Passenger Door Window Will Not Close

[Bobster]

Hi,

 

A couple of weeks ago I went to raise the front passenger window but when it reached the top, it bounced down about 5 inches. I have tried raising it in stages, by one touch, using both door switches and the fob button but the same happens. I have it raise it in small steps until it is about 1 mm short of the top - it does however appear to be fully closed. It appears that the anti-pinch is malfunctioning.

 

I have searched several discussion groups and most people who have had this, fix it with a BSI reset by disconnecting the battery and going through the reboot procedure; I have done this 4 times, even leaving the battery off overnight, but the fault is still there.

 

Others say they cleaned out the window runners and sprayed them with silicone but this has not worked for me either.

 

My car is a Mark 1 C5 2.2 HDi SX hatchback 2003. If anyone has a suggestion, it would be appreciated.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bob H.

[coastline taxis]

Check the bottom rubber seal on the window as these start to corrode and apply pressure onto the runner

[Bobster]

Hi Coastline,

 

Thanks for the suggestion. Is this a rubber that is attached to the glass or to the door trim?

 

Have found elsewhere that Vauxhall & Saab owners have cured this by taking out and replacing both fuses, the passenger window fuse and the driver window control fuse, so I have a couple of things to think about.

 

On a different matter, I Googled Ecusafe to see about downloading the program but was bewildered by the choice and noted someone who chose a 'bad' site and got viruses, so I believe you know where best to get it from so would you mind PMing the site details to me please? I would be most obliged.

 

Thanks in anticipation,  Bob

[qman3428]

I found it here, no warnings on download or install

 

http://www.tactrix.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=36&Itemid=58

 

Some sites are trying to charge for it.

[Bobster]

Thanks for the link - will download at the weekend for future use.

 

Best wishes.

[Bobster]

Window fault is cured!

 

I had looked at Citroen sites and then did a general search on the internet and found that Vauxhall and Saab owners had had exactly the same fault. The cure in both cases was to put the key in the ignition, remove the fuse to the passenger door then the fuse to the driver's door console, then replace both fuses and they said the problem was cured.

 

So, I put the ignition key in and turned it to accessories, then I removed fuse 4 from the passenger glove compartment and checked the passenger window switch which was dead, removed fuse 9 and checked the driver's door switches which were also dead. I then replaced both fuses, pressed the passenger window button to 'raise' and the window moved to the top and stayed there! I tried lowering and raising the passenger window using both passenger and door switches and all worked perfectly, job done!

 

Thanks for your help with this too.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bob.

[paul.h]

This is a fix for the common problems list. I lived with the same problem on our previous C5 driver's window which I had to inch to the closed position for the 6 years we had it, having not found a fix.

[Johndouglas]

 

So, I put the ignition key in and turned it to accessories, then I removed fuse 4

 

 

 

 

Presumably this needs to be done fairly soon after switching off the engine, otherwise it might not work.   -- Yes??

[Bobster]

 

 

So, I put the ignition key in and turned it to accessories, then I removed fuse 4

 

 

 

 

Presumably this needs to be done fairly soon after switching off the engine, otherwise it might not work.   -- Yes??

 

 

Hi John,

 

Actually no. The car had not been used since yesterday. It was not clear to me whether I needed full ignition or just accessories, so I tried just accessories first and was flabberghasted when it worked! If it had not worked, I would have then tried it with full ignition on.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bob.