MrPeepers

Ok so I have a strange issue. My wife said her 95 runner will sometimes die on her. I tried asking when it would happen but couldn't find a pattern. She said it just happens sometimes, it will just die, tehn it will usually start back up, but sometimes it might take a minute to crank. I've checked all visible connections and fuses. Nothing looks out of the ordinary. Just a minute ago, I go to roll the back window down, and it wouldn't go down, I could see it shift a little and could hear the relay. But it wouldn't move up or down. So I went in the car to use the switch. I turned the ignition on and went to use the switch adn nothing. I also noticed that the radio didn't come on, and none of the dash lights stuff came on like the fan and clock. Then a couple seconds later everything kicked on and the badck window works. I was suspecting the ignintion swithc but this kind of rules out the ignition switch. But I don't know what this sounds like. Some kind of loose main ground perhaps? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

yotaman85

check the power wire from the battery to the fuse box. mine was thrashed and made a huge difference in the back window operation.

Matt16

The back window motor circuit has some kind of breaker in it- that's to say, if you keep trying to raise or lower the window and its not moving, the breaker will heat up and flip and you'll have to wait a couple seconds before you get any power to the back window. The breaker might affect other circuits as well. You probably need a new back window motor, but that can be had for cheap from other Toyotas if you cross reference part numbers. I did a write up a couple weeks ago.


Back window relay fix: https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...runner-137193/

Back window motor replacement: https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...cement-209572/

yotaman85

I also did a write up about the power supply wire, I will post a link. as should matt..

plus, the power wire mod was a whole $10 and 30min of time.

yotaman85

here you go..

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...er+supply+wire

MrPeepers

Wanted to post back and say Thank You very much! That was it. Previously, I was actually able to kill the engine by rolling all the windows up all the way and then holding all 4 window switches up with the headlights on. The headlights would dim like crazy and the motor would die. After doing this fix I can do this and the headlights barely dim at all. I also noticed a lot of corrosion on the little metal battery terminal clamp and noticed the post that the battery cables bolt onto is seperate so I took that all apart and cleaned the corrosion off.

Thanks again!