Luis de Prat

On my Euro spec 951, the power windows go up and down regardless of whether the key is in the ignition switch or not. In my U.S. spec 944S2, no can do.

Since my 951 is a late car (1991), was this something they added later, or do all U.S. spec 944 power windows only work with with the key, like my S2?

special tool

With key only, here

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loonyjuice

Mine did work without the key until I had a CAT-2 immobiliser fitted.

Luis de Prat

I guess it's a Euro spec feature, then. Pretty convenient, when getting out of the car. Thanks!

led

Mine work without the key if I just turned the car off and haven't opened the doors.

coupe

Luis , my windows roll down without the key in the ignition too.

I also thought that this was a funny incident, but with bigger fish to fry on my 951, never worried to much about it.

Toolmaster

All 944 windows should operate without the key...

Here's the scoop. When in the car, and you turn the ignition off, until you OPEN the door (any door) the windows should operate.

If they operate AFTER you open the door, chances are there's an issue with the door closed switch on that side - or the other side.

Once the door is open - the windows should stop working immediately.

A good test is to start rolling down the window, and open the door as you're doing it. If the window stops - then you're fine. If it continues going down as the door opens, there's an issue.

HTH!

user 8430

Do the keys need to be still in the ignition?

hitbyastick

Manual window cranks baby, yeah!

User 41221

Yeah, what Jay said. The door plunger switch can get corroded pretty easily, and when it does, theres good chance you are draining your battery rather quickly.

Search the archives, as we had a couple of posts on this about 6 months ago.

Regards,

DerSchlechtSpecht

Window goes up and down with key. Take the key out and it still works. Open a door and they no longer work without the key.

Christian

user 8430

Just tried mine on my 968....driver/passenger sides, no go. Maybe they changed this feature on the 968??

SidViscous

Jay.

That include early cars, as mine no don't do.

Randy_J

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by led:
<strong>Mine work without the key if I just turned the car off and haven't opened the doors.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Yep, this is a great design feature of the car - it's covered in the owner's manual on pg 12.

There is a relay that controls this feature in the fusebox - #G7 - it gets pretty hot to the touch.

Randy_J

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