electric windows

[bluescoot]

My passenger window just goes down when the car is locked up,can be up to a couple of hours after the car is locked any ideas

[Tool Pants]

And your model year is....?

In the old days we use to call this called this Ferry's Ghost.

[bluescoot]

And your model year is....?

In the old days we use to call this called this Ferry's Ghost.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

model year is 2002

boxster 2.7

tried the switch for the top to come down but thet seems ok

what was ferrys ghost?

Edited March 1, 2005 by bluescoot

[Tool Pants]

Ferry's Ghost was when the windows went down for no reason after the car was locked with the windows up, due to a bad control unit under the seat. You came back to your car hours later and the windows were down. This was on the early Boxsters.

If this is starting to happen again on the newer cars then Ferry might not be happy with the Cayman name....

[bluescoot]

Ferry's Ghost was when the windows went down for no reason after the car was locked with the windows up, due to a bad control unit under the seat.  You came back to your car hours later and the windows were down.  This was on the early Boxsters.

If this is starting to happen again on the newer cars then Ferry might not be happy with the Cayman name....

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I take it a new control unit is the only fix?

[bluescoot]

Ok latest update

phoned porsche they suggested door locks...cleaned them nil help

then the car wouldn't start played around with the fuses to the windows car started...but windows still playing up

phoned porsche back..they thought it might be a battery fault...this made sense as it never happens when driving and the longer the journey the longer it takes for the fault to appear so fitted a new battery...lasted for the longest time yet at least 10 hours...got up this morning ...window down <_<

as porsche couldn't see it till the 14th got it booked into an auto electricians tomorrow

[Loren]

When several strange electrical things happen the ignition switch may be going bad. Have you had any trouble turning the key or other strange electrical faults?

[bluescoot]

just had the control box changed...2 days later

down again

:(

[jsb1]

Any update on this?

It happens on my 1998 2.5 fairly often, park the car, lock it, come back and sometimes the driver's window will be down to the roof lowering height. But passengers is still up. Except one, when passengers was at roof lowering height and drivers still up.

[mikester]

Any update on this?

It happens on my 1998 2.5 fairly often, park the car, lock it, come back and sometimes the driver's window will be down to the roof lowering height. But passengers is still up. Except one, when passengers was at roof lowering height and drivers still up.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If your windows are going down to the roof lowering height then I would check the switch where the lever is to open the top. I can't see this switch being the problem if the windows are going all the way down. Just top opening height.

[D_Man]

Hey

My car a 99 996 C2 does this occasionally in the rain, of all times. I doesn't happen very often but I'm waiting for the day when I come out to the car and its pouring and a window has let it self down. Very strange. Porsche bug I guess.

D

[geoffkp]

Try wrapping a rubberband over the latch assembly for the top.

I had my 98 in the shop 4 times to correct random window drop.

Spent hundres of dollars then fixed problem with a rubberband.

Have to replace rubberband every few months when it drys up and cracks, but my windows dont drop anymore!

This trick makes the top assembly lock in tighter.

[Stefan]

I'm guessing it is the microswitch for the convertible top latch. I had the same problem on my 1999. I put a folded up piece of tape on the microswitch and the problem went away. The fix is nearly invisible and has lasted for three years.

[pk2]

Here's a weird one, my wife's Lexus had a window with a brain of it own. Background. A lot of electric windows when hitting an interference back off in the other direction. My wife's window was just hitting a slight interference on the top and bottom causing it to ping pong up and down.

What you can infer from that I don't know...car flexes, pressure on window, thinks it's interference, down it goes.

Regards, PK