Are you a slave to your power windows?

**V®6** · 29-10-2009, 04:44 PM

I know I am

For the past three days we've had temperatures in the 30's here in Adelaide. As you can imagine the interior of the golf gets pretty hot and with a leather interior it doesn't make it any easier.

I purposely leave the windows up and swelter through the heat until I get to my destination purely because I am too scared to open the windows in case they break again.

Does any one else do this at all? Or am I the only dumb one here?

**Lorenz** · 29-10-2009, 05:02 PM

I dont worry too much about the windows. My drivers side is up and down constantly and still seems good (touch wood!).

As long as your aircon is good, then keep the windows up... unless you smoke in your car when driving...

**V®6** · 29-10-2009, 05:12 PM

Aircon needs a regas lol I don't use it

**The_Hawk** · 29-10-2009, 05:19 PM

I just use them, if they break I'll fix them (again)

Having said that the passenger side front has been replaced with a good second hand unit and the drivers side is new

Being I only really use these I'm not worried.

**hokenmk3** · 29-10-2009, 06:20 PM

There is a little piece of brittle plastic about half a centimetre thick that supports the weight of the glass in the window all by itself. This has broken in 2 of my windows and I had the local engineering joint make me up a nice strong metal replacement part and now they are good as gold. I flippanty put my windows up and down like a yo yo; with full confidence.

**migolf** · 29-10-2009, 07:50 PM

Having trouble with drivers side rear , i know how you feel.after my mechanic adam [ va garage] spent a lot of hours on it with 3 different motors works then stops take it out of door lay it on side works again tested wiring seems ok any way got another wiring loom on

its way

**Mrk_Mickey** · 29-10-2009, 07:59 PM

I've just replaced the passenger side one again...in 6 months. Needless to say I sourced a new regulator and put the old motor on there. Nice and easy, nice and new....win.

**The_Hawk** · 29-10-2009, 09:43 PM

The motors don't tend to die, just the regulator. Usually the wire inside the mechanism snaps or the plastic wheel in the middle of the whole thing wears away from years of movement.

AFAIK they fixed the issue in the MK4 with a metal wheel on the inside so they tend to break less (although they are newer so maybe they just haven't got to "that" age yet).

The mechanism itself can be had for not alot of cash and you simply drop your old motor on and away you go again (hopefully for about 10 more years).

**Golf Houso** · 29-10-2009, 09:48 PM

I used to feel that in my GL, but the I was broke by the end from that car. I have the same mentality as some other people where I will continue to use them until they die, and then swap them over with one of the remaining pairs of window regulators that I still have. I've replaced both rears which were dead when I got the car.

It also doesn't hurt to have a complete spare set of door cards as I do, although that would hardly work with you guys with leather interiors...