2004 window problems
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Melting Slicks
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From: Fayetteville Arkansas
2004 window problems
Hello guys,
this is not on my 2000 C5 but on my father-in-law's 2004 C5 coupe. It's a 6spd car with all the options and only has 32,000 miles. The passenger window quit working and other than that it has no other symptoms. When you depress the window switch you can feel the switch activate but nothing happens with the window. I am guessing something is loose in the door harness. Tonight I will have access to the car and would like to address this issue. with the door open can I just pull out the accordian tubing and check the connectors that way or do I need to remove the door inner molding completely? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Sully
this is not on my 2000 C5 but on my father-in-law's 2004 C5 coupe. It's a 6spd car with all the options and only has 32,000 miles. The passenger window quit working and other than that it has no other symptoms. When you depress the window switch you can feel the switch activate but nothing happens with the window. I am guessing something is loose in the door harness. Tonight I will have access to the car and would like to address this issue. with the door open can I just pull out the accordian tubing and check the connectors that way or do I need to remove the door inner molding completely? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Sully
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From: Van Buren Arkansas
Wounded Warrior Escort '11
This usually happens from non-use of the window more than anything. Try rapping downward on the window while pushing the down switch. The motor windings get corroded from non-use therefore stop working. If this works, just use it more often. If not, you'll need to pull the inside panel off to access the motor which is easy to do.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: ronkonkoma new york
mine did the same thing so i went out and bough a new motor assembly and installed it. It turned out to be the door control module instead. My car only had 15k miles on it at the time. Not sure which problem yours is but just throwing it out there for ya. good luck.
Le Mans Master
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From: Longview Texas
If you get the motor unstuck, try bumping the window down a fraction of an inch to keep it from happening again.
Since the windows do not have limit switches, and simply stop by stalling the motor, I think the drive mechanism gets in a bind and jams the motor.
Bumping the motor down a little, unloads the drive gears and motor.
Since the windows do not have limit switches, and simply stop by stalling the motor, I think the drive mechanism gets in a bind and jams the motor.
Bumping the motor down a little, unloads the drive gears and motor.
