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Window stuck open

CE230

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Can anyone provide urgent help please? The passenger window on my 124 coupe has stuck in the open position, I have tried swapping switches but to no avail as they all operate on the different windows.

Is there a workaround as a temporary measure?

TIA
 
Can anyone provide urgent help please? The passenger window on my 124 coupe has stuck in the open position, I have tried swapping switches but to no avail as they all operate on the different windows.

Is there a workaround as a temporary measure?

TIA

Have you tried hand pulling it to start it? If not your best bet is to remove the door trim and find out why it is sticking in the bottom position. Could be a bent or jammed slide.
 
Couldn't get a grip on the glass:mad:

After a struggle I managed to remove the door card and release the glass from the carrier? and lifted it into position then wedged it in place.

Everything looked hunky dory so I guess the motor itself is the problem.
 
I checked the fuse (I think) and that appeared OK too.
 
From memory , the windows are fused in pairs , with the front left window sharing a fuse with rear right and vice versa . So , if your rear drivers side window is working , it isn't the fuse .

Since you've got the door card off , the next step is to put a voltmeter across the motor terminals and see if voltage is reaching the motor when you press the switch - if you get voltage at the motor , you are looking at a faulty or jammed motor ; if the motor is jammed , you should hear/feel it trying to move and be lookingfor a mechanical problem with the mechanism - if the motor gets power but does not even try to turn you are looking at a faulty motor - I'm guessing here but think amotor from a saloon or estate might fit - new ones are pricey .

If no power is reaching the motor , and you have already confirmed fuses/switches are OK - I'd be thinking relays/wiring . I'd expect there will be one or more relays for the windows ( I'm guessing here but would not expect the little plastic switches to take the full motor current ) and would listen/feel in the relay box next to the fusebox as someone presses the window switches - if you can hear/feel relays operating when the other windows are operated , but not this one , you are possibly looking at a faulty relay . If a relay clicks for this window but no power reaches window you may be looking at wiring where it flexes with the door hinge - try holding the switch and moving the flexible cable channel - identify the colours of wire feeding the motor then try to find them at the other side of the hinge - very carefully stick pins in through the insulation to see if you can pick up voltage before the flexing part where they usually break . Bypass broken cable if neccessary .

Hope this is of some help .
 
Update: When the window was reassembled it worked fine. At the weekend the drivers window started playing up so of with the trim and swap of switches again and problem cured. I believe that I have an intermittent fault on a switch so will replace.
 

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