I had a Seat Ibiza which had at least two driver's door window mechanisms. I replaced one myself - it was not a great piece of engineering.

Another example, sadly, of where the money goes on Audis. The other end of the spectrum would be Toyota, whose interiors look less glamorous but whose window mechanisms will last the car's lifetime.

Right--got this properly fixed now. One week later after ordering part and booking vehcle in,garage attempted a cheaper after market window regulator-but it didn't work-thus a £92 Audi version was used. Total bill £290 inc labour. Not exactly delighted to have to pay so much for such a simple accessory which should have lasted the life the car and when it did fail had the potential to totally imobilise. What makes me especially annoyed is that if i had been initially unable to raise the wretched stuck window in the supermarket car park-i would have had to leave the car at a garage for a week or until repair could be done.Ridiculous.

Note to all motor manufacturers-especially Audi's clever german engineers-Would have been quite happy if car had manual wind up window handles-surely most sensible people are perfectly capable of occasionally using a small amount of physical energy!

Had same issue in our 2008 tt - now sold. Heard from several people it's a weakness with tts