weird window operation

[Henry A Harper III]

Sounds more like the good old intermittent-contact wires in the driver's door hinge loom to me...

Henry
http://www.henry-harper.com  hah at alumni.rice.edu
1991 200 quattro, 117k, both front door looms and trunk hinge loom repaired
1988 GTI 16v, 235k, don't need no steenking wires in the doors

On Monday, April 07, 2003 2:37 PM, Andrew Duane USG [SMTP:duane at zk3.dec.com] wrote:
> Hairy green toads from Mars made jason snider say:
>
> >   Here's the problem: sometimes when I first start my '86 5ktq the windows and
> > sunroof don't work. The switches don't even light up. Sometimes they start
> > working within a minute and sometimes it takes 20-30 minutes.It really stinks
> > when it's hot out and you can't put your windows down (especially with black
> > leather!). I think I recall something about a feature that allows the use of
> > the windows and sunroof once the car has been turned off....maybe that's
> > causing the problem? I have a new battery and alternator. The problem has been
> > there since I got the car (about a year and a half).
>
> These cars have a "thermal protection switch", sort of like a circuit
> breaker, that controls the windows and sunroof. Perhaps this is
> faulty. I'm afraid I don't remember where it is on that car....
>
>
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