window wont close

[chief]

as stated the drivers side window wont close, is there any way to close it manually. cant here the solonoid clicking when i press the switch, checked a different switch and it still dont work, fuse 30 ok, and pass window works fine.
faulty motor????

[Animal]

If you took the door card off you could possibly hot wire the motor to check it.

[Mark1]

I have moved this to the right section.

[Stupink]

double check the connector to the door isnt corroded. but yest the window motor circuit boards are prone to fail. disconnect the connector from the board (inside the door) and you can test with a multimeter, but its most likely duff assuming the main connector is ok, they are prone to waterlog.

[chief]

well to update this thread, had the car stashed away on my bro's drive since saturday with his golf in front at night. today phoned vx to see if they knew how to get up the window manually, they didnt!; but recommended i give the aa a call since i am a member. did that and the guy came out tonight, he scratched his head for a bit but eventually managed to get it up(weyhey!!), to do this he had to remove the back of the motor and twist the shaft as i pulled up the window, unfortunatly this left the motor in bits so the window drops back down, i've propped it up and its secure enough for now at least i can lock up and activate the alarm.

as he was checking every thing he put a multi metre across the wires, one red one black and two signal wires from the switch, he could not understand why he was gettig a positive reading from the red and both signal wires. is this normal?, could it be linked to the problem??

cheers (sorry for the long post)

[callyben]

have you checked the multi plug under the handbrake cover. maybe a wire has come loose or the plug isnt pushed fully home. i had this prob on my old cally. in the end i jammed a beer mat folded up under teh cover to push the connector together.

[chief]

well just picked up a s/h motor. autovaux dont stock them and to get one in from vx was gonna cost £160. phaned a local vaux spares and he said he had a few in all with different plugs depending on what year they were. went down and he found the right one plugged it in and it all works fine. the cost for the complete set up including the scissor thingy, 20 quid RESULT


still a bit woried about the voltage readings at the plug so i'm gonna try and figgure it out when i fit it on saturday

cheers for the replys on this guys