Hi folks.

Looking for some advice please with my octavia's passender side window regulator.

Last week I was unlucky enough to have the passenger window smashed by vandals.

Took the car to the insurer's glass fitters, where they did a decent job up until the technician tried to close the window.

Window went down Ok, but then he tried to put it up - it got to the top of the door, made this terrible grinding noise, then a snap, and the window fell to the bottom of the door.

Looks like the plastic holding the cabling broke. The tech then blamed that on wear and tear, but I don't think so.

Window was fine before the incident. Doesn't look like I'm going to get any satisfaction from the glass fitters, so before I shell out on a new regulator, is there any pitfalls to fitting a new one? Is there a sensor to tell the glass when it's at the top/bottom of the door?

Any advice gratefully received.

Regards,

tbxp

The plastic does over a time age, i have over a period of time had my two rear and front passenger door regulators fail. All windows dropped leaving the car unsecure, i managed to lift the windows using a metal coat hanger with a slight bend at one end, then secured using plastic wedges.

It may well be that when they replaced your glass, they located in the guide too high, thus causing the plastic part to fail??

The guides holding the glass in are metal, not plastic.

The plastic part that's broken appears to be close to the motor. :confused:

Yes you are correct, the window is located in a metal rail (trough), if you are attempting to do the repair yourself, may i suggest that you locate the window in the rail slightly loose, when the window is fully closed this will ensure there is no excess load on the plastic mechanism. If the window closes and opens correctly, then secure the window in situ

i am not aware of a sensor to regulate movement of the window?

The price of a regulator is £40+, if possible ask a skoda tech for further info