[s-cars] Window issues

[Theodore Chen]

nick, check the archives.  you can just pull a relay in the engine
compartment.  fred munro did that - i think it's the A2.  there are
two relays listed as being for the alarm/locking system.  one of them
will shut down the system.  the other one won't produce any apparent
effect.  that one is the correct one.  it's either A1 or A2, if i remember
right.

it's good you caught it, because a new J139 costs $300 from the dealer.

-t.

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

> Thanks for your help guys. I think for now I'll just cut the little yellow
> wire. A lot cheaper then the $300 for a pumb ;)
> I'll eventually replace it, but at the moment I be poor so snip snip it is.
> 
> -Nick
> 
> > 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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