[s-cars] Window issues

[Theodore Chen]

you're lucky you caught it now.  that J139 relay is expensive and hard
to find.  this is your relay with 329 stamped on it.

the culprit is your central locking system, which is commanding the J139
relay to close all the windows.  it causes the relay to click rapidly,
and eventually die.  mine was bad.  when i got a replacement, i found
the replacement was clicking rapidly, and determined that the central
locking module was killing it.

it also drains the battery, too.  

http://sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/elec.html#windowrelayclick

i just cut the wire, but another lister removed a relay (A2?) and that
stopped it.  check the archives for this list, sometime this year.
i think the other lister was fred munro.

-teddy

--- Nicholas Stuart <nick at newtsplace.com> wrote:

> Hello all, I'm new to the list and 'semi' new to my S4. (Quick backstory,
> 1992 S4 with 240k + miles, one owner car, runs like a champ, few expected
> fixes here and there).
> 
> Anyways, now that that's done with I have a recent problem that I'm not
> sure where to begin with. My power windows are acting really flaky when I
> turn the car off. They work fine when driving and have no issues. But the
> will sometimes not turn off (switches still illuminated and work) when I
> turn off the car. They will also, sporadically close if i leave them open
> and leave the car. And the close while locking feature will also work
> occasionally. One last thing is that the big double relay #'ed 329 (in the
> drivers side foot well by the door) clicks on and off really quickly when
> the car is off.
> 
> For now, to get around this with out it killing my battery every night,
> I've been removing relay numbered 329 in the panel by the drivers side
> door. I think its a short somewhere, as it doesnt happen all the time.
> Where should I look for a broken where to this? Wires going through the
> door hing area? Or somewhere else? Or could it just be a freaky relay?
> 
> Thanks for the help/suggestions.
> Nick
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