Passenger Electric Window Wont Retract

[bluestreak56]

As title.

Worked last week but yesterday I tried it and it wont go down (tried both passenger and drivers side switches).

When I try up on either side I can hear the motor but obviously it doesnt go up any further!

Any idea what would cause just the down to stop working?

[kariba]

Let me get this straight, is the window halfway down and you now cant move it either up or down?
Or am I missing it completely?

If you can hear the motor working, then it could be something wrong with the mechanism, ie cable jammed or flared etc.

[bluestreak56]

Sorry I should have been clearer.

The window is closed at present. Therefore although I can hear the motor trying to move up when I click up it cant because theres no where to go.

When I click down I hear nothing..

I'll check out the cable because I did move it around when I changed the door cards recently.. Cheers

[DannyH]

i've had this and it was one of the wires that came off (spade connector under the tape).

check both sides as the drivers side is the master

[bluestreak56]

Thanks for everyone for replying to this thread. I took the door card off today and had a look - all the wiring seemed fine.

So I rubbed down the electric connectors still no good.

I put it all back together and went for a quick breeze and as I did I thought it cant hurt to try .. tried it and it worked

Odd I know but hey ho its working so Im happy

[scalainj]

Does sound like a loose/poor connection probably on the drivers side. For a while i had to press mine 3 times to go down on the passenger side and then it fixed itself.

I put it down to the 'VW self fixing problem' which is quite common but at the same time quite handy

Andy