Very strange window issue

[Peacock8]

Hello!

Soooo I was driving home today then suddenly the drivers side window dropped to the "open the door level", dropped about 1,5cm. Thought the window was acting up. I have several times had trouble with the windows freezing, and having to reset them. This time however this does not help. I have tried as per the roccopedia and my own techniques!

But the weird thing is that it works just perfect when I lock the car with either the key or the button inside the car. So there is no issue with the window mechanics. I´m a bit baffled by this and why it happened suddenly while driving...

What do you guys think?

Ørjan.

[martdy]

Could possibly be a sticking exterior door handle
My passenger window would not close fully if my partner had got in the car (she's under strict instructions not to slam the door)
I found that her being so gentle closing the door that the outside handle didn't always return to its starting position hence the window would not come back up. I applied a bit of lubricant (to the handle) and all has been fine since.
Might be worth a look...

[ZephyR]

I've had a fumy thing happen with the windows dropping and going back up and dropping again. The only way to stop it was to turn off the ingnition and re-start. Its only done it the once though.
Also had it lock and unlock the doors every time I stopped and started off again. Just the once.

I put these things down to electrical gremlins. Provided it doesn't keep happening then I would just forget about it.

[carlpea]

The ignition barrel could be on its way out. Does moving from position 0 to I feel a bit 'loose'?

[Peacock8]

Now to add to the weird part, the "fault" has corrected itself.. Works like normal now. Parked the car, went in for about one hour, came back out and when I got in the window went to the right position. Must have been a sensor issue of some sort. It´s plausible that the handle could have been sticking, weather has been changing a lot lately from -12 to +2. Going to check about that ignition barrel.

@Carlpea: Have you had any issues with the ignition barrel?

Thanks for all your tips!

Ørjan.

[carlpea]

Now to add to the weird part, the "fault" has corrected itself.. Works like normal now. Parked the car, went in for about one hour, came back out and when I got in the window went to the right position. Must have been a sensor issue of some sort. It´s plausible that the handle could have been sticking, weather has been changing a lot lately from -12 to +2. Going to check about that ignition barrel.

@Carlpea: Have you had any issues with the ignition barrel?

Thanks for all your tips!

Ørjan.

I've read on here that the ignition barrel can fail. Mine does feel a bit loose but I haven't done anything about it as yet because the car is working ok... for the moment...