Citroen relay van drivers window stopped working

[seaneylad]

Hello - 1st french vehicle and of couse 1st fault is electrics haha.

Done some research online and facebook to try find a fix

Citroen relay 2.2 2013 plate

Passenger window goes down no issue with switch on that side
Driver side switch wont bring down drivers or passenegers, so i thought fuse or switch. Changed fuse and checked, and have tried 2x 2nd hand oem switchs and 2x chinese copy switches of ebay and same issue.

Can here relay clicking when both buttons pressed but nothing else. Checked loom from van to door and nothing has rubbed through.

not sure what to check next? cant see it being a motor in drivers door etc, as passenger window works but wont go down from drivers side switches

Thanks Sean

[williamg15]

Hi Sean,

Having the same issue on my 142 Citroen Relay van. Did you manage to fix yours in the end?

William

[roffbutts]

I had the same issue described above.

Citroen Relay 2014 plate face lifted version.

Passenger window worked fine from the passenger switch but not from the drivers switch. Drivers windows didn't work at all.

I could the hear the relays do a double click when either switch was pressed but the windows didn't move. Checked fuses, took off the door card to check the loom etc but couldn't find anything wrong.

I ended up spraying GT85 (WD40 or similar would work as well) around the windows seals on the outside and leaving overnight. The next morning the windows worked fine.

I gave both seals a clean and another douse of GT85 until the windows were running smooth.

I can only guess that an accumulation of crud was causing the seal to bind on the glass making the motor to pull too much current when trying to lower the window. This in turn caused the over current protection to kick in cutting power to the motor and preventing the windows from operating (or the motor burning out). It would explain the second click on the relay when the switch was pressed.

Hope this helps although I realise both posters may have fixed the issue by now

Rich.

[daviemck2006]

I had a very similar problem with my 2012 relay. It ended up being a broken wire in the loom between the door and the van, inside the rubber protector you see when the door is open. Patched in a piece of wire and it's ok now