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  • 29-03-2014 1:14pm
    #1
    ENMcD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 233 ✭✭


    hey guys,
    my driver side window on my e46 has been sticking lately especially when opening it, yesterday then it was fine until I was leaving an indoor car park and it just would not open, there was a slight click from where the motor is located when i pressed the button. (my brother opened it up but wasn't too sure what it might be)
    Anyone have any ideas on what could the problem be?


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  • #2
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,605 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Can you swap the switch from the passenger door?
    If it works ok then you know the switch is the problem.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The click is likely the relay energising this is normal but usually drowned out by the motor noise & engine.
    Get some silicon paste and smear it in the vertical window rubber run channels usually works a treat if it's a friction problem. I did mine a year ago and it's still smoother now than when I bought it.

    08946_hero.jpg

    Other possibilities are;
    • Motor brush worn out.
    • Bad connection/corrosion to motor/switch/fuse/relay/ground clean with a mini-grinder/sand paper where possible.
    • Sticky limit switch (fiddling with it can sometimes work)
    • Bulging seam or pinch weld (lift the rubbers and look for rust bubbles; grinder again for that one)
    • Loose connection/broken wire (hold the switch in on position and wiggle wires until something works or check for continuity/resistance with the ignition off)

    It'd do no harm take the internal door panel off and grease the pane actuator assembly while you're at it (normal petroleum/lithium grease is fine).


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