MG4 Mysteries

[decrep]

seemed to work normally this arvo, so may have been something I did?

 

[salty]

seemed to work normally this arvo, so may have been something I did?

Sometimes weird things like that, happen with cars. Not just MGs.
Probably/Hopefully will never happen again.

 

[slmorgan42]

Have I discovered a new quirk??

This morning both back windows were open, neither my wife or I remembered opening them.
Tried to shut them but no response, front windows would go up and down no problem.
Put my foot on the brake and hey presto rear windows went up and down.

So front windows work all the time, rear only with brake pressed?

I read about this before and experienced it myself. Its the position of the window buttons on the driver door. It is very easy to hit them slightly when getting out and not notice. Done it twice now.

 

[DixieTGS]

This morning both back windows were open, neither my wife or I remembered opening them.

This seems to be quite common when the car is new for all windows. After a few months, either people stop brushing the buttons by mistake or they bed in and become less sensitive. Either way it's not good if it rains heavily overnight.

Tried to shut them but no response, front windows would go up and down no problem.
Put my foot on the brake and hey presto rear windows went up and down.

So front windows work all the time, rear only with brake pressed?

Is it possible that when they didn't work you were using the rear door switches, and when they did work you used the front switches? If so I suspect the rear window isolator was illuminated and it was behaving as designed. If not, let's hope it was an isolated glitch .

 

[decrep]

This seems to be quite common when the car is new for all windows. After a few months, either people stop brushing the buttons by mistake or they bed in and become less sensitive. Either way it's not good if it rains heavily overnight.

Is it possible that when they didn't work you were using the rear door switches, and when they did work you used the front switches? If so I suspect the rear window isolator was illuminated and it was behaving as designed. If not, let's hope it was an isolated glitch .

No operating from Drivers door in all cases.
I'll have a play next time I'm in it, see if I can figure it out.

 

[pjmmk]

So front windows work all the time, rear only with brake pressed?

Weird. My X Power doesn't do that. Though the car has to be 'ready' - someone needs to have sat in the drivers seat after unlocking the doors.

 

[decrep]

Had a play today, and couldn't reproduce it. I've no idea what happened.