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Offline Vish8895

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Windows open by themselves?
« on: December 25, 2013, 12:01:11 pm »
Hi everyone!

First of all! Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! Hope you all are well!

This morning I came down stairs to a shocking discovery! All the windows on my 2007 golf were wide open, as far as they could be! Except the sunroof!

I have done some research and people have said they experienced similar things but not fully open? I'm sure I haven't sat on the key or anything daft like that and I know they were closed when I parked last night!

Thankfully I was a dry night and the car is animal free and still on the drive!!!

Does anyone know what could of caused this and how I can prevent it, as it's a pretty big inconvenience!


Thanks
Vish

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Re: Windows open by themselves?
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2013, 01:20:33 pm »
Also had this happen twice. Both times when bloody raining. Only one window tho. Right pain

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Re: Windows open by themselves?
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2013, 08:27:08 pm »
It was a right bloody scare!

But thankfully it hasn't happened again :/, and hopefully it won't!!!


I think i must have sat or stood or telekinetically pressed the button on my key fob ahah!

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Re: Windows open by themselves?
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2013, 12:01:57 am »
Hello!
I had the same thing happen to me the other day, I had cleaned it the day before then got into it the next morning to go to work and looking at it from the outside I thought bloody hell I've done a good job cleaning them windows they look open! turns out they where!  :confused: After some playing about I learnt that if you hold down the unlock button long enough all 4 windows will wind down and if you hold the lock button long enough they all come back up again! I was like a kid in a toy shop playing with it!
Hope this helps!

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Re: Windows open by themselves?
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2014, 08:06:37 pm »
Yeah I knew already and it does come in useful! But it still doesn't explain how they opened!

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Re: Windows open by themselves?
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2014, 10:39:54 pm »
I've had this happen to me during summer holidays. Passenger window was wide open in the morning. It appears that a cat had fun in my car that night. After checking all the seats and some of the dash it must have settled in the drivers seat for a good night's nap. Hair everywhere..  :confused: Had the car detailed asap.

My friend's Swift was also left with front windows rolled down that same night just right next to mine. His was clean!  :sad1:

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Re: Windows open by themselves?
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2014, 10:51:19 pm »
Do you have rain closing activated? Sometimes when the car rain closes it triggers the thermal overload on the window motor causing it to open; similar to the finger trap safety protection. Happened to me once.
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Re: Windows open by themselves?
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2014, 12:06:19 am »
done the same to mine one year found half a tonn of snow in there in the morning.... :fighting:

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Re: Windows open by themselves?
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2014, 07:03:07 pm »
Do you have rain closing activated? Sometimes when the car rain closes it triggers the thermal overload on the window motor causing it to open; similar to the finger trap safety protection. Happened to me once.

Nope dont think so, plus it was dry all night and when i parked it so doubt that would have triggered it :/

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Re: Windows open by themselves?
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2014, 06:28:44 pm »
Are you holding the lock/unlock button on the remote for more than 3 seconds?
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Re: Windows open by themselves?
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2014, 07:04:41 pm »
Defiantly not, and i often operate the remote windows often so I'm quite aware of how long they take etc etc.

Either way it hasn't happened again recently and in these torrential weathers, i hope it never does again haha!