IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
MERCEDES-BENZ SLK
Window failure
► The owner of this 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLK 1.8 had decided that a bit of fresh air through the cabin would be quite nice, opening both front windows. Reaching her destination, she then went to put the windows back up but the passenger side decided not to move, deciding that brute force was a good option she bashed the door and tried again, this did actually work and allowed the window to motor up into the closed position, but once up a loud clunk was heard and she certainly wasn’t going to try and open the window again.
Not that I would recommend this procedure, but it can be the case that a good jolt can sometimes get things moving again, and I will admit to bashing a few fuel pumps in my time to get a stranded motor running again.
The Mercedes was duly booked in and when I checked it out, found it did need a new window motor, and the loud clunk she had heard was one of the securing bolts being dislodged. Removing the door panel and accessing the motor was not a difficult job – and with the parts in stock at the local dealer, the SLK was back out by mid-afternoon.
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
Cat change
I’m old enough to remember when catalytic convertors were first fitted to vehicles and the worry that these
