Mine went bang today; well not bang but when the window was moving, it sounded like lots of small stones had got inside and were being dragged up/down by the window. Then the window stopped working.
I was passing my local garage who helped me, with a fair amount of brute force, get the window back up. The motor was still responding intermittently, albeit not always moving the window in the way the controls suggested it would!
The garage mentioned the window regulator, hence I've searched and got to this thread. I'm not too sure whether the motor has survived. Garage mentioned to check out e-bay / or any other places you knew of online, and to avoid the dealers -although they are not VAG, it sounded logical for a 12 year old car.
Hopefully the window is now secure enough for me, in the short term. It looks too big a job for a man of my limited abilities should I go for the self repair. I've one or two other issues with the car, (AC compressor seems fecked following visit to garage) that whilst not terminal on their own, I'm thinking of living with them for the next few months whilst I consider the next move.I've done (all of the) 132k miles and the car still drives well. But maybe its age is starting to catch up on it.