Passenger window intermittent
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Nevada
Passenger window intermittent
Hi,
Just picked up a low mi 2004 convertible. After I got it home yesterday after approx 1 hour drive, I noticed the passenger window could not be lowered, with either the driver or passenger switch. I did some searches and assumed a fuse was the likely cause.
I was planning on troubleshooting today, but now it works fine. I couldn't see any passenger window lock settings that might have been the issue.
Is an intermittent contact the most likely cause?
Also a real newbie question - I have not worked with the types of fuses in the car - when I opened the fuse box yesterday, the fuses seemed pretty tightly seated - obviously a good thing. Is pulling with pliers the normal way to get them out?
Thanks,
John
Just picked up a low mi 2004 convertible. After I got it home yesterday after approx 1 hour drive, I noticed the passenger window could not be lowered, with either the driver or passenger switch. I did some searches and assumed a fuse was the likely cause.
I was planning on troubleshooting today, but now it works fine. I couldn't see any passenger window lock settings that might have been the issue.
Is an intermittent contact the most likely cause?
Also a real newbie question - I have not worked with the types of fuses in the car - when I opened the fuse box yesterday, the fuses seemed pretty tightly seated - obviously a good thing. Is pulling with pliers the normal way to get them out?
Thanks,
John
Pro
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Alton Illinois
pull the wires out a little and check all around the wires in the area. maybe not the problem but sure appears to be related to a lot of window intermittent problems along with other electrical issues. sorry if this is not the case.
Drifting
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From: Bakersfield Ca
Read this thread, it will answer all of you questions and help you fix it.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...w-problem.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...w-problem.html
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Melting Slicks
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From: Nevada
Thanks to you both.
Jim - I had looked around the door jamb and the wiring looked intact.
From the photos in the thread that Bakersfield referenced, I don't think it is anything I could reach from the accordion hole.
Jim - I had looked around the door jamb and the wiring looked intact.
From the photos in the thread that Bakersfield referenced, I don't think it is anything I could reach from the accordion hole.
Safety Car
Joined: May 1999
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From: Mandeville, Louisiana
Same thing on the '99 I just bought. I took the door panel off, and removed the bose speaker...the window motor was extremely HOT. I tapped it with the back of a my screwdriver, and now it works...guess the motor has a spot where the brushes stick. Eventually I'll have to replace...but it's working for now.
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Mine is stuck in the down and maybe goes up 1/10th of the way or so before it locks up. It'll roll back down to bottom out, then go back up to 1/10th or so - no more. It has gotten on occasion where it will go up less and less as you mess with it. I'd rather be stuck in full up, than down as I have it now. Too cold and rainy outside now to drive with in down position.
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From: Bakersfield Ca
Mine is stuck in the down and maybe goes up 1/10th of the way or so before it locks up. It'll roll back down to bottom out, then go back up to 1/10th or so - no more. It has gotten on occasion where it will go up less and less as you mess with it. I'd rather be stuck in full up, than down as I have it now. Too cold and rainy outside now to drive with in down position.
