McLaren 570 Window Issue
Discussion
So I’ve already had the window dropping halfway issue, and I’m not overly bothered by it, one of the quirks of Mclaren ownership. However, today I had the car brought back to life (dead battery) and ever since, when I go to get out of the car, once I pull the door release the driver side window drops all the way to the bottom. It’s doing this now every time instead of the usual slight movement to allow the door to open. The problem is, whilst the door is open the window controls are disabled - so I close the door, put the window up, pull the handle, and all the way down it goes again.
The problem is, so far as I can work out, theres now no way for me to close it. On my German cars you’ve always been able to hold lock on the fob to close the windows, but no such luck with McLaren. So now it’s just sat with the drivers window wide open.
Anyone have any thoughts or had this? Any help appreciated.
The problem is, so far as I can work out, theres now no way for me to close it. On my German cars you’ve always been able to hold lock on the fob to close the windows, but no such luck with McLaren. So now it’s just sat with the drivers window wide open.
Anyone have any thoughts or had this? Any help appreciated.
DT398 said:
Annoying. Don’t know what the answer is to fix it but how about climbing out the passenger side once you have closed the window and then lock the car.
Maybe if you can get it all locked up with the window closed, it will sort itself out?
Good idea, will try tomorrow - thanks mate.Maybe if you can get it all locked up with the window closed, it will sort itself out?
Edited by DT398 on Wednesday 3rd June 21:47
SWGT3 said:
So I’ve already had the window dropping halfway issue, and I’m not overly bothered by it, one of the quirks of Mclaren ownership. However, today I had the car brought back to life (dead battery) and ever since, when I go to get out of the car, once I pull the door release the driver side window drops all the way to the bottom. It’s doing this now every time instead of the usual slight movement to allow the door to open. The problem is, whilst the door is open the window controls are disabled - so I close the door, put the window up, pull the handle, and all the way down it goes again.
The problem is, so far as I can work out, theres now no way for me to close it. On my German cars you’ve always been able to hold lock on the fob to close the windows, but no such luck with McLaren. So now it’s just sat with the drivers window wide open.
Anyone have any thoughts or had this? Any help appreciated.
Good morning OP, this should help - The problem is, so far as I can work out, theres now no way for me to close it. On my German cars you’ve always been able to hold lock on the fob to close the windows, but no such luck with McLaren. So now it’s just sat with the drivers window wide open.
Anyone have any thoughts or had this? Any help appreciated.
When you do the keyless lock (there is a little button on the side intake on a 570s), hold this button down for about 5 secs - this will lock the car and it will also close all windows.
Have you tried relearn procedure for the windows?
On most cars, opening the window all the way and keeping the button pressed for a further ~5s, then closing the window all the way and keeping the button pressed for ~5s teaches the system the open / closed points.
It probably won't solve it, but worth a try if you haven't already (and I've certainly had to do it on frameless window cars after disconnecting the battery).
On most cars, opening the window all the way and keeping the button pressed for a further ~5s, then closing the window all the way and keeping the button pressed for ~5s teaches the system the open / closed points.
It probably won't solve it, but worth a try if you haven't already (and I've certainly had to do it on frameless window cars after disconnecting the battery).
As Davek says on most McLarens hold the window down button and keep it pressed down for 30 seconds (I don't think 5 seconds is long enough) and this resets the window position sensors or whatever black magic box needs re setting. You don't need to keep the button pressed at the top with McLaren, just the bottom. This works on P11 cars anyway. Good luck.
Bispal said:
As Davek says on most McLarens hold the window down button and keep it pressed down for 30 seconds (I don't think 5 seconds is long enough) and this resets the window position sensors or whatever black magic box needs re setting. You don't need to keep the button pressed at the top with McLaren, just the bottom. This works on P11 cars anyway. Good luck.
Ah. I think it's fairly common for McLarens to have slightly random window behaviour - if they only learn when they're fully open and don't learn fully closed, that might explain it! 
SWGT3 said:
Thanks everyone. Have confirmed with McLaren today that the system needs resetting for the door to ‘learn’ what to do again. Your suggestions have meant at least I can make it secure again until it goes back to McLaren next week - so cheers.
Shouldnt need to go in to the dealer.If it's just had a power off it will just need running up and down to learn it's end stop positions.
The dop offset is set via diagnostics but a power off wont lose that.
If you've done that and it's still doing something weird like dropping all the way it might be that the motor encoder has gone.
SWGT3 said:
I’ve tried the holding the window button suggestion but it hasn’t solved the problem. Will report back with what McLaren say next week.
All the way up and keep holding up, then all the way down and hold it down for a second ?If that doesn’t solve it I’m afraid it’s not a programming issue due to battery off, something has gone faulty most likely the motor position encoder.
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