Re: Broken power window

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     From: Daniel Hussey <GY3WSX@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU> Date: Thu, 06 
     Apr 95 18:29:27 EDT
     Subject: broken pwr window
     
     Hi everyone,
     
     I'm really glad I joined this list.  I've learned so much just by
     reading through the mail and I appreciate all the help I've already 
     recieved. OK, well here's the problem, last week my driver's side 
     window stopped working.
     I thought it was just the switch so I went down to the dealer and 
     forked over
     $24 for a new pwr window switch.  I got home and popped it in and 
     found out tha t it wasn't the switch--something else is wrong.  Does 
     anybody know what the pr oblem could be?  The dealer refused to take 
     back the part b/c they won't do ref unds on electrical parts--a lesson 
     learned the hard way--even though it was the
     wrong part to begin with (it looked different).  They wouldn't even 
     swap it ou
     t for the right one, which would be OK b/c the passenger side switch 
     needs to b e replaced.
     Also, the service department wouldn't even look at my car for unde
     r $50 so I could figure out what part I did indeed need.  Very 
     IRITATED at this
     point, I asked for the managers name, said I'd be in  touch with him 
     soon, and left.  I think  ya here me knokin' and I think I'm commin' 
     in!  Thats right, I don't  like dealing with the dealership, AT ALL!
     
     I don't have the manuals and I'm wondering if there's an easy  way
     to  locate the problem (i.e. not having to take the door panel off or 
     the dash
     apart).  I'm hoping it's not the motor or the  window regulator.  
     Someone told me that it is common,  in these models, for the wiring to 
     come loose or short o ut.  What to do?  Hoppin' it ain't expensive.  
     I's poor!
     
     TIA,
     Dan Hussey
     '88 5kTQ
     
     
        My 86 CGT windows have stopped working several times over the years 
     usually in the spring or fall.  Must have something to do with 
     humidity or condensation.  I take the door panel off and, while 
     depressing the switch with the ignition on, rap the back of the motor 
     (the domed end) with a small ball peen.  They always start working 
     again...until the weather changes.  Not sure if this is even the same 
     motor or mechanism as the 5K though.
     
                                                        Tom Brown