Passenger window failure

[Ian Key]

I wound the front passenger window down as I set off to clear the window yesterday morning and it wouldn't wind back up again. Neither switch would work.

The fix was to stop the car, get out and lock it before getting back in and trying again. It worked and has continued to do so ever since.

I'm hoping it was just a one off but will keep you posted if it happens again.

 

[Pete G]

These cars do some strange things. We had our 12 volt battery changed a few weeks back. The shop used a small battery to keep the car alive while changing the battery. But after the battery change the mirrors stayed folded in. ( ZS EV gen 1)
We drove off and about 200 metres down the road the mirrors decided to fold out so that they could be used as normal. It only did that once and has been perfect ever since.
It seems that the cars tiny minds just get frazzled sometimes.
The wonders of driving around in a moving computer. Luckily they don't run on the Windows program we could really be in trouble then.

 

[Alb]

Crazy world where simple activity like opening a window requires a computer.

 

[5teep]

Possibly water temporarily shorting out a motor connection?

 

[Everest]

The wonders of driving around in a moving computer. Luckily they don't run on the Windows program we could really be in trouble then.

Crazy world where simple activity like opening a window requires a computer.

... which reminds me of an old joke... I'll post it over here...

Post in thread 'Joke thread'

Yesterday at 11:08 AM

Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry:
“If General Motors had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has,
we'd all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.”

In response, GM issued a press release: “If General Motors had developed technology
like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the road for no...

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[Pete G]

Possibly water temporarily shorting out a motor connection?

Bring back window winder handles!

 

[Ian Key]

Bring back window winder handles!

Or sliding windows as in the original Mini.

 

[MG Clive]

Or sliding windows as in the original Mini.

I remember them on the old Bedford van, they never failed.