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Fused electric windows

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donn 路

My lady has just returned from the auto electrician with the Forester, the drivers window wont operate, the auto electrician told her it needs a new winder motor AND new switch, it seems that when the switch malfunctions (shits itself is the technical term I believe 馃槧) the motor just keeps on going till it burns out, what sort of crappy system is that? I would have thought that there would be a fuse in there to protect against that sort of thing, bloody cheap jap junk. 馃槵

ian.mezz 路

yup, most of the time the drivers side wears out because its the one that get usedall the time.

vwvic 路

It will have a fuse somewhere but it will only blow if there is a direct short in the wiring, the motor running at full power will not be enough to blow it.
I see this alot with centeral locking motors, the relay fails and keeps the motors running in one direction and burns them all out.

bajachris88 路

no where near as reliable as the window mechanisms on your buggy hey Donn 馃憤 馃槀

AA003 路

donn wrote:My lady has just returned from the auto electrician with the Forester, the drivers window wont operate, the auto electrician told her it needs a new winder motor AND new switch, it seems that when the switch malfunctions (shits itself is the technical term I believe 馃槧) the motor just keeps on going till it burns out, what sort of crappy system is that? I would have thought that there would be a fuse in there to protect against that sort of thing, bloody cheap jap junk. 馃槵
I'd get a second opinion on that one.

VW winders are much more unreliable than any Jap car.

donn 路

The wierdest thing is that he didn't charge her for the time taken to do the inspection and gave her all the info she needed to get the parts. 馃檮