Despite the New Zealand Department of Agriculture's best bio-hazard reduction strategies the self opening window gremlins seem to have made it to our shores. (The Hobbits were already here of course !)

A couple of weeks ago the rear passenger window decided to open half way when the car (2015 Monte Carlo 170 hp TDi) was locked and parked in the rain. I subsequently carried out a simple 'in the rain' and 'in the garage' check and yes it was definitely the rain causing the problem. Consequently I switched off the rain sensing function via the MFD.

I had no further issues until a few days ago when I found that the same window had decided overnight to open halfway whilst parked in the garage. I carried out the window re-set procedure and all seems to be working fine again although I did notice that the door self locking function - when your speed has gone above 15 kph(?)  - had re-activated itself. Then this weekend the key decided to re-set itself so that it only opens the driver's door (I was using the same key on all occasions) The second key still has the open all door setting retained. I know that I can re-set the first key but before I do a couple of queries:

(a) Has anybody been through the window re-set and noticed the same thing about the re-activation of the door self-locking and / or the resetting of the key?

(b) More importantly, for those who have had similar problems with magically opening windows has the window re-set permanently solved the problem?

Its certainly very worrying from a security point of view - let alone a potentially drowned interior - that this issue appears to have occurred with no apparent cause.

Speedsport has the latest solution, I think - see his reply of 1 June 2016 in https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/292472-window-half-opening/ 

 

 

My dealer told me it was me pressing the lock button

while the keys were in my pocket, ignoring the fact that

I had gone to bed when it happened. Now my rear wiper

starts then stops in the vertical position, as if the Yeti is

"flipping me the bird" The battery is on a smart charger

when I am not using the car so should remove the chance

of eugremlins due to a low voltage.

8 minutes ago, gumdrop said:

Now my rear wiper starts then stops in the vertical position, as if the Yeti is

"flipping me the bird" 

 

"Known" issue with a batch of wiper motors. Solution is to replace under warranty.

Thanks for your responses and the link to a previous thread. Apart from the slight pressure on the window trick referred to by Speedsport, it seems I had followed the recommended method for the re-set. However the query still stands, did those who had this problem have a repeat of the mystery openings after the re-set?

 

Since it seems the other thread is currently also 'live' I'll post my request on there as well (Apologies to the webmaster if this is not correct protocol)

28 minutes ago, Upsidedown said:

.... the query still stands, did those who had this problem have a repeat of the mystery openings after the re-set?...

 

I last used the 'Speedsport System' on 21 November 2016.  So far, so good... 

I had my Yeti in for its first service last week and took the opportunity to ask the dealer to check for any fault codes re the window problem. There were none showing up but interestingly the technician found that there was a software patch to fix what must be a known programming problem - despite suggestions from various quarters about sitting on keys, keys in pockets, etc being the cause. Hopefully therefore problem solved.