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 ) 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.

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

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.

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

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Originally posted by donn 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 ) 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.

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.