Hi, does anyone know what relay control the power windows, if I stop my car engine I cannot open or close the window without having to restart the engine again, I have had many  Fabia's and never had this problem, I've always been able to open and close the windows for so long after turning the ignition off. At present I have a 2016 Monte Carlo, I've tried asking the Skoda dealers but they just say I would have to book it in so they could diagnose the fault and are not able to give out any information over the phone. All I want to know  is if anyone can tell me what number fuse or relay i would be looking at to see if it's blown or if a relay is missing for the power windows to still operate for so long after turning the ignition off. As I say the windows operate fine as long as the engine is running. Thanks in advance if anyone knows how to fix this problem.

As far as my car goes, the windows only operate with the ignition on and there is no period after you turn off the ignition when you can operate the windows. Do yours only operate with the engine actually running or when the ignition is on? 

Same here.

The electric windows only work when the ignition is on.

 

Thanks AG Falco

Hi

I'm trying to say, if i park up and i'm waiting for someone, I turn the engine off but leave the keys in the ignition, i can then still open the windows even though the engine is stopped the keys are in the position were i could pull them out, i can still open and close my windows for so long, maybe about 5 mins or so, this has been possible on every fabia i have had including 2 vRS mk1 a mk 2 estate, my daughters mk2 estate, a mk2 saloon,  my Octavia  estate and a few weeks ago on a 17 plate Fabia mk3 saloon colour edition courtesy car, in fact I have just tried a mates fabia also on a 16 plate and i can open and close his windows with the keys still in the ignition barrel but the engine off and in the position to pull the keys out, it doesn't matter what position i leave the keys in mine except ignition on will the windows still operate.

Have you got just both front electric windows or all four windows?

Just wondering if this makes a difference.

 

Both my other cars will allow a short time to still move the windows after the ignition is turned off.

But not my Fabia.

 

Thanks AG Falco

Yes AG all four windows are electric on my Monte Carlo, Skoda admit the windows should operate for a short time after the ignition is turned off but they would need to have the car in to diagnose the fault and you know what their diagnostic charges can be even if it means just replacing a relay, I've been stung before for those costs, I'll put up with the problem before I'd take the car to a dealers, it's just that every Fabia I've had has allowed the windows to operate for a short time after the ignition is switched off, that means I would think there must be a relay somewhere that allows this operation, bit like the radio, you can switch off the ignition while sitting in the car but the radio still operates for 30 odd minutes then shuts off meaning you have to re switch the ignition to get the radio to operate for another 30 mins, it's I just don't know where to look to find what controls the delay on the windows.

 

Thanks rgf897vRS

Car DSG Monte Carlo TSI 110

Do none of the windows work with the ignition off.

 

It looks like there is a main fuse for all of them in the Cabin fuse box Number 30.

Then there are fuses for the individual windows as well.

 

If there was a fuse blown then I would expect them not to work irrespective of the ignition being off or on.

 

18 hours ago, rgf897vRS said:

Skoda admit the windows should operate for a short time after the ignition is turned off

 

The two people that have responded have both said the opposite! 😉

 

Thanks AG Falco

No AG none of the windows work with the ignition off.

I've Just been sitting in my daughters Mk 2 10 plate Fabia 4 door diesel, it has front power windows only, turned off the ignition leaving the keys in and guess what, the power windows still lift up and down, so I've sat in the car and timed how long I could lift the windows up and down for with the ignition off , after almost 10 mins they stopped working and I had to re-switch on the ignition, then approximately for another 10 mins i could still operate the windows, this has been the same with every Fabia I've had, I could always wind the windows up for so long after turning the ignition off, anyway thanks for the info on the number 30 fuse AG but I don't think the issue is a fuse, more likely a relay or some timing device that keeps the power going to the windows for so long after turning the ignition off, I'll crack it somehow 🤔😕

 

Thanks RGF

Edited 16 September, 20196 yr by rgf897vRS

My Fabia Monte Carlo 2019 had windows that allowed closure after the ignition was turned off,

I never needed to open them so cannot comment on that part. Time permitting I will have a play later.

21 hours ago, rgf897vRS said:

No AG none of the windows work with the ignition off.

 

It is the same with my 2016 Fabia.

If there is a fault that is fixed please come back and post up the info.

 

Thanks AG Falco

10 minutes ago, AGFalco said:

 

It is the same with my 2016 Fabia.

If there is a fault that is fixed please come back and post up the info.

 

Thanks AG Falco

Ditto

'course this is just part of the trouble with electric windows which in my view are an absolute pain in the "a". There was never a problem with winding windows down in the old days so "why fix something which ain't broke". But they have to keep making things more and more complex fo no good reason don't they.

On 16/09/2019 at 21:51, rgf897vRS said:

I'll crack it somehow

 

Have you cracked it yet?

 

Thanks AG Falco