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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 06:25 PM
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So today I got into my car after work and the stupid chime that I hate so much went on to tell me something other than its cold out... I got a "Window Anti-Trap Function Disabled" warning... So I did what most probably do and shut the car off and restarted... no luck. I tested my windows to see what was going on and found that the drivers side front window would go down automatically but would only come up if I held the button up manually. Normally if I pull the button up all the way and let go the window will come up on its own.

To make a long story short I searched the forums I frequent and found a few differing methods of resetting or initializing the anti trap function... tried a few, while driving and here is the one that worked...

With the window up all the way, hold the button down while lowering the window and continue holding it down for 5 seconds after the window hits bottom. Immediately raise the window by holding the button up all the way for 5 seconds after the window hits the top... Thats it. I was skeptacle but it worked!

Hope this helps.

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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 06:10 AM
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I got the same message before two weeks and tried what you have done and it works.
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 03:43 AM
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I'm pretty sure u have to teach it the stop points. When I did mine I had to go down let it stop. Then go down again like 2 more times then hold it. Don't remember the exact process but it's on here cause that's how I found it. But mine was the rear window. Maybe it's different.
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by EvolutionVIII
I'm pretty sure u have to teach it the stop points. When I did mine I had to go down let it stop. Then go down again like 2 more times then hold it. Don't remember the exact process but it's on here cause that's how I found it. But mine was the rear window. Maybe it's different.

No, you dont have to worry about the 2x down thing... like I stated above, this procedure is the exact one I used and it worked.
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Old May 11, 2012 | 08:01 AM
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Brilliant! Thanks for the tip. Worked great.
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Old May 11, 2012 | 02:54 PM
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i have the same issue
Im gonna have to try this today!
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Old May 16, 2012 | 09:19 AM
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just thought I'd report back...

This method worked for me...thanks !
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Old May 20, 2012 | 07:21 PM
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This is the only method I've ever heard of. One member (i don't remember who! reveal yourself) has like all this on PDFs
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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 11:57 AM
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I have the same message but window won't go down at all ? It's stuck shut any ideas ?
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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 03:47 PM
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Yes, take the window lock off
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