VW Window Switch - Window Control At The Touch Of A Button

The innovations of technology has given rise to the mainstream usage of the power-window system in an automobile. In a Volkswagen vehicle, one feature that spurred its sales is its power features, in which the windows are included. In the way, a driver or passenger would not have to exert more effort in opening the window through the window knob. It works to the advantage to the driver since the driver won't have to loosen its attention on the road ahead. To this convenience, the one that starts to regulate the mechanism is the VW Window Switch.

The VW Window Switch starts out the operation of a rather compact window motor, enabling the window glass to go up and down. This eliminates the manual use of the window handle. It basically utilizes its electrical contacts to complete the circuit of the electricity that activates the window motor. This makes the motor rotate its series of gears. And such activity, it pushes the window glass up or down.

Depending on what Volkswagen vehicle containing a window switch, it comes in three types. The lever switch, which is often the most recommended to owners with children who ride with them, does not permit the window to raise immediately. It has to be pulled up first in order to be raised. The hazardous situations when children often marvel at taking their heads out when traveling is taken into account, especially if the window switch is accidentally pressed. As for the rocker switch, the window glass will go up instantaneously. One has to push it forward or backward just to make it work.

In most vehicles of today, a simpler way of wiring is being done through a technique called “Multiplexing.” There is this so-called “module” containing at least one microprocessor that consolidates inputs and outputs for an area of a car. The driver's-door module monitors all of the switches, including the VW Window Switches. This works when a driver presses the window switch, and then the door module closes a relay which activates the window motor. If the driver presses the switch to adjust the passenger-side mirror, the driver's door module sends a packet of data onto the communication bus of the car. This packet tells a different module to energize one of the power-mirror motors. In this way, most of the signals that leave the driver's door are consolidated onto the two wires that form the communication bus.

Make it a point that the window switch works efficiently. If dirt penetrates along the gears and other components, chances are, the VW Window Switch will malfunction. It must, therefore, be checked regularly and have maintenance check-ups be done accordingly. There are instances when a corroded toggle can be revived via the contact cleaner. It won't it would not be true in all cases. In replacing the VW Window Switch, it is as easy as a do-it-yourself scheme. Unplugging and unscrewing the window switch will have the unit replaced immediately. The hard part is removing the trim panel the switch is installed upon.

Amanda Nealy is a 26-year-old proprietor of a local car rental service in Montgomery, Alabama. Amanda is the daughter of an automobile designer, and inherited her father's passion for cars of all kinds.