auto window up and down stopped working

[walbjj]

weird thing happened. i press and hold the down switch for the front drivers window and when i release it usually rolls all the way down, and vice versa when i flick it up. but know it doesnt do that. it just goes down when i press and stops when i release.
is there something i can toggle to reactivate it? perhaps hold the switch for 10secs or something?
also noticed the key fob wont open and close the windows when i press lock and unlock. it used to do this before.
super weird, any advice

[Finance_Analyst]

Take it into the dealer and they will regrease the rails

I had a problem with my driver side window in that one in a while, if I lifted the switch, it would go all the way up, then 1/4 down again... Was only a couple of times but the dealer did oil it and said it should be all good (no actual fault was picked up on the computer..)

[Corey_R]

I'll pre-empt this with a RTFM, because I'm sure that's what it'll come down to.....

And now I'll ask a question to confirm this or not.
walbjj, did you disconnect your battery for some reason?

If so, read the manual
I'd give you the actual answer, but I honestly can't remember specifically what it is. It involves something like manually putting the windows up and down a few times, but I can't remember specifics.

[walbjj]

battery may have been disconnected, the car was at EA to get my OPS sorted as well as intake and dp installed. so things happened.
i recall that a similar thing happened with my s2000, i think i held it in up position for a while. ill fiddle around with it tonight

[Corey_R]

Yep - it's definitely it then. Funnily enough, I experienced this too after a trip at EA to get the APR Stage 2+ kit done... lol

The manual explains the exact steps to resolve it. Was a pretty simple thing which took 30 seconds.

[bang chong]

You will need to basic set your windows which means the control unit will know when the highest and lowest point is reached

[walbjj]

it somehow miraculously works now. i came home, parked the car, went upstairs. then when i came back to pop out i opened the window and it went down automatically. goddamn technology

[Captain Courteous]

The same thing happened to me about 2 weeks ago – But it was only affecting the rear windows. I hadn’t modified the car in anyway or disconnected the battery. It was just after starting-up the auto down/up function wasn’t working – Front two windows were OK.

About 20 minutes down the road everything went back to normal. Auto up/down all good on the rears…. It hasn’t happened since, just thought I’d share the odd experience with you all….

[elephino]

I've had this happen on both MkV and MkVI cars, including the fixing itself. Tried realigning, as per the manual, in the MkV and it fixed the problem but returned a few months later. Also had the dealer look into it, just in case but they found nothing unusual (and then reset the windows anyway just to be sure). Eventually I just gave up fixing it as it always went away after a day or two.

Also, when using the remote to make all the windows drop I found that most of the time at least one rear window didn't drop - always a rear, never a front. It wasn't connected to the alignment issue as it didn't always line up with the timing of both issues.

[Lams]

the reset procedure is:
with windows up, hold both window switches in auto up position for 3 seconds

it's something you usually have to do after you disconnect battery

[buzuki]

yeah which ever window you want to basic set, go all the way up, release switch then up again for 2 seconds. Then do the same but down.

[Corey_R]

yeah.... I can;t remember what I did after having the battery disconnected, but I know that I resolved the issue whilst driving home... it was literally whilst sitting at the lights and looking at the manual

There is a logic behind this stuff Thanks everyone for their contributions