair the single part and will just charge you for replacing the whole regulator (it is a lot quicker than repairing the old ones to be fair)

 

[jojo]

Are you on Facebook? You can buy a pair of complete window frames with regulators cheap on there for peanuts.

 

[phil08]

Yes I am jojo can you send a link?

 

[jojo]

Yes I am jojo can you send a link?

Search Audi s3 uk sales page or s3 owners 8l chat, and add yourself to these groups. Then make an enquire. A guy called Sam was selling some not long ago, unsure if they are still available? But quite a few people breaking cars on there.