93rev2sev
SHO Member
I have another(yes I searched) strange problem with my drivers window(93MTX).
When I got the car, the drivers window would work fine. Shortly after, I noticed it starting to hesitate before going up. Then one day, I rolled it half way down to pay a parking lot attendant, and after the transaction, the window would not go up.
I rolled the window down a little more, and tried again to roll it up. It worked.
Since that day, the window would almost always hesitate going up. I was always able to get it to go up if I played with the button.
2 weeks ago, I rolled it down to swipe my card to get access to a parking lot and it would not roll up even if I played with the button...I had to whack the door with my hand...yes!...that worked. I figured that the motor had sticky brushes that were not contacting.
The next day, I had the same problem. Whack the door to make the window go up...that lasted 2 days. Then...
About a week and a half ago, I started to roll up the window and it stopped half way...that had never happened. Once it got started, I was golden...not today. I figured it was time for a new motor...not a good time...it's raining...getting cold...blah blah blah.
So I took the motor out and hooked it up to my favorite handheld 12v power source(dewalt drill battery). The motor is moving like a champ...and looks nice and clean....Hmmm. I put the motor back in and successfully hotwired the dewalt battery to the connector....backwards....and the window went up without any laboring or hesitation. I do think that I heard it snicker at me a little bit...
Anyways...the motor is fine...the switch is fine. The window will go up using the switch if I plug it in backwards and press the "down" button. I get 12v from the switch in both directions in case someone wants to say its the switch...I replaced it. It's still boo-boo.
Am I looking at a wire harness problem or an express down module issue?
OK so I got home and stole the express down module from the black car and now the window works fine...up & down.
Whoda thunk that an express DOWN module would cause the window to not go up??!
When I got the car, the drivers window would work fine. Shortly after, I noticed it starting to hesitate before going up. Then one day, I rolled it half way down to pay a parking lot attendant, and after the transaction, the window would not go up.
I rolled the window down a little more, and tried again to roll it up. It worked.
Since that day, the window would almost always hesitate going up. I was always able to get it to go up if I played with the button.
2 weeks ago, I rolled it down to swipe my card to get access to a parking lot and it would not roll up even if I played with the button...I had to whack the door with my hand...yes!...that worked. I figured that the motor had sticky brushes that were not contacting.
The next day, I had the same problem. Whack the door to make the window go up...that lasted 2 days. Then...
About a week and a half ago, I started to roll up the window and it stopped half way...that had never happened. Once it got started, I was golden...not today. I figured it was time for a new motor...not a good time...it's raining...getting cold...blah blah blah.
So I took the motor out and hooked it up to my favorite handheld 12v power source(dewalt drill battery). The motor is moving like a champ...and looks nice and clean....Hmmm. I put the motor back in and successfully hotwired the dewalt battery to the connector....backwards....and the window went up without any laboring or hesitation. I do think that I heard it snicker at me a little bit...
Anyways...the motor is fine...the switch is fine. The window will go up using the switch if I plug it in backwards and press the "down" button. I get 12v from the switch in both directions in case someone wants to say its the switch...I replaced it. It's still boo-boo.
Am I looking at a wire harness problem or an express down module issue?
OK so I got home and stole the express down module from the black car and now the window works fine...up & down.
Whoda thunk that an express DOWN module would cause the window to not go up??!
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