Hi All, I was driving my car this morning and everything was fine. I left the windows down this afternoon as it was a bit hot and I like to let the air circulate. I went to put the windows back up this evening, using the key fob, and the front passenger window went up fine but the driver’s window didn’t. I went out and checked. When I manually put the window up with, the switch on the driver’s door, it made an awful crunching sound starting about two thirds of the way up and it seemed there was a little resistance/struggle in it too. I just thought some grit or a stone got caught in it. But the window isn’t scratched. I finally got it raised fully and I’m not going to put it down again in case I can’t get it back up. Has anyone had anything similar? It’s a 2023 plate with 10K miles on it. Surely the actuator or motor isn’t broken already??? Cheers.

Sounds like the mechanism has had it. It's usually the plastic brackets that hold the window on the runners that break causing the wires to come loose and wrap themselves round the motor spindle etc.

Happened on our mk 1 Fabia but not the mk2 Octavia we had as the brackets were metal on that. I'm guessing the fabia still has plastic ones

Thanks, but it’s only 2 years old with 10k miles. I’ll have to ring Skoda as it still should be under warranty.

This video relates to a Fabia Mk 3, but the symptoms sound similar to your car's.

Yep, that’s the one. So because the window will move, it’s not the motor. It’s the regular and cables that’s screwed. I’m just irritated as it’s a relatively new car, it shouldn’t break after a short time. Plus, I’ve very little free time to actually get it fixed. I just hope Skoda doesn’t give me any hassle in fixing it. It should be still under warranty, so I’m hoping for a swift/easy resolution, probably wishful thinking …

Sorry, just re-read my reply. I meant regulator and cables, not regular. My irritation has affected my spelling :-)

I’ve got it booked in for the 2nd of September, earliest they could do. It’s still under warranty. However, as I’m training to be a driving instructor, I’ve just had dual controls fitted today, so I hope they won’t give me any hassle about the warranty because of the “modification”. I’ve read their warranty statement and it says 2 years unlimited mileage and a 3rd year up to 60,000 miles. Mine has only done 10k so is fine. It does have a disclaimer about modifications that affect/alter the displayed mileage on the car but nothing about dual controls etc. In any case, the window regulator has nothing to do with dual controls, plus this problem happened before they were fitted and their own warranty wording doesn’t exclude driving instructor cars. They must have taxis, company cars and driving instructor cars in all the time. So I’m hoping they don’t give me any hassle about it, I’ll lose my **** if they do …

I saw on here a MK3 with similar problems but a 23 plate MK4 should have lasted a bit longer. Can't see there being a problem re waranty and if there is threaten to publicise the fact thats its only done 10k. Sons went on his MK1 after 20 years/66k when I was driving it which I would expect due to the age of the car.

Dont touch it as his grinded away and then dropped straight down and wouldn't go up again. Nightmare drive home as it was -12C and road covered in slush. Took hours for my head to defrost.

Alasdair

I’ll keep everyone posted on how it goes with the dealership and warranty. As far as I’m concerned, it’s under warranty and their own wording doesn’t exclude dual control modifications. Hopefully it should be a smooth process. If they give me hassle, I’ll threaten to publicise it and start legal action.

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Fabia went in to be fixed today. No hassle to be fair so that’s good. As predicted, the regulator is caput. So they’ve ordered a new one and will install it tomorrow. No mention of the driving instructor aspect of it. So, once it’s fixed, I can’t complain (aside from being without a car for 2 days and no replacement car offered grrrr)