Door Window

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fcurrito
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Door Window

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Dear all,



I have a broken VW Polo 1.4 2003 or rather a mulfunction and I am not sure if its a mechanical or an eletrical problem.



My car does not have remote control so I need to use the key to open the doors. When I turn the key to open the drivers door the doors open and after a seond or two both doors windows start coming down.



Do you have an idea as to why this is happening?



Many thanks in advance



Carlos
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Ha Ha this is part of the VW design! Mine does it aswell.Such a cool feature :D
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Also works the other way round.Key in,turn to lock and hold,windows go up!
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Sorry mswk,

I need to rephrase my question. I know about the feature. If you trun the key in the unlock position and leve it in that position for a seond subsequently the doors open. My problem is, when I turn the key in the unlock position and release immediatly without keeping it in that position (i.e. only to unlock the doors)... then after a second the doors go down.. not a normal behaviour! Let me know if it is not clear and will try and explain it again.

The problem started almost one year afer I bought the car...

Many thanks for your help

Carlos
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Re: Door Window

Post by alexperkins »

Thats a fault in the microswitch in the door lock. You may need a new door lock mechanism inside the door.
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Oh dear! that bad?!

Well I am going to attempt to open it this weekend and have a look.

Thanks for your reply.
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