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Originally Posted by pawoSD
I figured out that they didn't have limit switches shortly after I got the car and saw that the light would dim when putting up the windows and it got to the top. Ever since I remove my finger the instant a window is up or down, no fried motors for me!  I also keep the rear switches locked so my friends can't mess with them if they're in the car and if they touch the front ones I whip their hands off the switch as soon as its up.  People seem to have a habbit of pushing it, watching it go up, and then holding the switch an extra 5 seconds once its up or down.... |
Well, as bad as it is and as little sense as it makes, it's an easy habit to form. A LOT of the new cars nowadays have an automatic shutoff that deactivates it all as soon as the window hits the top.
I don't abuse mine in that way and I still shred regulators almost routinely. I'm kind of sick of it. At the moment (knock on wood) all's been quiet on the window front for a while, but -- I've done the drivers side at least 3 times since we bought the 300SDL and the other 3 at least once each except maybe one.