Power seat and remote mirrors are wired 'always hot'. Why aren't power windows wired so there is power to them at all times?
What, non of these marketing/engineer types ever removed the key, started to get out only to discover they forget to roll the windows up??
Now, before someone says that since these are high current devices that could/would draw down a battery or cause the motor to overheat and burnout or cause a fire if any of those switches 'stuck' or shorted out; the same could be said about the power seat (both circuits are on a 25 amp fuse). It wouldn't be hard to design a safety timer circuit where if it senses a 'held' switch for more than x seconds, it would remove power from that circuit.
The only other thing I could think of is some unknown issue with kids in the car, but if you aren't there and neither is the key, why are they?
Enlighten me please.