Broken 'leccy window!

[gti_taff]

Just when summer and the good weather comes along, my electric drivers window has stopped working! Normally i'd just put it in the local vw speacialist but right now i am very skint and so im gonna have a crack at doing it myself.
I was wondering if anybody has any experience of this kind of fix - any info would be much appreciated.
As I press the switch i hear a click and you can see the rev's drop a slight bit; just like wot normally happens. So i think it could be the mechanism that raises/drops the window.
Help!

[golfvr6]

sounds like you need a new window regulator.

[gti_taff]

Cheers mate, im off to go and price one up now! Ta!

[mrwotto]

yeah same happened to my mk3 a few months back, welcome to the club lol

[Burnsy]

My rears drivers side has just gone to
How can i test whats actually gone ?

[mrwotto]

maybe best to check to see if you have got power tot he switch etc with a circuit tester, also maybe best checkin the fuse aswell

[tezyuk]

hi i had the same problem last week tried new motor and switch and in the end it was a broken wire !!!!!!! open the door pull back the big rubber and check all the wires one of mine had snapped all working ok now good luck!!!

[Burnsy]

Ive just replaced my 2 rear motors and sliders (1 has never worked since i brought it ) and all work fine now
Went to the local scrappy and got um both for 60 quid
Not a bad days work me thinks

[mrwotto]

is the motor in the back the same as in the front?

as was thinking of swopping my back drivers for me front one as i dont use the back as i not sit in the back lol

[Burnsy]

Maybe worth taking off your door panels and seeing if they match up
You cant seperate the motor unit from the sliders though unless you dismantle the unit and take out the actual motor
Good luck