The missus car has started an issue with the windows.

 

The passenger window works fine from it's own button, however when you try and use the drivers side it either doesn't respond or acts very stop-start and take a few goes to get going. Any ideas? I've seen a few posts suggesting to reset the controllers by removing the fuses then holding the buttons in a certain way - unfortunately no joy.

Mine is the same but both drivers and passenger window are doing it and as you say, if you use the passenger switch it's ok on that side. 

 

Ive ordered a new switch for the drivers side to see if that rectify it. 

Edited 8 February, 20179 yr by S27VEJ

so you think it's just the switches?

I'm no expert but I suffered with the same symptoms so i ordered a new switch and still didn't cure it. The wires in between the car and the car door must of been on its last thread then gave way and broke. Try not to operate the window until you fix it,

mine decided to break on me whilst going through McDonald's drive thru at 8pm at night... Let's just say it was a late one.

I've had both issues with all 3 of my Fabias.

 

All of them, 2008, 2011 & 2012 have had broken wires in the door and the 2011 and 2012 have both had failed switches.

On 07/02/2017 at 22:47, wilsonian said:

The missus car has started an issue with the windows.

 

The passenger window works fine from it's own button, however when you try and use the drivers side it either doesn't respond or acts very stop-start and take a few goes to get going. Any ideas? I've seen a few posts suggesting to reset the controllers by removing the fuses then holding the buttons in a certain way - unfortunately no joy.

This is more than likey the driver door loom has broken inside the rubber cover in your door shut. Very common on the VAGS golfs sharans etc. Fabia II suffer too. Extreme case on mine, coming home on the m25 just going through Dartford tunnel, my dash (rev counter, speedo & MFD) displays died reading zero and screen blank, lost indicators, brake lights, main beam, central locking and windows and limp home mode. I thought the dash insert had failed but after a long journey on an AA lorry to Skoda they found the door loom broken (3 wires) shorting out and causing the control modules to go crazy. Had a new loom fitted and worked fine.

I was hoping it wasn't going to be a wiring fault - hate chasing them down... lol

If it makes you feel better, we've told you where it is and what wire it is so shouldn't take much "chasing down"

 

Good Luck

 

Mine has starting doing this :-(. Exactly as you describe. 

Still not fitted the switch so can't report back yet but I had a risky press of both windows switches today and it worked ok, but then it was intermittent anyway. 

I replaced my passenger switch today and that fixed that.

 

i think the issue is... if the window is down 2mm and it's raining... or been raining a waterfall comes through the window and is accurately aimed directly at the switches.

 

on all the ones I've removed they have been green, probably work again if stripped and cleaned.

Just thought I'd give an update on this issue. Yesterday the windows went down and stopped. No response from the unit etc etc. Took the switch off and cleaned the contacts with no luck, removes the gaiter over the wires and bingo - brown cable on its last legs and the red/white completely gone. To repair it I removed the wiring loom from the door and my father (retired spark) soldered in a new length for both. Strangely the audio wiring was fine (same 1mm cable). They must not give it enough give.

 

Took around an hour to re fit so all in all about 3 hours Inc cleaning the switch up.

 

If anyone does intend to do this we used heat shrink over the repair work and had to replace all the door clips as they had broken while removing the panel so make sure you have plenty in stock.