Hi all. just to introduce myself. Fabia Mk2 2010 owner from Belfast

 

Have Skoda Fabia Mk2 2010 for three years . shortly after purchase front windows started to operate on their own. brought it back to dealer who said it was fixed. Months later started again and has continued on and off till now. it is now at the stage where i can not lock car and leave unattended as the window operation sets off the alarm.

 

Details of fault. The fault is preceded by a click or clicking which sounds as if coming from drivers door. The windows will then sometimes operate and sometimes not. Could be ok for months then could start again. 

sometimes the clicking happens when driving and other times when parked. same for windows.

i have basic electrical and diy skills as i was a maintence man for BT.

I have changed the window switches on both front doors but no improvement. rear windows are manual.

i have been with the auto spark (who is brilliant by the way) 3 times this week. He is deeply frustrated that he can not pin down the faukt so far despite spending a lot of time on it. 

 

Hoping that someone can shed some light in the problem please!

A common problem on the Fabia. The wiring loom that runs through the door gets damaged and broken within the flexible door gaitor. You can pull off this gaitor and move it back to assess the state of the wires, also worth unclipping the loom from the car A pilar side, move up orange clip. Look there also for green corrosion on the points as water can get in here too.

 

Unfortunately problems here mean electrical gremlins from windows, to alarm going off etc are quite common. I have done the loom on mine, door card off and fed it through. Tricky job but doable. If the loom is ok, then it'll could be the control box that sits in the door near the door handle on the inside, although mine claimed to have a fault until I did a VCDS scan after changing the loom and it's now behaved for about 3 years.

Thanks for the reply SJ.

Just back from collecting car again. Was showing spark your post. Says he had done that earlier in week.

He did advise me earlier in the week that he had renewed some suspect wiring at the door.

Now he has disconnected the window motor and says to try over the weekend.

Process of elimination now i suppose! I know from my BT days that an intermittent fault can be a bugger to find if the meter does not indicate anything! I'll keep you posted. Peter