Rear window problems
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Rear window problems
Was driving home from work today and a short distance from home my "door open" dash light started to flicker off and on. It wasn't flickering to brightly but it was going on and off. So when I get home I'm thinking maybe the rear door is not closed properly so I roll down the window with the key unlock it , open it up, slam it closed and go to roll up the window...... nohing happens. I've opened and closed the door a few times, nothing happens. I opened up the inside skin of the door, peeled the plastic back and did a visual check, all wiring looks good, all connections seem okay. With the door open, but the locks latched to similate the door being closed it beeps when I try the window, this has also happen with the door closed. I've run out of daylight and it's getting cold out so I taped plastic over it and will get back to it in a day or two. What should I be looking for? My thinking is:
Check for current making to the window motor,
How do I check the relay switch?
Could it be the door closed sensor, and how do I check this?
Would appreciate any help you can give me, it's winter out there and I need my window closed. I do have another tailgate with a working motor and all guts but I'd rather fix this one if I can.
Derek
Check for current making to the window motor,
How do I check the relay switch?
Could it be the door closed sensor, and how do I check this?
Would appreciate any help you can give me, it's winter out there and I need my window closed. I do have another tailgate with a working motor and all guts but I'd rather fix this one if I can.
Derek
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I hoping to get to this problem this week end and with the reading I've done here I think I have a solution figured out.
If I directly wire the motor with 12v and it works, then chances are it the relay, right?
If it the relay, I swap out the switch box with an extra that I have.
If niether works, it's the closed door sensor, right? I so, where is it located and whats a fix for it.
Need some help guys it's like minus 20 c here and I wouldn't mind a closed rear window.
Truck info is in my Sig.
If I directly wire the motor with 12v and it works, then chances are it the relay, right?
If it the relay, I swap out the switch box with an extra that I have.
If niether works, it's the closed door sensor, right? I so, where is it located and whats a fix for it.
Need some help guys it's like minus 20 c here and I wouldn't mind a closed rear window.
Truck info is in my Sig.
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I'm new at this but I'll pass on how I fixed mine. The rear window was dead when i bought my rig. When I was checking for voltage with the switch forced on the window started down, which I wasn't expecting. The various safteys and switches are on the ground side and by shorting the circut to ground I completed the circut and the window worked. This way I traced the open ground to the door latch so I pulled it and sure enough there was no continuity. I temporarily fixed it by running a wire to ground before the latch.
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But I saw no mention of 4crawler's website. I've fixed numerous rear window problems reading his website.
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Yeah mine went both up and down with the key, but presently I'm not putting it down until the warmer weather gets here. I was able to jump the motor directly and get the window up but I won't be properly fixing it unti it's warmer out as I don't have a garage. It sucks not having a garage I have a nice ARB front bumper I bought used, sanded, painted and am now waiting for warm weather to install, it's driving my nuts having it sitting on my basement floor.
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