Electric windows in a golf question

Hi

I've got a problem with the electric windows in a 1994 Golf 1.8GL. The front passenger window works ok using the switch on the front passenger door. The switch on the drivers door which works the front passenger window only puts the window up whether pressing the bottom or top of the button. The switch on the drivers door which works the drivers door window won't open the window but you can hear some noise in the door like a motor or something isn't catching, a sort of stuttering. If I put on the outside lights the switches and buttons light up. Then, if I use the switch on the front passenger door and the front passenger window switch on the drivers door all other lit up buttons, switches stay the same, but if I use the drivers window switch all the other button and switch lights go dim, like the energy is being drawn away from them. The back 2 windows don't work from their window switches or the switches on the dashboard. Is this a major problem or is it something like fuses, relays, maybe faulty connections? If I open the front passenger window using the switch on the same door, then use the corresponding switch on the drivers door it will close the window whether pressed at the top or the bottom of the switch, I figure this might be a wiring problem in the driver door switch? I've just got the car and can't get a manual till monday

thanks for any help

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Bodhran
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Papa

Just sounds like you've got a screwed up switch on the drivers door. If the passenger door switch works the window normally then the motor & regulator are working fine. The lights go dim when using the drivers door switch because the window is trying to go up when already closed. This will draw a lot of AMPS & cause the lights to dim while holding the switch. I would start by trying another drivers door switch.

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CanadianCray

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Bodhran

thanks for replying

I've also got a passat so took the switch from the driver door in the passat and tried it in the golf but have the same problem. Tried the switch from the golf in the passat and it works ok. Got hold of a manual today and according to that all the windows and electric mirrors are on one fuse F14, so because the mirrors work ok and one of the windows works I reckon it's not a fuse problem. Do you know what else there is along the wire from door switch to motor? There's a mention of a Thermo fuse for windows but can't find that anywhere and presume if it was blown then all windows would stop working? Also the problem of the passenger door switch on the driver door. It will only close the passenger window but not open it? Wiring? I've had the panels off today but can't see any problem with the wiring. The motor thing inside the driver door is definately trying to do something, you can feel it. Presumably the driver window switch works then cos it's activating the motor? Does it look like the motors/regulators are knackered? What would I need to buy to fix the problem?

thanks a lot

Reply to
Bodhran

The thermal switch for the windows is usually inside the motor itself. Also while you have the door panel off I would check the wires at the door hinge. I have seen the break in the tube going from the door to the body & short together.

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CanadianCray

Checked the tubes from the doors and low and behold - the drivers side speaker wires are all cut but not the motor/switch wires. All the wires for the switches/motors in the back doors have been cut and taped up? The plugs for the motors weren't even plugged in?

On a previous golf I had which had manual windows the cables had frayed on the window regulators making it very difficult for the windows to open. On the golf I have now the driver door motor makes a noise when you press the switch. Could it be like my old manual in that the motor is trying to lower the regulator but the cable is knackered and the noise is the motor struggling to turn? Therefore needing a new regulator and not a motor?

I've not had this golf long and don't want to start getting parts till I know for sure what parts I actually need. The manual isn't much help on this.

thanks for your help

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Bodhran

Reply to
bill

If the window works perfectly from the passenger door switch than there is nothing wrong with the motor or regulator. You have an electrical problem only. Not mechanical.

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CanadianCray

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