Technical Car opened all windows by itself!

[gary_f]

A friend knocked on my front door to tell me that all of the windows on my new Bravo were open and it's raining! Sure enough all 4 windows were all the way down much to my horror! I quickly closed the windows and dried up the water that had entered the car.

So how on earth could all of the windows opened by itself? It's either a freak electric fault or, somehow, something in my pocket pushed on the "unlock" button on the key fob which I keep in my trouser pocket. The button needs to be push down for a good 6 seconds for the windows to open all the way.

I originally thought this was a cool feature of the car, but now it's a seriously risk to the security and condition of the car. If my friend hadn't noticed the open windows I'd hate to think what damage could have been caused.

So be warned everyone!

 

[bluebravo]

A friend knocked on my front door to tell me that all of the windows on my new Bravo were open and it's raining! Sure enough all 4 windows were all the way down much to my horror! I quickly closed the windows and dried up the water that had entered the car.

So how on earth could all of the windows opened by itself? It's either a freak electric fault or, somehow, something in my pocket pushed on the "unlock" button on the key fob which I keep in my trouser pocket. The button needs to be push down for a good 6 seconds for the windows to open all the way.

I originally thought this was a cool feature of the car, but now it's a seriously risk to the security and condition of the car. If my friend hadn't noticed the open windows I'd hate to think what damage could have been caused.

So be warned everyone!

Were the doors unlocked as well ?, if so then it does seem its possible you could of inadvertently pressed the key that unlocks the doors,and because it may have been pressed in more than the normal operation to unlock the doors then it opened the windows as well.

 

[Stu DemonD]

A common thing that happens on the Stilo as well - usually due to the keyfob being pressed inadvertently.

 

[gary_f]

The windows won't open fully with 1 press, you have to keep the key fob button pressed down for 2 seconds to activate the windows and a further 4 seconds for them to fully slide down.

I can't remember if the doors were unlocked. Memory is pretty vague while panicing!

 

[ne1l]

The windows won't open fully with 1 press, you have to keep the key fob button pressed down for 2 seconds to activate the windows and a further 4 seconds for them to fully slide down.

I can't remember if the doors were unlocked. Memory is pretty vague while panicing!

It's easily done. I've done it a few times when I've been washing and cleaning the car etc. I've been cleaning the roof and had the keys in my pocket and leaned agains the side of the car and obviously caught the button and down went the windows.

I suspect you've just sat on the keys unluckily the wrong way and it's opened.

 

[Schwenck]

Like Stu says, I had this a few times with my Stilo; all down to the key fob being pressed against the arm of my chair at work. Funny thing, if I wanted to do it from my front window at home, it wouldn't work, yet it did it a work through a reinforced concrete floor and a couple of thicknesses of masonry...