Car advice again! This time security related

[Inchy]

This is very strange

I work at St James's hospital Leeds and anyone who knows the area will know it's right in the middle of two rough areas. Harehills and Burmantolfs. A lot of crime.

I park my car in Harehills because I don't have a permit to park on trust grounds and tbh I don't want to pay 400 quid a year to park at work.

Anyway this evening I got to my car (skoda Octavia 2008) after work and noticed by he passenger side window was open and the glove box was open. Not an unusual sight as I have had a previous car broken into before via a smashed window when I parked in Burmontolfs. What was unusual was the window wasn't smashed just open. I checked around the window and there was no marks to indicate someone had somehow yanked it open. Nothing was taken because I never leave anything worth nicking in the car. Window wound up without any issue.


I definitely locked the car and the glove box wasn't open when I left it. I always triple check it's locked because of the area it's in. Just wondering how anyone can get into a car like that and why would they. Surely it's quicker to smash the window? It would have happened in daylight but it's a relititvely quiet road.

[Sidney1st]

Are you sure the window didn't drop on it's own?

Its possibly worth checking it yourself by placing a hand on either side of it and seeing if you can move it.

[Damo]

The window could of dropped because water got into the door loom. It's quite common on vw's. Then an opertunist thief had a look through your glovebox

[Inchy]

Just been out and tried to pull it down myself. Wouldn't budge a mm and I was putting some force on it.

[Sidney1st]

Possibility you've left the window open or its malfunctioned and dropped, but it could be an intermittent fault.

[Foshiznik]

My Volvo had a similar issue where it would do its own thing on the windows. Had to get the bit on the drivers door (the button panel) replaced as it kept putting the window down.

[AGENT_CLARET]

Just get one of these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyh0bG7FWJg

[Gerry Hattrick]

Was told by an Auto Electrician it's a more common occurrence than you may think with many makes of car. First thoughts would be there's an electrical fault, but it's generally down to inadvertent pressure on the key's 'Open Button' for just a few seconds when within operating range of the car. Easily done, especially if the key is in your pocket or similar where there are other objects which could come into contact with it.

Happened a few times with my Vectra whilst it was parked outside the house over a period of a couple of months when I first got it. Don't know why, but I often sat with the key - and house keys - in my trouser pocket when at home. Never had it happen again since I stopped doing so.

Plenty of examples of this happening on line. .

[bedswerver]

I think maybe you failed to close the door properly or it malfunctioned. I'll better ask a someone to check it