This 1997 Ford F150 came in with three complaints. The power windows do not work. The wipers do not work and the interior lights do not work. Figuring that they were all related I decided to test the easiest system to access, the power windows. I pulled the driver’s side power window switch assembly up … Continue reading “1997 Ford F150, Power Windows Inop”
This 1993 Lincoln Town Car came in with the complaint that the right rear passenger power window stalls when going up. Works fine if you help the motor by lifting on the glass. Pretty cut and dry worn out torque pins in the power window motor. The first step in the repair is to remove … Continue reading “1993 Lincoln Town Removing The Right Rear Power Window Motor”
This 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee came in with the complaint that the power windows had gotten to where they worked sometimes and sometimes did not. Now they mostly did not work. When I checked them they wore working but as part of my test I held one of the switches while I opened and closed … Continue reading “2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Power Windows Inop”
This 2004 Cadillac CTS came in with the complaint that the driver’s window is down and will not go back up and stay there. The owner said she heard a pop and the window went down. Sounds like the power window regulator broke. I started by removing the manual door lock button. With the button … Continue reading “2004 Cadillac CTS Power Window Inop, Fell Down”
This 2004 Lincoln LS came in with the complaint that the power window does not work properly after replacing the power window regulator assembly. The window would not go down fully and when it was raised up it would immediately go back down to the position shown in the next picture. I should note that … Continue reading “2004 Lincoln LS, Power Window Problems”
This 1996 Dodge Intrepid came in with the complaint that then blower motor and the power windows stopped working at the same time. Having been down this road before I first wanted to get a look at the ignition switch. I started by removing the screw that holds the tilt lever in place. Next I … Continue reading “1996 Dodge Intrepid, Blower and Power Windows Inop”
This 2000 Ford Windstar came in with a driver’s power window inop. I did a quick test and found that the motor was bad. The quick test consists of turning the key on with the engine off. Then move the switch for the window in question up and down. While doing this look at the … Continue reading “2000 Ford Windstar, Changing The Driver’s Power Window”
This 1996 Jeep Cherokee Classic came in with a complain of no blower operation. I asked if the the power windows were inop as part of my diagnostic routine but the customer informed me that this Jeep had manual windows. I then looked at the bottom of the steering column cover and saw a melted … Continue reading “1996 Jeep Cherokee Blower Inop”
This 1992 Dodge full sized van came in with the customer complaint of power windows inop. The customer had already replaced the switch with no improvement. I quickly checked and found no power on the large tan wire at the driver’s side power window switch. Having been down this road before I looked at the … Continue reading “Power Windows Inop 1992 Dodge Van”
This 2002 Ford F150 came in with the complaint that the driver’s window goes down but will not come back up. The driver’s door uses a one touch auto down feature that makes it a little difficult to test but this one was even more difficult due to the fact that the wiring diagrams did … Continue reading “2002 Ford F150 Driver’s Window Goes Down, Does Not Go Up”