Kalgorn Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 So I go out to my car at work today to put my windows down a bit and open my sunroof so it wouldn't be filled with scalding heat when I left. I turned the key to "ON" and hit the buttons to put both windows down a bit. I check passenger... didn't move. I hit it again and nothing. So I reached over to try the passenger side switch thinking it could be the driver's switch that died... nothing. No idea. So when I left today, I turned the car on and both windows worked fine. WTF? If I remember, I'm gonna try the passenger window again with the key to "ON" when I leave school today to see if it does it again. What could possibly cause this? Fluke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 did the driver switch get wet recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalgorn Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 No. I thought about that too but it hasn't. And wouldn't the passenger switch still work even if the driver switch fried? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 No. I thought about that too but it hasn't. And wouldn't the passenger switch still work even if the driver switch fried? not necessarily.....sometimes it can cause problems because it is still plugged in. Unplug it and see if the passenger side control works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff85ta Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Sounds like the beginnings of a failing motor to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalgorn Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Not to me. The motor still works perfect. Window goes up and down the same it did the first day I got the car. If it was the motor, I would be seeing other problems such as grinding when putting the window up and down, window getting stuck in certain spots, etc. I've dealt with a dying motor before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gp crazy Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 On my ste the pass. window does not work up or down. But it still draws power hit either button and the volt gague drops a little just like the other three? I think its a motor but my brother inlaw says there is a little black box in the door some where that may be the problem. true or false? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalgorn Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 I had that same problem on my car but it was the driver's window. I would hit the button... nothing. However the dome light would dim when I hit it. It's the window motor. Cost me $65 at a junkyard and turns out it's not the greatest motor either. I think it's crapping out on me again. Was a pain in the ass to replace. Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff85ta Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Not to me. The motor still works perfect. Window goes up and down the same it did the first day I got the car. If it was the motor, I would be seeing other problems such as grinding when putting the window up and down, window getting stuck in certain spots, etc. I've dealt with a dying motor before. I had one that radomly would not work for almost a year. It was very random. Finally after about a year it started to get more frequent and begun to get stuck in different places and then it quit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff85ta Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 I had that same problem on my car but it was the driver's window. I would hit the button... nothing. However the dome light would dim when I hit it. It's the window motor. Cost me $65 at a junkyard and turns out it's not the greatest motor either. I think it's crapping out on me again. Was a pain in the ass to replace. Have fun. You might want to try pricing them new. Autozone has them for less than $50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 I'm gonna bet something has happened to the switch. Even humidity from recent rain or something could have corroded it so it wasn't making a good contact. My dad's pos Taurus does this sonmetimes where the left rear window goes down but won't go back up. A good punch to the door panel by the window switches solves this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalgorn Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 I had that same problem on my car but it was the driver's window. I would hit the button... nothing. However the dome light would dim when I hit it. It's the window motor. Cost me $65 at a junkyard and turns out it's not the greatest motor either. I think it's crapping out on me again. Was a pain in the ass to replace. Have fun. You might want to try pricing them new. Autozone has them for less than $50. WTF I think I remember calling NAPA and asking if they had them. They told me it was OEM only and I would have to get one from a dealer or from a J/Y. I could be wrong though... I might not have tried. Don't remember. I'll remember that for next time though. Next time it will be easy to fix because I had to nut/bolt it in instead of pop rivot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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