window motor keeps burning up wtf??
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i bought my ls1 a year ago and a week after buying my car with considerably low miles on it i had to replace both window motors within a week of buying it..... aside from that they were both good for a year until about 2 weeks ago my driver side motor took a **** and i noticed the smell of something burning i thought..... i replaced it right away and a week later it just crapped out again what is causing this ??
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I would look at the conversions around for applying full battery voltage to your window motors. By design, they receive less than that, even with the motor rated as a 12v motor. As the motors wear, they will draw more current than intended after already starting life in a deficit in that regard. This will cause them to overheat and burn up. Bet that this will cure the problem.
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I would look at the conversions around for applying full battery voltage to your window motors. By design, they receive less than that, even with the motor rated as a 12v motor. As the motors wear, they will draw more current than intended after already starting life in a deficit in that regard. This will cause them to overheat and burn up. Bet that this will cure the problem.
From what I understand, the drivers side gets full voltage -or what voltage is fully available. The drivers side is the issue. The "fix" is a kit that contains a relay and harness that put available voltage to the passenger window as well. I haven't heard anything to the contrary of this working out well.
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The problem is with your motors. If you stick with the OEM design, this will continue to happen. If you buy a new motor, (instead of a reman) they should last longer for you.
Even my original motors from the factory died out at this rate. Once I went to a different design, everything has been fine.
Even my original motors from the factory died out at this rate. Once I went to a different design, everything has been fine.
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The Lifetime warranty only applies for the first purchase. That means you only swap the part once, and then you have to pay for the next one. This being said, I have an Autozone driver window motor in my driver door lol. Been good for almost a year now; although I try not to use the windows.
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The Lifetime warranty only applies for the first purchase. That means you only swap the part once, and then you have to pay for the next one. This being said, I have an Autozone driver window motor in my driver door lol. Been good for almost a year now; although I try not to use the windows.
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All the terms are on the receipt and there is some fine print. In general, they will replace over and over and over again - as long as you have the receipt. Its very important to make sure you get the original receipt back or get a replacement with new warranty info back when they do the switch-out.
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I haven't had problems getting Autozone lifetime replacement parts replaced multiple times either.. They have been really good here about standing behind thier parts, Chinese or not.
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All the terms are on the receipt and there is some fine print. In general, they will replace over and over and over again - as long as you have the receipt. Its very important to make sure you get the original receipt back or get a replacement with new warranty info back when they do the switch-out.