Wanna open the wincows? Open the door halfway first

[Henry A Harper III]

Ditto what Kneale said - I tried to fix a few wires on my car but new
symptoms manifested and when I got in there lots of wahrs were bad/going
bad. The windows combined with sunroof sounds like the large ground wire is
at fault - brown jacket, 1.5mm dia vs 1.0mm dia for most other wires in the
door hinge. Time to get out the soldering iron! I have a photo of the bad
wahrs somewhere but it my be in corporeal rather than electronic form...for
that matter I think the bad-wire bundle is still sitting in the trunk of the
car.

Henry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 200q20v-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:200q20v-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Kneale Brownson
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 4:45 PM
> To: Steve Scalmanini; 200Q20V
> Subject: Re: Wanna open the wincows? Open the door halfway first
>
>
> Those were my symptoms exactly:  Sunroof and driver door windows
> only operated with the driver door part way open.  All the way
> open or closed and they didn't work.
>
>   I replaced ALL the wires in the doorjamb, so I don't know
> specifically which ones applied to the windows and sunroof.  You
> might be able to trace using the Bentley wiring diagram.
>
>   I can tell you MOST of the wires in the bundles were
> compromised when I went ahead and replaced them all.  They all
> had observable damage to the insulation and many had broken wires
> inside the insulation.  I ran new wires, one at a time, making
> splices inside the door and inside the cabin.  Tedius procedure,
> but not too difficult.  I did it with the car on jackstands so I
> could sit up tight in the corner between the door and doorsill.
>
> Steve Scalmanini <sscalmanini at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   It must be BWS: Broden Whar Syndrome. Last week the front windows and
> sunroof stopped operating. I can get them to work only with the
> ignition on and the driver door open half way (but only ~ 6 inches for
> the first few days after the problem occurred; I guess it's
> getting worse.)
>
> What wire(s?) inside the door should I check first? I remember this
> being talked about on this list a few years ago but I don't know by
> whom. Please reply if you know any diagnostic secrets for this problem.
>
> TIA,
>
> Steve
> Ukiah, CA
>
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