How to Fix a Defective Window Switch
#108
Awesome I just did this. Drivers side up was acting funny.
Just an alternative to pulling apart the switches, I used an ignition point file (very fine and small) and slid it under the board and gently scrubbed the contacts. I had quite a bit of carbon build up.
Good stuff
Just an alternative to pulling apart the switches, I used an ignition point file (very fine and small) and slid it under the board and gently scrubbed the contacts. I had quite a bit of carbon build up.
Good stuff
Last edited by BIG DOG D; 08-20-2011 at 12:55 PM.
#109
Great Advice!
I also created an account based on this tip.
In addition to the carbon coated contacts, my driver's window had a melted spring peg on the outboard side. I cleaned up the plastic peg the best I could and swapped it for a peg on the left rear window switch in the driver's switch unit. I also bent the associated contact slightly to ensure positive contact in the raise position on that rear switch. Now both switches work great, the compromised spring pin is on the redundant left rear window switch in the driver's switch unit; so, if it goes out on the road I should be able to use the door switch on the left rear door if the switch with the compromised pin fails.
Warning to those who figure out they can make the windows work by repeatedly hitting the switch and or holding it down for a long period of time to make them work: Don't do it! Resist the temptation! Tear the switch down and clean the contacts; otherwise, you'll do what I did and heat up the contacts and melt the spring pin.
In addition to the carbon coated contacts, my driver's window had a melted spring peg on the outboard side. I cleaned up the plastic peg the best I could and swapped it for a peg on the left rear window switch in the driver's switch unit. I also bent the associated contact slightly to ensure positive contact in the raise position on that rear switch. Now both switches work great, the compromised spring pin is on the redundant left rear window switch in the driver's switch unit; so, if it goes out on the road I should be able to use the door switch on the left rear door if the switch with the compromised pin fails.
Warning to those who figure out they can make the windows work by repeatedly hitting the switch and or holding it down for a long period of time to make them work: Don't do it! Resist the temptation! Tear the switch down and clean the contacts; otherwise, you'll do what I did and heat up the contacts and melt the spring pin.
#110
Thanks so much for this tip! I was scared to lower my drivers side window this weekend before leaving it while hunting for a few days. It had been sometimes requiring 3-4 pushes to go back up! Did this and indeed, the contacts were very dirty. Your instructions were great and the switches work like new now!
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#115
Thanks for the tip.
Hello there, I have been having problems with my drivers window for some time now, I read this post last summer but didn't get around to fixing the window, I could always get the window to get up. That is until today, no way I moved the switch could I get the window to get up, then I remembered this article and took the panel off. I brought the switch in the house and followed the instructions, hooked the panel back up and voila it's working again. Thanks for the tip.
Dennis
Dennis
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