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Subject:Re: Power Window Woes... Can someone help?
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Thu, 20 May 2004 09:04:10 -0500

I believe that in some cases a problem with a switch on one
side can cause the window on the other side to be
inoperative.  Having 12V at a given switch or motor is not
enough if the ground path is thru a switch somewhere else.
This should be apparent from the Bentley circuit diagram,
since it is so easy to read.  :-)

Larry A.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 23:54:05 -0400
>From: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
>Subject: Re: Power Window Woes... Can someone help?
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>Dealing with it now. I thought I had the classic symptoms
of broken
>wiring, but like you I can hear a click when the switch is
moved (in my
>case the drivers side works fine, only the passenger side
window isn't
>working). It's a pretty simple electrical circuit, if there
is power at
>the switch (on the appropriate side) then there almost
certainly should
>be power to the motor. Which leaves a possible dead motor
as the
>culprit.
>
>Since i was SURE, it was the wiring, I disassembled my
drivers side
>door to look at the wiring. Oh, well. At least I fixed my
power mirrors
>in the process.
>
>Tomorow I'll take a look at pulling the motor on the
passenger door and
>see what gives. At least my AC works.
>
>On May 19, 2004, at 8:20 PM, jesse johnson wrote:
>
>> Hey All,
>> My power windows just all of a sudden stopped working...
Checked the
>> ....
>
>> i can hear an ever so slight noise coming
>> from the power window motor. But no movement...