Hello

I know this subject has been discussed in the past with electric windows stopping working.

Strange thing was, mine stopped during last winter and started working again when the weather cleared up.

When we recently had loads of rain, they stopped again and seems to be water in the electrics?

Any suggestions where the water could be coming in and where this affecting the wiring or anyone with similar problem?

Cheers

Birdie

Hello

I know this subject has been discussed in the past with electric windows stopping working.

Strange thing was, mine stopped during last winter and started working again when the weather cleared up.

When we recently had loads of rain, they stopped again and seems to be water in the electrics?

Any suggestions where the water could be coming in and where this affecting the wiring or anyone with similar problem?

Cheers

Birdie

 

Hate to say "do a search" but...

 

have read of door seals leaking.... Front kick panels have multi-connectors in them for the door wiring. Have read of those being lose, allowing ingress too.

Thanks Vindaloo

It seems there must be some ingress of water somewhere, needle in a haystack. Annoyingly, it will start working once dried out so going to be a nightmare to find the fault.

Cheers

PS Did you do search before suggesting I did a search?

My 05 VRS is exactly the same and has been for the past 2 years, always November December time, then is ok for the rest of the year, did it last week but ok now. It is a pain but I have never bothered chasing it up.

Strip the doors and drench the outside of the car with a hose, see if any of the cables are getting wet inside the door.

 

Check the cables where they go from the door into the main body of the car and check that the dreaded fabia door leaks making cables wet anywhere else

im sure someone cured this by putting a polythene sheet between the door carrier and the inner door frame like a curtain to stop the electrics getting wet 

im sure someone cured this by putting a polythene sheet between the door carrier and the inner door frame like a curtain to stop the electrics getting wet 

Wasn't that a temp fix for the door leak problem?