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posted on June 19th, 2013 at 03:38 PM
Fused electric windows
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.
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posted on June 19th, 2013 at 03:51 PM
yup, most of the time the drivers side wears out because its the one that get usedall the time.
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posted on June 19th, 2013 at 09:05 PM
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.
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posted on June 20th, 2013 at 10:00 AM
no where near as reliable as the window mechanisms on your buggy hey Donn
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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.
I'd get a second opinion on that one.
VW winders are much more unreliable than any Jap car.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
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posted on June 20th, 2013 at 03:54 PM
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.
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) 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. 
