C5 Passenger Door Window/Locks
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The problem (which was a phantom problem for 2 dealerships) is the wiring harness in the passenger accordion (Open the passenger door).
I finally decided to try a simple fix as my passenger side window and passenger side doorlock were dead even from the drivers side switch. Here WAS the problem... The prongs INSIDE the wiring connector in the accordion are coming a little loose from the plastic end. The little metal prong is being pushed out of its orafice and you CAN'T see it when it gets dislodged.
Sounds ridiculous, Right??? It's not. One of the fine people told me about this on THESE boards and they were 100% correct.
The fix is simple but a bit challenging on the passenger side (driver's side is easy). PULL back on the accordion and pull the cover off the inner wall of under and to the right of the glove box. GRAB both the male and the female plugs (that go into each other) and push hard on the wires where they go into the plastic connector. You may or may not hear a click, but one or more of these little metal connectors in the plastic end are not locked in and get pushed through the back end of the connector when you mate the two. You wont see it but it IS the issue. When this happens, no contact is made between the male and female side of this connection and....POW....No power to the right side door.
After you push hard on each wire to make sure it doesn't dismount from its orafice, then pull on each wire on both the male and female sides to make sure that they are not coming out of the connector (the little tyne that holds them into the connector occasionally gets pushed in and the contact will push out of its orafice and unfortunately you can't see through the connector when you put the male into the female).
Problem is SOLVED. Been THERE Done THAT!!!!
Hope this helps. I had this problem off and on for 2 years until finally the passenger side was just dead. Got on these boards and read this and thought it was ridiculous but it was the absolute cure as I haven't had any problem since (2 years).
Last edited by wascapsfan; Apr 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM.
Thanks for the tip again
Fred
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I too have the same problem. I can hear it click. I tried to push the window down, wiggle it with the "down" button pressed and still nothing. Even took of the top just incase it was stuck on it. Let me know if you found a working solution?! Thanks.







If you've had this happen more than once, I'd start looking for root causes. Might just be a faulty part but it's probably worth looking into.
