It's not that difficult a DIY if you're up for it. This video walks you through it. It's in German, but there's very little dialog and he provides all the tools required for the job. Worth a watch so you get an idea of what's involved.

 

Thanks for that but the limits of my DIY abilities stretch only as far as changing bulbs, plugs and filters and topping up fluids. I've learned the hard way to leave anything more complicated to others!

 

The replacement regulator costs around £40. 2 to 3 hours labour at the rate of your mechanic depending on how careful they are, how many door card clips break and they replace/repair or ignore.

Should be doable, all in, inc. VAT for under £300. It's not a job that's difficult to quote for so you could ring round whoever's near you for a quote.

 

okay, that's not too bad, many thanks

 

It's really not that complicated, I've done mine twice over now and can now teardown a door and replace various bits and bobs in under 60mins. Like yourself, I had no idea about them before the first attempt. All I did was follow advice from the video that Swiss posted.

 

Given one has now failed, the other won't be far behind. You may want to have them both done at one go, especially with winter just around the corner. I'd ask and see if they'll give you some sort of deal.

 

sensible advice, thanks

 

I don't support that view, the driver's door window gets way more use and given there's no commonality in doing both windows at the same time, there's no saving so just wait the passenger window out. You may have to do it, you may not.

 

Yeah, I had to replace my driver side back in 2016, and my passenger side finally went earlier this year.

 

That sounds like a classic regulator failure. Expect maybe $600-$750 in many places (parts + labor)

 

Hi mine has gone too the other week end 😳the cable just broke, so got a replacement, asked a garage by me who mot my cars and gave me a price of £60 to fit it , it’s still in the box not got round to it yet , probably do it my self to be honest

 

If you buy a genuine part - new or secondhand - I’ll fit it for you for £100 if you’re close to Manchester.

 

Really appreciate that but we're up in Scotland (left Manchester in 1988!)

 

Here’s an English speaking version, there’s loads of videos on YouTube now. I’ve done mine (cable only, replacing whole mechanism is even easier) on both Mk1 and 2 TT’s numerous times, the electrical connections only fit one way so impossible to mix up. One tip I would say is that if you can possibly get the window up -try using both hands on either side of the glass (door open) whilst someone presses the button, then place some tape on the window to mark the position -horizontally and vertically, takes away the need for any adjusting. Otherwise it just takes a bit of tweaking, before you put the door card back on.

 

I live in California and I can tell you it wasn't cheap to do mine! My passenger window wouldn't go down from either the passenger or the driver side, and the driver side would work but stop half way and go back down again. I would have to try at least 3 times and then it would go back up. I didn't want to tackle doing it myself because I was afraid to take the door panels off and break a plastic clip or something. My mechanic had some trouble finding the regulators, but eventually fixed it. It was almost $1000 US, yikes! But I felt it was important to have windows that went up and down, especially since the doors were sticking and occasionally I would get stuck in the car! Oh, they fixed that problem, too, and it was included in that price. Good luck! I love my TT (2002) but it is costing me a fortune!