Hi everyone,
I would really appreciate any advice anyone can give about the electrics on the Ford Galaxy Mk1.
This last weekend I locked the car at the drivers side front door. It suddenly "gave" and didn't lock. This was followed by the ominous tinkling of metal falling down the inside of the door. Without thinking, I tried unlocking it and this resulted in the windows all dropping down as part of the auto-open process. Got into the car and turned the engine on (all good there) and close the windows. Nope, nada, nothing. In desperation, I tried locking it from the passengers side and use the auto-close. This works!
So, the lock will swivel 90 degrees left and right, but no locking/unlocking occurs. Broken lock mechanism inside methinks. What worries me more is that the interior switches can lower the windows just fine but they won't raise them.
Is there just the one fuse for electric windows, or is there one for lowering and one for raising (although there is power to raise them from the passenger's side door lock). Also, is there some kind of cut off that requires the driver's door electrics to be working (through the door lock) in order to allow the windows to work?
I don't think the door cabling has failed as I can lower the windows using the switch.
Any ideas anyone?
Many thanks,
Kevin