Model Year 25/26 Power window issue

[trew]

Well it was certainly character building. It did provide some entertainment as to what might break next. I believe if you have an Alfa Romeo it is known as "charm and character". I'd call it a right PITA.
On the plus side, as it was a very basic car, it could usually be fixed with basic tools and knowledge. Unlike modern cars that require sonic screwdrivers, oscilloscopes, laptops and an PHD in computer science to fix the simplest of faults. Even batteries need to be "coded" to the car these days. Quite ridiculous really,

Perfectly put. That was my point - although I did gild the lily slightly by saying they never broke.

 

[trew]

Oh they did. Had the handle fall of a Peugeot 205 back in the day.
My sister had a Fiesta which was affectionately known to us as the Fiasco due to its less than fabulous build quality and reliability. People on here complain about the Formentor having issues. You have no idea, The winder mechanism broke and let the glass drop and it was then stuck with a gap of about 4 inches at the top. I recall taking the door card off and stripping the mechanism down and greasing it. The ignition auto advance and retard on the distributor seized making it run like and asthmatic tractor. It went through 2 wheel bearings. The fuel gauge had a mind of its own. The steering was very heavy, seemingly connected by telepathy, and had little bearing on which direction the wheels actually pointed. The heater had 2 settings, non-existent arctic or Taiwanese sweat shop and nothing in-between. The rear screen heater was an optional extra and proved useful for keeping your hands warm as you pushed it to the fuel station, having run out of fuel again due to the fuel gauge fault.

Actually, you're right. The handle used to drop off my Hillman Imp quite regularly - just bashed it back on again.

...and the steering wheel would come off the column too. My wife (girlfriend at the time) used to get a bit jumpy if I took it off and waved it around while we were driving along, saying, "Oh my God! The steering wheel's come off again.". Teenagers, huh!

 

[slamka33]

Same here.
I recognised that after pushing driver window button UP, the window goes up for 5mm and then roll down for 10cm. Repeating pushing button repeats the error, window goes up for 5mm, then 10cm down. This repeats until fully is window fully down, then pressing UP roll window UP. Reset process does not help.
And finally it happens "randomly", from time to time, not each time.

 

[Shenbu]

Same issue started for me today - 2026 Cupra Leon V2 (had it for 4 weeks), I think an update happened as it asked me to apply settings (which annoyingly also reactivates the convenience signalling).

Manually wound the passenger window down half way, then went to use the auto-close function. The window went all the way down, then pops up about 5 inches. Then the auto close didn't work at all, had to do the manual way to close it all the way up. Been driving around testing, only passenger side. (doesn't matter if I use the driver's controls or the button on the passenger door) but it played ball and worked. Went to try again later when I went out, started to play up again. Went to film it to show a friend, didn't do it. Drove back started to do it again. Very hit and miss.

Anyone found a solution yet? Will be contacting the garage if not and report my findings.

 

[slamka33]

I visited dealer roughly in May with this issue. He told me he is aware of it, it's happening. He promised me to investigate solution on this, but never come back to me since then. I have to ping him...