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Mysterious Windows Go Down By Themselves (VLK0282AP)

Publication date: 1998-03-01
Reference number: VLK0282AP

MYSTERIOUS WINDOWS GO DOWN BY THEMSELVES

MYSTERIOUS WINDOWS GO DOWN BY THEMSELVES

TECHNICAL INFORMATION TIP

Reference Number(s): VLK0282AP, Date of Issue:  March 1998

POWER WINDOWS GO DOWN BY THEMSELVES

YEAR(S): 1990-98

MANUFACTURER: Volkswagon

MODEL(S): Passat

DATE OF ISSUE: March 1998

ISSUE & TIP

If you run into a Volkswagen Passat with power windows that go down by themselves, look for chafed wires inside the door panel or inside the flex tube going from the door to the body. The wires may touch at any time and the window controller will activate, raising or lowering the windows.

Courtesy of Import Service Magazine

with thanks to:

Michael Moriarty

Hillside Shell

Valhalla, New York

REFERENCE NUMBER

VLK0282AP

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