pingpongpo Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Been slightly concerned recently with my drivers side electric window as sometimes when opening the window fully from being closed it made a noise as if it was going down too far (like a thud) but thought nothing of it until today when I closed the window only for it to drop straight through into the door skin never to be seen again!! Patched it up with some polythene at the moment and going to take it into dealers tomorrow to sort it out. Luckily enough I have 2 weeks left on warranty to run!! Do you think this is going to be a recurring problem if they fix it? Anyone else had the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobes49 Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 I'm taking a guess it a mk4 golf, they had plastic clips on the window regulator and these snap, The new ones are metal and dont break, The main reason the plastc ones break is because the windows become stiff on the rubbers, If you use a rubber lube on the rubbers the plastic clips are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted September 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Window is fixed. She said something about window regulator being broken and they had to replace it. Don't know what that is or looks like or even what it does but hayho, my window is no working!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asta Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 regulator - the device that regulates the window positon. The clip is part of the regulator mechanism. On passats you dont get the repair parts yet and need the complete mechanism which even includes the metal plate. On golfs you can get a repair part which is around half the price of the complete mechanism. On mine the clip broke and then the wire frayed and got all tangled up so I would have needed the regualtor anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma23 Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Hi! Can you tell me how much it was to fix it? Mine is doing the same and at the moment don't want to open the window incase i can't get it done up again! Mine is a Mk 3 Golf GTI Thanks Emma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted September 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Hi! Can you tell me how much it was to fix it? Mine is doing the same and at the moment don't want to open the window incase i can't get it done up again! Mine is a Mk 3 Golf GTI Thanks Emma [/ QUOTE ] Sorry Emma, I could'nt tell you how much it was as I got it done under warranty. Although I imagine it would only take an hour or so. My car is a mk4 so I don't know if there is any difference in window mechanisms as well. I'm sure some of the guys on here will know more than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asta Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 regulator is £68 plus vat i think (passat one). for some reason i got a discount on that the golf repair section is around the £30 mark according to the dealer man. dont know what labour would be but i guess it would be the same as the regulator part price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobes49 Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 They dont do a repair kit for the mk3, But I would say if it a mk3 then it will be the wires between the door and body are broken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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