same here, no big deal. I dont think going to the dealer will help any. I think the motor in the power window doesn't pull it down all the way, because I can push my window all the way down with my finger. But i could be wrong.

 

I have a '98 1.8t and the front windows go all the way down.

 

I know what you mean about the windows not going all the way down. There is just a tiny bit of window on the top after you roll it down. I never really noticed it 'till a little while ago. Just be glad the back window go as far down as they do, on my friend's Plymouth Neon the rear windows only roll down about 8 inches. :thumbdown

 

well my 03's front windows go down completely but the back ones stay up maybe 4 or 5 inches i guess some kind of child saftey feature

 

Mine don't go down all the way either, just about 1 inch sticks up. I kind like it though, I'm not sure why.

 

the rears do not go down all the way because there isn't any room in the door. the rear wheel makes the shape of the lower part of the door not big enough to swallow a window as wide as the top of the door. oke:

 

I noticed driver’s window and the passenger window don’t go all the way down. There is about a quarter-inch still above the door for the rear six inches or so of the window on the driver’s window, about a half-inch on the passenger side. Weird!

Do your windows go all the way down?

Car is a ’05 Passat TDI Wagon

In my '03, they both leave about a 1/4" of the glass up at the rearmost 6 inches or so. I think my '87 GOlf had the same bug/feature and, IIRC, so did my '76 Dasher. I think it's a VW thang.

 

oo gls, they go all the way down....rears leave about 3"
i say you go and complain, your getting older right ? so you need to learn to start complaining more often !!!


-deez

 

My front windows go all the way down.

I have owned only one 4-door car whose rear windows rolled all the way down -- my 1989 Dodge Spirit. The only way to make the rear window retract fully is to divide the rear door glass into a front moveable portion and a rear fixed portion.

 

There's actually a reason why the front windows do or do not go all the way down...

Windows were falling for years on most VW models due to a cheap plastic clip that broke during extreme weather temps. This would be the "all the way down" version. My "00 Jetta broke 5 different occasions.

A few years ago, they came out with a metal replacement, but it does leave a 1/4 inch of window sticking up. All of the newer cars come with this version now.

I don't remember the years exactly, but most models (probably 99-current) are covered for an extended warranty of 7 years like the 1.8T's w/ oil sludge.

 

There's actually a reason why the front windows do or do not go all the way down...

Windows were falling for years on most VW models due to a cheap plastic clip that broke during extreme weather temps. This would be the "all the way down" version. My "00 Jetta broke 5 different occasions.

A few years ago, they came out with a metal replacement, but it does leave a 1/4 inch of window sticking up. All of the near cars come with this version now.

I don't remember the years exactly, but most models (probably 99-current) are covered for an extended warranty of 7 years like the 1.8T's w/ oil sludge.

that replacement part only applies to the jettas and golfs. the passat has the same component failure in the same part (not same part #), but they don't do jack about it. Just had to buy myself a new regulator ($140) to replace the damn $.02 clips.

 

6 years and 130k on my totalled Passat....not 1 bad window regulator....

The one I just got has 70k and they are fine also. It was a Mk4 issue....but SOME passats seen it too.

BTW< front windows roll all the way down.

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The Camry rental car I'm driving right now has front and rear window that go all the way down. Then again, the reason why they do is because the new Camry has a bulky body and handles like shit. :thumbup:

Toyota just doesn't have anything on VW. :lol: