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Since there is no Windstar forum I put this in here. My wife drives a 1998 Windstar and last week all of the power windows quit working at the same time(2 front windows and 2 power vent windows in the back). I look in the owners manuel and I se no fuse under the dash or under the hood for power windows. The only thing I did find was a 30cb (for circuit breaker I presume). I test this CB and seemed to be OK. Anyone have any Ideas about this problem??
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There is a battery saver relay, an accessory delay relay, and a GEM module all of which control the power windows. You can check fuse 29 at the instrument panel fuse box for power to the battery saver relay. Then swap out the relays to see if that restores operation.
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fuse 29 is OK. In the owners manuel there is a drawing of a relay panel but it is not the one in my van. My fuse box has 3 rows on the left hand side a 2 rows on the bottom. The book has 2 rows on the left and 1 on the bottom. I'm lost can anyone help me?
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In the 1998 Windstar, Instrument Panel Fuse 29 drives the Delayed Accessory Relay, which also draws from Engine Compartment Fuse G. These provide power to the One Touch Down Relay on the I/P Fuse Panel (Third down on the left side of the Fuse Block away from the fuses), thru some resistance wire to the Left Window Power Motor.
Fuse G is also marked as c.b. 30 and covers all of the power windows.
Goodl luck. I have a 98 Windstar Troubleshooting Manual from Ford, so respond if you don't have an answer yet.
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Fuse G is also marked as c.b. 30 and covers all of the power windows.
Goodl luck. I have a 98 Windstar Troubleshooting Manual from Ford, so respond if you don't have an answer yet.
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I checked fuse 29 and it was fine. I started pulling relays out of the panel and swapped some around and it still didn't work. So I gave up. The next morning my wife got in the van and the windows were working. I changed nothing so I can't tell you what fixed it, but thanks for the replies...
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Just as a follow up, you should be sure that the relays are back where the relays belong, and the flasher units (which look the same) are back where they belong.
It could be you have an "intermittent fault" that could return, or the swapping around may resolve the issues by scrapping some corrosion off of a connector.
A couple of years ago, I added fog lamps to my Windstar, requiring a relay. The relay is now flaky. I can disconnect it, examine it, and reconnect, and the fogs work for a day or two. Once I made the mistake of inserting a flasher unit, and blew out what appears to be a fusible link inside the headlight switch. So make SURE that you have relays where they belong!
It could be you have an "intermittent fault" that could return, or the swapping around may resolve the issues by scrapping some corrosion off of a connector.
A couple of years ago, I added fog lamps to my Windstar, requiring a relay. The relay is now flaky. I can disconnect it, examine it, and reconnect, and the fogs work for a day or two. Once I made the mistake of inserting a flasher unit, and blew out what appears to be a fusible link inside the headlight switch. So make SURE that you have relays where they belong!
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