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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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i dont know if this has ever happen to you all hear but yesterday i was trying to fix my driver side window panel when all there was a tiny spark and i was like wtf? then my door locks and mirror moving thing went out so i switch out the breaker and the fuse to this one and the locks worked again and so did the mirror but my window wont budge and there is no noise coming from either of one i know it not the switch because i took one out of my donor car and checked it with my buddies and it worked fine any ideas cuz i want to roll up my window............and i know for a fact its not my window motors or modulator

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A wire must of gotten caught between something and caused a short.
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A wire must of gotten caught between something and caused a short.
anyway to fix this?
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 05:17 PM
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when you take the door panel apart do you see any wires arching off of the motor or around the motor. I would start there with the door panel off and just hook up the window switch and try to see if you can duplicate the arch. Could be the motor possibly shorting out
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You are going to have to take the panel off and look for a damaged wire, or any wire that got disconnected.
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 05:53 PM
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what im trying to find out is why my passenger went out i have no power to either of them its pissing me off
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 06:32 PM
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alright guys i got it to go up but now by getting a wire and hooking it up to the battery making it go up i know it only that its not getting power..... what can cause power windows not having power? and by the way the breaker is fine
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i believe there is a relay that is under the hood but correct me if im wrong. I think the relay under the hood is what makes it go down automatically. I would check the relays
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Drew24
i believe there is a relay that is under the hood but correct me if im wrong. I think the relay under the hood is what makes it go down automatically. I would check the relays
its under the hood hmmm checked but they all seem to be engine related relays but ill check again thanks cmon any more answers guys?
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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ill check my chiltons when i get home i have the wire diagram ill see if i can either tell you where to look or post a pic of the diagram
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Here is the wire diagram for the power windows from shbox http://shbox.com/1/pwr_window_schematic.jpg
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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thanks man ill try to see i think the wire is fried so i might have to get it redone so i dunno ill see but thanks man anything else it would be just incase
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Try to check all the ground wires to make sure all of them are grounded properly and keep us posted good luck
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Originally Posted by Drew24
Try to check all the ground wires to make sure all of them are grounded properly and keep us posted good luck
will do havent had time to get to since this car is both my daily and weekend driver been trying to get some cash to the side to get it fixed
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