A friend of mine has just told me that his wife was driving down a motorway when he tried to raise the passenger window (electric) after an interesting crunch the window dropped completely down - the AA man said he'd seen this on other Furbys and polos - my boss added that he's also heard it about Furbys and Octavias - does anyone know anything about this apparently known problem - is there a mod?

Sounds like the regulator cable or the plastic guides on the cable have given up.

Has been known...lol.

Happened on my Octavia vRS, rear drivers side. We have 4 electric windows don't you know

Steve

It happens on manual windows aswell...lol

Sounds like the regulator cable or the plastic guides on the cable have given up.

On an 18 month year old car?? :eek:

Am I expecting too much? :confused:

This also happens on Mk4 Golfs. VW do a "Regulator Repair Kit" (p/n 1JE898099) as it's a known fault, but you have to buy it , obviously poor design somewhere. The Kit costs

This also happens on Mk4 Golfs. VW do a "Regulator Repair Kit" (p/n 1JE898099) as it's a known fault, but you have to buy it , obviously poor design somewhere. The Kit costs

Sorry, I don't exactly know, but I seem to remember something about the screws not being strong enough on the "lifter", so it could consist of a few new screws and maybe a revised lifter.

My left rear electric window on the Fabia always made a slight scraping noise, and garage replaced the regulators on the windows to stop problems.

Failing regulators/cables are a VAG quirk, from the Fabia to the Audi A8.

The Golf is different to the Octavia, but both do the same thing. Personally I dont bother with the repair kits, just get a modded anclilleries carrier, its only about