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Could some kind person please advice. The drivers side electric window mechanism for our 97 3 door polo has just packed up (I can hear a relay click from the door but no movement). Looking on ebay etc i can see various parts on offer but am not sure how interchangable they are. Would the motor from a 4 door car fit? Any advice would be most welcome.
Thanks!

if u can hear a clicking noise when you attempt to use the windown then i'm pretty sure that the motor is fine! which is good coz these are £150 new from vw!
its possibly to do with the regulator, this is what went wrong in my g/fs mk4 polo. her window dropped into the door!
is ur window still up?

Hi Dan,
The window is stuck up - so maybe it's just a freeing up exercise?? There was no nasty noise when it packed up, it just suddenly stopped working.
Thanks,
James

Hope you've read this... Power windows died on your Mk4? Read here.

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SteveB wrote:Hope you've read this... Power windows died on your Mk4? Read here.

Sure have!, but I didn’t see much on 3/4 door part compatibility.

Are the mechanisms hard to get out? (or more to the point hard to put back in again).

Thanks!

They are easy enough to get out, I didn't remove the motor on mine but its only a few more screws/bolts I think. The bit that took me longest was removing the membrane under the doorcard in a way that it would stick back on again.