Horrgakx
Active Member
My nearside passenger window mechanism isn't working so I bought a replacement on eBay. It was for a "W210 LH Rear". However as you can see from the photos below they are not the same.
The original has 9 wires going into the unit and is much larger than the replacement which only has 2 wires.
What on earth requires 9 wires?
Just a bit disappointed because someone is looking at the car this weekend and I'd hoped to get it fixed.
(EDIT) - it seems that the reason for the failure is that gearbox on the broken one was full of water. When I split the motor from the gearbox the worm drive on the motor shaft was very discoloured and the edges were very sharp - could be where it was grinding against a lot of resistance.
Original (broken version)
Replacement (wrong version)
The original has 9 wires going into the unit and is much larger than the replacement which only has 2 wires.
What on earth requires 9 wires?
Just a bit disappointed because someone is looking at the car this weekend and I'd hoped to get it fixed.
(EDIT) - it seems that the reason for the failure is that gearbox on the broken one was full of water. When I split the motor from the gearbox the worm drive on the motor shaft was very discoloured and the edges were very sharp - could be where it was grinding against a lot of resistance.
Original (broken version)
Replacement (wrong version)
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