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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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ok heres my situation when i bought the car the rear pass. window never worked so i pulled the door panel of to test the motor with direct power and it worked so i figured the master switch was no good.,fine so then not to long ago the other rear window stoped workin so i finaly bought a used master switch thinkin thats the prob. so i finally got the switch and put it in and sure enough it dont work so my question is what the hell is the prob.?

i checked the book for fueses but theirs nothing for the windows can anybody tell me what else i should check,... please
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 06:49 PM
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AhHHH check the wires between the door for some reason the wires get brittle and due to the open & close or the door they break, what i found with my gs is that the wires did break but the sheilding was intact so u might have to strip back the sheilding on the wire to see the damage
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by vtec-this
ok heres my situation when i bought the car the rear pass. window never worked so i pulled the door panel of to test the motor with direct power and it worked so i figured the master switch was no good.,fine so then not to long ago the other rear window stoped workin so i finaly bought a used master switch thinkin thats the prob. so i finally got the switch and put it in and sure enough it dont work so my question is what the hell is the prob.?

i checked the book for fueses but theirs nothing for the windows can anybody tell me what else i should check,... please
Does either switch work ? The master or the door switches ?

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AhHHH check the wires between the door for some reason the wires get brittle and due to the open & close or the door they break, what i found with my gs is that the wires did break but the sheilding was intact so u might have to strip back the sheilding on the wire to see the damage
Ive never heard that before. Are yours really brittle ? Mine are soft as new. Even still has the electo grease in the sockets of the couplers.
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by vtec-this
ok heres my situation when i bought the car the rear pass. window never worked so i pulled the door panel of to test the motor with direct power and it worked so i figured the master switch was no good.,fine so then not to long ago the other rear window stoped workin so i finaly bought a used master switch thinkin thats the prob. so i finally got the switch and put it in and sure enough it dont work so my question is what the hell is the prob.?

i checked the book for fueses but theirs nothing for the windows can anybody tell me what else i should check,... please
Sounds like your used master switch suffers from the same problem. If the motor works by jumping it, then you need a new switch.
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