Power windows..
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I've got a 2000 V10 Excursion XLT, After I bought it, I found out that the drivers side passenger windows wasn't working. So i checked all the fuses, nothing. Took the door apart and found that the power plug wasn't connected. So I connected it and all worked fine for about 1 day. Then I started blowing the power window fuse all the time. What gives? Could it be that the power window is trying to draw too much power and blowing the fuse? I ended up having to install a 60amp fuse just to roll up the window.
Big Mick
I've got a 2000 V10 Excursion XLT, After I bought it, I found out that the drivers side passenger windows wasn't working. So i checked all the fuses, nothing. Took the door apart and found that the power plug wasn't connected. So I connected it and all worked fine for about 1 day. Then I started blowing the power window fuse all the time. What gives? Could it be that the power window is trying to draw too much power and blowing the fuse? I ended up having to install a 60amp fuse just to roll up the window.
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Alright everyone, I still need your help. Today while driving my X around town, I tried to roll down the drivers side window and smoke started coming out from the contol panel with all the window buttons on it. Popped it open and found a couple of wires had all the plastic melted off. What gives? With the 20amp fuse in, I'm not able to role down the windows. I'm at a lose
Need help
DOn't have enough money for the Ford Dealer yet.....
Big Mick
Need help
DOn't have enough money for the Ford Dealer yet.....
Big Mick
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Power windows..
If it keeps blowing the 20 amp fuse, putting in a 60 amp fuse isn't the answer. You will end up melting your wires. 
seriously, you must have a problem with the window motor drawing too many amps, thus overloading the wiring. It could be a problem in the motor itself or in the window tracks putting the window in a bind.
hopefully your damage is limited to the harness right inside your door and didn't burn wires deeper in the wiring harness.
my $.02
seriously, you must have a problem with the window motor drawing too many amps, thus overloading the wiring. It could be a problem in the motor itself or in the window tracks putting the window in a bind.
hopefully your damage is limited to the harness right inside your door and didn't burn wires deeper in the wiring harness.
my $.02
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Looks like the melted wires are contained to the panel. At $70 each for replacement motors, is there a sure fire way to tell which motor is bad? I've thought about rolling one at a time up and down until something happened
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Originally posted by 97expy5_4
that was my first thought. But the fuse blows everything I roll down the front 2 windows or the back pop out windows.
big mick
that was my first thought. But the fuse blows everything I roll down the front 2 windows or the back pop out windows.
big mick
Where did you buy it? Any recourse with them?
Now you have me confused.
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Sounds like someone unplugged it for a REASON :-)
That would not have just fallen off....
and the fact that it was STILL unplugged when you bought it sounds like the sellor found out it was going to be an expensive repair and just did the thing that stopped it from failing... unplugged the problem circuit !
That borders on fraud and you SHOULD have some recourse against the sellers... Check your local laws... but first just ASK nicely if they'll repair ti since it was a known problem to them...
That would not have just fallen off....
and the fact that it was STILL unplugged when you bought it sounds like the sellor found out it was going to be an expensive repair and just did the thing that stopped it from failing... unplugged the problem circuit !
That borders on fraud and you SHOULD have some recourse against the sellers... Check your local laws... but first just ASK nicely if they'll repair ti since it was a known problem to them...
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Stll doesn't hurt to call the original dealer and ask...
give them every opportunity to do the right thing...
because you KNOW they knew about it or it wouldn't have been unplugged - right?
ask nicely at first....
then ask them:
What would THEY do if this happened to their brother/wife/sister?
They may even take the estimate and pay 'their portion' of it...
Then you can start to get ugly :-)
or better yet, post their response here along with their name so the rest of us don't have to bother with them...
good luck...
give them every opportunity to do the right thing...
because you KNOW they knew about it or it wouldn't have been unplugged - right?
ask nicely at first....
then ask them:
What would THEY do if this happened to their brother/wife/sister?
They may even take the estimate and pay 'their portion' of it...
Then you can start to get ugly :-)
or better yet, post their response here along with their name so the rest of us don't have to bother with them...
good luck...
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