The Fonzie method
10/21/2024
Squeak! At the stupidest possible moment, the front left window regulator gives up the ghost. So I open the door as wide as I can in the narrow, steep parking garage entrance, press the brake pedal with my right foot and somehow reach through between the A-pillar and the door frame to the ticket slot of the ticket machine, while swearing inwardly about too much electronics in modern cars.
Well, somehow it's my own fault. Why do I have to buy this particular model? The window regulators are a known weak point in the Opel Omega B models. And it wasn't available with classic cranks - at least not at the front. So it had to happen at some point.
With the fear of the clumsy desk clerk of repeated barrier gymnastics on the way out, I clutch at the last straw: The power window electrics run via four different fuses. Maybe it's just... So I open the fuse box, check them all - they're all OK.
Then only Fonzie can help. In the TV series "Happy Days", he also put everything back into operation with a courageous flick to the right place. And indeed: as soon as every fuse has been given a little nudge, the glass in the driver's door moves up and down on command as if nothing had happened.
Note: Youngtimers from the turn of the millennium are already modern enough to be annoying with occasional electronic spasms - but at the same time still old enough to be repaired with a simple wiggle and tap. Ayyy!
