Mk2 GTi leccy windows

[weazgti]

my passenger one has stopped working and i think its seized somewhere because the motor gets hot when i press the switch.

[sprout99]

it's the reverse ligts fuse ...noticed it had blown
replaced it but still no worky

i need to get a new thermal fuse me thinks and try that

does anyone know what it looks like?

[rubjonny]

its the metal jobber above your fusebox, you can replace it with boggo 30a if you want

[sprout99]

thats waht i wanted to hear !! thanks
 

i need to get some fuses and other bits at lunch time

[sprout99]

all fixed.....

unplugged everything on that circuit to get windows working. Thermal fuse was ok
Actual culprit was the reverse light switch

Nice cheap fix !

 

[weazgti]

Don't discredit the fact that it could be one or all of a whole host of faults!  With mine it started off with the heated washer jet wires shorting things out, fixed that only to find the switch was now knackered, fixed that only to find that the regulator was now jammed!

A bit like buses, problems can come in multiples.  Electric window regulators can be stripped down and regreased in about an hour/hour and a half easily.  It's pretty straight forward.

Best of luck, and enjoy the new car.

How do you do this? both my passenger ones are now seized, back one wasnt a problem but the front one i need to open. It seized for a bit then worked the next day then it seized again.