MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Vish8895 on December 25, 2013, 12:01:11 pm
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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
Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
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Also had this happen twice. Both times when bloody raining. Only one window tho. Right pain
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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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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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Yeah I knew already and it does come in useful! But it still doesn't explain how they opened!
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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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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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done the same to mine one year found half a tonn of snow in there in the morning.... :fighting:
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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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Are you holding the lock/unlock button on the remote for more than 3 seconds?
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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!