C3 Electric Window Switches

[raveydavey]

Oh dear. Gently pressed the drivers door electric window switch yesterday morning to clear the condensation off the outside and the bloody switch broke.

 

There is little at 6am to beat feeling the switch flapping about under your finger as the "one shot" action makes the glass vanish downwards into the door.

 

Relatively easily (in theory) fixed by swapping the switch for the passenger side one and raising the window back up. In fact it was a bit of a bugger in the dark with the light of the interior light and a failing maglite (why do the batteries go when you actually need the torch?). To be fair, it was the good lady who undid the clip, her fingers being a bit daintier than mine, and we were sorted and only 10 minutes behind time.

 

Anyway, spoke to the chap at the independent garage where its booked in on Monday for it's 62500 service and he's ordered a new switch (£12.30+vat, quite reasonable I thought). Seems I did exactly what they'd have done if I driven it into them and it isn't the first one they've replaced.

 

Never heard of it before though - anyone else had any faults with them?