Drivers window issue - Help please

[Nogmeister]

Hey all,

So, driving back from the In laws house and put my drivers window down. It decided to go about half way down and stop. I tried to make it go down again, and it went slightly up, then all the way down. And stayed there.

The motor makes a noise, but not a constant noise when the finger is on the button, more it kind of ticks on and off a couple of times.

To make matters worse the ****** heavens opened, so I got soaked whilst taking the door card off, subframe off, disconnecting the bottom clips off the glass, and jamming it up with a screwdriver!

Im guessing it's the motor gone kaput, none of the cable had come off or snapped. Any ideas?

2001 S3 btw.

Cheers guys!

 

[Nogmeister]

And before somebody says 'stickies' that the first place I looked and thank god I did! A great guide on dismantling the door in there!

 

[vivalacoulter]

Very strange! Mine did a similar thing when the seal around the window was very dry and it began getting stuck on its way back up... Just changed direction!

If I were you I'd replace the motor and then invest in some silicone lubricant spray for the window seals and around the window. I just ordered some off eBay for £4.99, bargain!

 

[Big Al]

Im guessing it's the motor gone kaput, none of the cable had come off or snapped. Any ideas?

Yes, it'll be your motor. I have a working motor, regulator (the frame it all sits in) plus glass if you need it, selling on Ebay -

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Alistair

 

[bigal 1]

Yes, it'll be your motor. I have a working motor, regulator (the frame it all sits in) plus glass if you need it, selling on Ebay -

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Alistair

Hi, this is strange, one bigal after another. I had the same problem, no cables snapped but since the cable is multistrand it is prone to the outer wires becoming broken The wire passes through a metal tube and it can jam if the outer wires have broken. I bought a second motor to no avail, then discovered the frayed wire. The wires are available on ebay for about £20.00 if this is the cause.

 

[Nogmeister]

Cheers Big Al's! Hopefully will sort her this week!

 

[Nilz]

It could also be some plastic clips in the window themselves that can snap, they are about 50p each, if you do a search there will be info on it as its a common fault.

 

[Nogmeister]

Yeah it turned out to be the clips in the end, got the newer pink ones from Audi for £7.82.

If anyone has similar issues, drop me a PM

 

[Cobra88]

My Passenger window did the same thing over weekend

So easy to fix with the whole thing out of the door

Regards
Rick

 

[Nilz]

That was a nice cheap fix then hey??

 

[Nogmeister]

Yeah bargain! Glad it was cheap too. Plus I liked the way Audi designed the door with an unboltable sub frame, made the job a lot easier than when it happened on my Mk 3 Golf!