C6 Power Window Problem
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C6 Power Window Problem
Hi everyone.
I had no trouble whatsoever with my windows until I removed both of my doors from my 2008 C6 for painting. Well when I put everything back together and Neither window works! Both windows are inop. Everything else on both doors works; locks, speakers, mirrors, but no windows. Today I went outside and magically my pass. side window begins working. I'm able to control it just fine from both doors! Why it just started working out of the blue I have no idea.
When I press up or down on the driver side window switch I can hear the motor for a second then nothing. Could my window motor just have went bad coincidentally or is there something else going on here?
Any idea?
Thanks so much
Geno
I had no trouble whatsoever with my windows until I removed both of my doors from my 2008 C6 for painting. Well when I put everything back together and Neither window works! Both windows are inop. Everything else on both doors works; locks, speakers, mirrors, but no windows. Today I went outside and magically my pass. side window begins working. I'm able to control it just fine from both doors! Why it just started working out of the blue I have no idea.
When I press up or down on the driver side window switch I can hear the motor for a second then nothing. Could my window motor just have went bad coincidentally or is there something else going on here?
Any idea?
Thanks so much
Geno
Last edited by deathcharge; May 28, 2012 at 10:01 PM.
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Now my pass. side window has stopped working again. I unplugged the harness at the door hinges to put the black boot back on and now I lost the ability to operate the pass side window.
What's going on here? It has to be something electronic bypassing the windows or some sort of security merasure? I don't know!
What's going on here? It has to be something electronic bypassing the windows or some sort of security merasure? I don't know!
Will work for HPDE time.
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Hi everyone.
I had no trouble whatsoever with my windows until I removed both of my doors from my 2008 C6 for painting. Well when I put everything back together and Neither window works! Both windows are inop. Everything else on both doors works; locks, speakers, mirrors, but no windows. Today I went outside and magically my pass. side window begins working. I'm able to control it just fine from both doors! Why it just started working out of the blue I have no idea.
When I press up or down on the driver side window switch I can hear the motor for a second then nothing. Could my window motor just have went bad coincidentally or is there something else going on here?
Any idea?
Thanks so much
Geno
I had no trouble whatsoever with my windows until I removed both of my doors from my 2008 C6 for painting. Well when I put everything back together and Neither window works! Both windows are inop. Everything else on both doors works; locks, speakers, mirrors, but no windows. Today I went outside and magically my pass. side window begins working. I'm able to control it just fine from both doors! Why it just started working out of the blue I have no idea.
When I press up or down on the driver side window switch I can hear the motor for a second then nothing. Could my window motor just have went bad coincidentally or is there something else going on here?
Any idea?
Thanks so much
Geno
-Ronnie
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It's not a simple window index problem. In order to re-index, the window has to be able to roll up for starters. Both of my windows are stuck down inside the doors and will not move.
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Geno, could be a bad motor, or a bad regulator. A bad regulator will make noise as the wires wrap themselves around the pulley and disintegrate. My regulator went out in my car a few months ago. If yours happens to be just the motor, I have 2 good ones in the C6 for sale section for $75 each. Install is fairly straightforward and can be done in a couple hours. The regulators are very expensive and come with a new motor if that is your case. I spent $800 at the body shop including labor.
-Ronnie
-Ronnie
Seems as though soon as that harness is unplugged and replugged the windows are disabled or aren't being recognized.
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Thank you Rick!
Something so simple, it never crossed my mind.
I literally had the door panel standing up sitting on my lap stretched across the center console over to the pass seat, plugged the door panel in and I have working windows! Why GM, why! Why must the doors be closed after a disconnect to enable window motors!
Something so simple, it never crossed my mind.
I literally had the door panel standing up sitting on my lap stretched across the center console over to the pass seat, plugged the door panel in and I have working windows! Why GM, why! Why must the doors be closed after a disconnect to enable window motors!
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After seeing your post, I fixed the problem with a gesture (closed the driver's door).
Thanks again.
PS passenger's side worked fine because door was closed, correct?