electric window switch on vauxhall vectra?

I have the same issue but looking at the answer above and the fact it is only the wife's window, it can stay faulty! :)

G.T.
March 2013

Hi my 2006 vauxhall vectra 1.8 sri passenger window will go down but will not respond to make go back up this an intermitting fault as it works sometimes. It works ok from the drivers side any ideas what could be wrong. Taken out the switch on the passenger door everything looks ok?

george
January 2013

hi martin, this could be a simple Corrosion of the contacts in the switch , pop out the plastic cover between the handbrake and the gear stick , remove the 2 screws holding down the gearstick housing (this is so you can pull through the connector block for the switch)
gentaly pop the switch out using a flat head screwdriver , undo the connector block (right hand block i think) lift the plastic you removed the screws from to free the wire and block

now this part is a little more tricky.......!
now you have the switch out , pop the black cable grip x 1 and 2 metal retainers from each end to make life easier , now becareful here cuz you will need to pull the guts out to get to the conntacts , use flathead screwdriver to help pop it out ,
you should now see white plastic strip , holding the switch upside down pull the white plastic away being careful not to loose the triangle metal conntacts,

use a fine wire brush to clean the circuit board and triangle conntacts (dont brush to hard )

now reasemble , place white plastic upside down in your hand , place the triangle metal conntacts silver side towards your hand , gold side facing up , place the circuit board back on top being careful not to drop the conntacts !!!(make sure 1 conntact either side of the led bulb !!!!!!)

place back in black switc housing , replace cable grip and 2 metal retainers , and offer back up to the car , repace screws and plastic cover and hopefully working again !!!!!!!!!!!!

if this has not done the trick you need to look inside the door skin that all is connected , and that there is no break in the wire inside the flexy hose where the door hingers are as there can break over time due to wear and tear !!!

Bong_eye
May 2009