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MADgolFER · Jan 18, 2009

another vw electrical problem i suppose.. but its pissing me off!!! about once a week i start my car and i see that my clock has been resetted :iono: And THEN about every other time i start my car my windows forget their autoup/down feature so i have to hold the switches up for about 3 seconds!!! :mad0259:
WTF is going on?!??:help:

v-dub89 · Jan 18, 2009

Yeah, me lately the windows auto-setting doesnt always work. I decided to blame it on the cold weather, until proven otherwise.

mk5nrg · Jan 18, 2009

let him pay the rent .

angrybaker · Jan 18, 2009

when you buy a vw, you get a vw

VancouverGTI · Jan 18, 2009

I'd check for a loose battery cable, for one. If battery power is lost at any point, it seems likely that you'd need to reset Pinch Protection, as outlined in the manual. Maybe that's why the auto up/ down isn't working?

jkaruzas · Jan 18, 2009

i have trouble with the auto up thing too. it is a problem with the sensor that stops the window from moving up when there is something in it's way. it is too sensitive and thinks something is in the window while it is being rolled up. i think you can turn off that feature and eliminate the problem. but then you run the risk of smashing your buddy's are in the window when you roll it up - which can be kinda fun!

njfast07 · Jan 18, 2009

auto up/down goes in and out for me sometimes as well. only started happening in the winter, so i'd blame it on the cold.

mose6161 · Jan 18, 2009

cold whether fux with your stuff. my windows sometimes take a second. so my car isn't an honor student, it's a kid in the 4B special room.

i still love it.

nintendodude · Jan 18, 2009

I had this happen too.

press and hold the buttons to fullly open and close the windows, then again when fully opened and closed

window up
push and hold down till window is down
release, push and hold for another second
window down
lift and hold till window is up
release, lift and hold for another second.

turn car off and back on.

that fixed it for me when one touch fucked up on my passenger window.

pho1982 · Jan 18, 2009

It is due to bad ground point.
I had same problem a year ago.
just take it to dealer.
They will find a bad ground point and re ground.

nintendodude · Jan 18, 2009

pho1982 said:
It is due to bad ground point.
I had same problem a year ago.
just take it to dealer.
They will find a bad ground point and re ground.

I think that in my case, the minor tweaking of the door frame from having it being forced open and closed fixed the loose ground point, or I had a different problem entirely...

GTMK5_TJ · Jan 18, 2009

check the battery, when i took off my battery for some mods it did the same for a couple.... but afterwards it came back to its original state... mods were done in may hence cold weather not being an issue in my situation

Whiteboy88 · Jan 18, 2009

njfast07 said:
auto up/down goes in and out for me sometimes as well. only started happening in the winter, so i'd blame it on the cold.

i also had both of my windows stop the auto up and down. then i just turned off the car and it was fine .. bothered me a bit and couldn't blame it on the cold

MADgolFER · Jan 18, 2009

hmm... i checked the battery and i think its fine... all the connections are secure... im checking the splice point for my boost gauge power cable for the third time tomorrow...

GTMK5_TJ · Jan 19, 2009

any update... really curious as to what it could possibly end up being

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