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Subject:Power Window Problem
From:Steve Beyer
Date:Tue, 22 Sep 1998 12:06:00 -0400

Maybe someone with more electrical smarts can help me out . . .

The passenger window on my '91 MV:
---goes up but not down when operated by the passenger door switch
---does nothing when operated by the switch on the driver's door

The motor checks-out OK.  When I disconnect the wires and reverse the two
leads the "up" position will lower ther window.  So I've ruled-out an
electrical motor problem or a "binding" window problem.

I replaced the switch in the passenger door with a switch from a Jetta.
Same problem.

Then I replaced the switch in the driver's door with the old switch from
the passenger door. Same problem.

A little background: the passenger window occasionally did not respond
immediately (you would have to hold the switch, particularly when
operated by the switch on the driver's door), prior to failing
completely. And the driver-side door had to be closed in order to operate
the passenger window from the driver's door.

Do I have a fried or broken wire between the two switches? Could both
switches fail at the same time?

The driver's side window works fine.  Should I be satisfied that half of
my power windows work properly?

VR,
Steve Beyer
skypilot@coastalnet.com

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