The last time the owner had used the driver’s window on this 2008 VW Scirocco 2.0 TDi, she had heard a couple of strange noises that she described to me as scrapes. Once the window stopped working altogether and got jammed in the midway position, she managed to connect the noise to the impending failure of the window.

She did wish she had made this connection earlier, as now the window was stuck partially open and, of course, the rain had started. By the time she reached me, she was slightly wet and not too happy. The regulator on the VW does comes as a separate unit from the motor and this did at least help keep the cost down.

This is also quite a quick job to carry out and with the local dealer having the part in stock, it meant I was able to turn the job round and get the Scirocco back to her that afternoon. The rain had actually stopped by then.

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