still can't get used to it

Overall I'm very happy with my Partner, but there's one issue I can't get
used to.
The electrical window on passenger side goes down as long as I keep pressing
the button down; when I release the button it stops. So far so good.
Of course one would expect the same behaviour for the driver window. No way:
when I touch the button the window starts going down... all the way, and if
I want it to make it stop somewhere half way I have to panicky and press the
button "up" again.
I have been told that nothing is broken, but this seems to be a "feature"...
Anyway I find this feature very annoying and distracting!

I suppose there's no easy way to alter this behaviour?


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I don't have a Partner, so I don't know if it works, but maybe if you just
push it shortly it goes all the way down and if you keep it pushed in it
stops when you release the button?
I don't know, but to my opinion it should work this way, at least that's the
way I believe it works in my 307 ;-) Don't shoot me if I'm wrong for my own
car, after a while you just don't think about it any more...

Grtz,
Eric B.

 

To make sure I'll check again ASAP, but in any case the left window responds
differently from the right one. I won't shoot.



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That is how automatic windows work. They have been like that on every car I
have had since the electric ones were introduced. Instructions for my 406
say to press the switch firmly for automatic open/close or lightly to move
the window in stages.

 

Of course I was wrong ;-)

On my 307 the switch on the drivers side has two "clicks".
When you push it halfway you get the first click, in this position the
window keeps moving as long as you hold the switch.
When you push further down (or up) you get a second click. You don't have to
hold this position, the window goes all the way automatically, unless you
operate the switch a second time.

Grtz,
Eric B.

 

On my car (ford) the electric windows operate in a similar way to yours
but if the battery is disconnected, the windows "forget" their upper and
lower limits and until they are taught it again (by holding the buttons
in the fully up and fully down position for several seconds each),
mechanism works in the way that you want it to. Ie moves for the
duration of the button push then stops.

I not saying this will work perfectly on your pug but it might be worth
a try. Don't forget to check you have your radio code before you try this.
Let us know if it works please so it can help others
hth

Bob

 

On my 406 (and my Honda CRV) you have to re-educate the window for top and
bottom limits after a battery disconnect.

Also on the pug and the Honda, the window switch moves incrementally when
the switch is pressed lightly and automatically when it is pressed firmly.

 

Looked up official owners manual, where it says (for drivers window): 2
possibilities:
1. Manual mode: Press button. Window stops when button is released.
2. Automatic mode: Press button for longer time. The window opens or closes
completely.

Well, this is exactly what happens. But this is stupid. When I want to open
halfway, of course I have to press the button for a little longer, which
errorously gets interpreted as automatic mode.

I'll let you know if I get the issue resolved some way, but I don't like
risking losing radio code by experiments.



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Are you saying you don't have the radio code? A pug dealer can tell you
what it is. You will need it one day when the battery has to be
disconnected for whatever reason.

Bob

 

If it has a code. Some Pug radios are paired to the computer and don't
need to be re-coded as they are protected by dint of not working in any
other car. The hand book should say which type is fitted.

 

I have the code, but not the time to 'tinker'.
Besides, I remember having the battery changed some time ago, because the
old one had failed. After this I had to reset the time & date of the clock,
but the radio required no special attention, it still worked.
Also, as regards to the electrical windows: nothing has changed after the
battery change.



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So your radio is probably one that is paired to the onbard computer.
Assuming that Pug windows all work similarly you can refresh their memory
without having to disconnect the battery. Just hold the button down to
open the window fully, keeping it pressed for 5 seconds or so after the
window stops (you might hear a click) and then fully close it, again holding
the switch for 5 seconds or so. That works on the 406 and it may well be
the same on the Partner.

 

With "refresh memory" you mean I get rid of the automatic mode?

Gosh, I never dared do that. Are you sure nothing gets broken that way?

If this works I will be really gratefull!



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Regrettably no. You are stuck with automatic on the drivers door, there is
no way of changing that. I was responding to the other comments about
refreshing the windows memory of limits after a battery disconnect. I have
found that it sometimes loses its memory in use and needs to be refreshed.
I think it happens if the window gives some resistance and fools it into
thinking it has closed.

See note above.

Have you tried using firm pressure on the switch (automatic) and light
pressure (incremental). That works on the 406 and on my Honda.

 

That's not applicable for my car. As I indicated in one of my earlier
replies mine distinguishes between a short and long button press. I wish
they'd never "invented" it...



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Plenty of time to moan about it but no time to experiment= no hope

Bob