Trailerchap

Try unlocking the door with the key. If the windows work, time how long they work for. This means sliding up and down continuously BUT I’d suggest you start this at 8 minutes. Use a stop watch carefully. I would have said exactly what you said until I discovered this 10 minute threshold. If you can see a 10 min threshold then your windows are working in basic mode - see handbook for its definition.

So anyway… my mk1 windows will still work only in basic mode (which means for 10 minutes after the key has opened the driver door) then they stop working (exactly at 10 minutes). it’s been like this for one year almost. No windows after 10 minutes. Have to stop, put the key in the door and unlock IF I want another 10 minutes. Anyone had and fixed this problem?

Thanks a lot. My issue has moved on. If I reset the windows by turning the key I’m the door to the unlock position for a few seconds. I then get 10 minutes exactly of working windows. At 10 mins they stop. It’s exactly 10. In the handbook it says when the ignition is switched off with keys in (or out I think) you get 10 minutes of basic elec window functionality! So I deduce that the window system is not “seeing” the key. I reset the key (actually tried both keys) and still no joy. Any ideas?

Hi when should I change the timing belt on this engine. The cars on 37k miles. thanks