I understand that this is a common problem with Mk1 Galaxys but can't find any clear advice on how to fix them! I can operate the passenger window from it's own switch but neither window from the driver's side switch - also the central locking doesn't work - even with the key i can only lock/unlock the car from the passenger side; using the key in the drivers door opens only the drivers door! Help!

Amanda Trotman, December 2007

anyone with water near the ecu under the passenger seat should check rear window washer. The pipe breaks under the carpet near the seat and every time you go to wash rear window it puts water in the area where ECU is.

Cliff W, October 2016

hi i have a ford galaxy 1998 model auto gear i have a problem with me windows they go down but wont go bk up cud anyone help thanks

keith, August 2014

Well worth the time reading. Large Brown wire broken in the door hinge rubber boot. I had tested at the switch and got voltage and swapped it over with another door switch. Recently bought a replacement motor as convinced that it was the problem but still in box so saved myself a good few quid today and only took half hour to fix.

Julian, March 2014

cheers guys i had the same problems with my galaxy windows and central locking
checked the loom between the drivers door and car and found a broken wire (brown)
jointed it
now all works as new.
been trying to sort this for a month
and i am an electrician
a half hour on this site and i had a solution
thanks again

mightyhibee, December 2013

i have a 1.9ford diesal gallaxy tdi w reg and my elec windows dont work cant find second fuse box to see if the prolemis there

mr cliff, March 2013

i have a 2003 1.9 tdi i can open the passenger side window on button but when press drives side button the hazards come on and the window dosent go down or up

taylor17, February 2013

Hi

My 56 plate Ford galaxy drivers door seems to stick going up and down! can anyone help please?

John Haddenham, November 2012

Hi, i have a 2004 ford galaxy zetec tdi model, it has two front electric windows rear ones are manual winders, the passenger side works fine on the passenger side switch but on the drivers side the passenger window switch regardless of pressing it to go up or down it will only go up and the drivers side will not work at all, also electric wing mirrors do not work at all, i have checked the wiring in the door, also cannot see any water present, can anybody help please.

Gavin, May 2012

it is common with that switch. i have stripped mine out and cleaned the[rather flimsy] contacts and got another 8 weeks before they packed in again. scrap yard mebbes worth a try but i'm ringing seat tomorrow for a new one

RAY, September 2011

i have a 98 ford galaxy and the electric windows don't work rite. The drivers window goes up and down with the switch but the passangers won't work with the switch on the drivers side or the passangers side. the central locking has now decided to stop working aswell! when you lock it, within 30 seconds it automaticaly unlocks again. can anyone help please

john, June 2011

We haver a ford Galaxy GLX estate 96 and could not close the driver side electric window, when the switch panel was pressed (for up & down) there could be heard a faint motor sound. Thanks to reading the above suggestion from a certain Keith;

'the proplem seems to be the wires inside the rubber sleeve which you can see when you open the door have broken this just screws out of the door post and replaced'

keith July 2010 ....

I promptly went outside, found I couldn't remove the rubber tube but could feel the wires inside so I basically pushed one way and the other and...bullseye! Pressed the switch and window went up!!!! Yeeeehaaaaw

Lee Feb 2011, February 2011

where is the ecu on my galaxy? plz.

mike, February 2011

I found out that the wires in the rubber gator in the door, is like a plug, the plug had some how disconneted it self and after a nightmare of trying to push and hold the plug from inside,( under the fuse box)I then had to push and hold it in the gap so that I can connect the other end of the plug coming from the door it self! into each other, then it started to work

Yvonne, November 2010

on the drivers side there are 2 switches, one of them does the drivers window, that doesn`t work the other does the passenger window and only the down part works. On the passenger side it works fine. I`ve opened switched and there seems no probs and checked fueses but all ok. any suggestions

michael o, August 2010

my windows work on my 97 galaxy but the central locking dont,so i took fuse out and the locking works but the electic windows dont,any1 no why

bob, August 2010

the proplem seems to be the wires inside the rubber sleeve which you can see when you open the door have broken this just screws out of the door post and replacedkeith

keith, July 2010

I have the same problem on my 1995 Ford Galaxy, lighted the luses and caught and opened the door herself several times. Found that the ECU was very wet, I took, dried and cleaned, but now the automatic door lock does not work, only manual. My control key does not work. I tried a few ways to program the control ... but could not. Can anyone help me?!

Marcelo Campos - Lisbon - Portugal, March 2010

For me it was the wire (large brown) in the gator broken. As John says, the connector is a pain. Soldering is the best option if you can, and heatshrink if possible. Even as an electronics engineer with no manual, this would have taken me hours to find. The info on this page has been priceless.

Andrew, January 2010

Me again, After drying out the module and fixing the water issue I have found the doors still do not work. I am sure you can hear the mechanisms working in the doors but nothing opens / locks. You can only lock the doors from the inside and then use the key to lock the drivers door to secure the car. I will try cleaning up the ecu as i removed the water from it hours after it happened so it could be salvaged. If I bought a new ecu would i have to get it programmed?

chris Aylward, January 2010

Hi, I have a problem with my electric windows. Intermittently my windows let themselves down, when the key is not in the ignition. Does anyone know what the problem is? Can anyone advise me?

Melanie Ingham, January 2010

I have a W reg Galaxy, the driver side door does not lock the car..can only do it from the other side but the driver side stays open but does alarm, when it is opened..again this started off with the driver side window not opening..any idea's on this..thanks

Nads, January 2010

hi
can anyone help with a problem i am having with my ford galaxy (s reg). The electric windows automatically go down when i remove the key from the ignition and the central locking doesnt work?

zeroconflict, December 2009

i have just had same problem (water getting in via gulley under window screen) i took the plastic gaurd off around passenger wheel an there is a plastic water filter thing there, i pulled that off and loads of water poured out. problem is now i dried out the car and electrics but central locking still locking and unlocking on its own, hopefully windows are ok now. any other ideas on how i can sort out the central locking?

alan, November 2009

Hi Guys,

Some great advice on here which ill try to use when i get home.

My issue may be slightly different im not sure, in the horriffic rain we've been having our galaxy flodded itself,water came from the windscreen guttering and flodded the ecu compartment. when this happened the doors were locking and unlocking on their own untill the battery was disconnected. i got out all the water asap and then the problem went away. now a few days later the doors and boot dont lock and unlock unless you do it manually form inside the car. the drivers opens and closes but the others do not.
any ideas? ill try the looming in the door but im just puzzled why they all have gone at the same time?


I hope someone can help!!

chris Aylward, November 2009

I fixed my water leak by taking out the cover in the engine bay the one infront of the pollon filter. It runs the width of the car. Then poke a piece of plastic pipe 6m/m dia. down the corner and you will see the water run out in the wheel arch. job done. I will now go and check my windows ..????

Fred, August 2009

Shorty i had same problem with my ecu situated under passenger seat (water) i found the leak comes from the windscreen it runs down the windscreen strut into the footwell and then into where the ecu is.i just got some windscreen sealant and resealed windscreen raised the ecu as you have done,but also drilled about 6,8mm holes in the area so any water does go in there again it just drains straight out

mark, August 2009

wow, exactly the same thing happened with my Alhambra, checked the wiring as Paul's response and the red/yellow wire broken. Crimped it together and it worked fine.
Sprayed the multi-plug with WD40 and it went in easily.
Lovely fix, thank you

mars, June 2009

I've had the same thing and Paul's response is right on the button. However, in my case although I managed to disassemble the multi plug that goes through the door pillar, all the wires were connected OK on the back of the plug. It was only a bit of good luck that made me check back further along the loom that goes into the door and lo and behold not only the big thick red-yellow wire but also a thin brown one was broken. They seem a bit hard to solder, so I crimped them and insulated them in the end.

Bit of a note as well. The multi-pin connector is an ABSOLUTE PAIN to get back in and the door pillar side seems prone to pushing back into the body. You need to make sure that you get the red/black rubber ring tightly into place holding the socket in place first, then get a helper to swing the door in slightly and hold it while you get the plug lined up. (it won't go back with the door fully open).

You feel the first click as the pins settle then you have to get a screwdriver to push the outer castellated ring clockwise which draws the 2 halves of the socket/plug together. Sounds simple when I write it here but took me a bad hour to figure how it all dissembles etc etc.

Make sure you know the person holding the door very well .... if they slip or let go of the door you're gong to missing some fingers :-)

John Simpson, May 2009

is there a relay module for the electric windows in the fuse box of my 1997 ford galaxy if soo where is it

kevin, February 2009

hi try looking in the wire gator that joins the drivers door to the main body i had the same problem the auto electrician found the wires had sheard off he fixed it now it works perfectly

dangowling@hotmail.co.uk, September 2008

I have the same water damaged ECU problem. Shorty, do you have details or a link to the guy on EBay who sells the mod?
Thanks,

Robert, January 2008

There is a red/yellow wire broken between the drivers door and the car in the rubber tube,you need to solder a new wire onto the pin that goes through the plug in the door piller.not a very nice job i know i done it.paul

paul wolf, January 2008

Hi if you lift the cover under the passenger seat you will see the ECU for the central locking if the compartment is full of water there is a fair chance the ECU is scrap. If this is the case there is a guy on ebay selling instructions on how to fix problem (about a £10). I done mod took about 30 mins but worked.Its not that difficult if you follow the instrucions and and can join a few wires together following his diagramme. Still have not fixed water leak ECU now is raised off the floor.

Shorty, December 2007