window motor not working?!?!?
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window motor not working?!?!?
my '93 Ranger has electric windows and just recently the driver side motor went out. i work at NAPA so i replaced it with a remanufactured motor. It was an easy swap over but the new motor did not have enough power to push the window all the way up. I talked to a few people and they said it could be a defect... so i returned it to get another one. this one works, but you can tell that it has a hard time pushing up the window and that there are points where it binds. I noticed that the regulator is basically a gear with an arm on it so i assumed that i couldnt have knocked it out of allignment. could this motor be bad too???? or did i do something to knock the window out of place??? i just hope that i dont have to buy a motor from the dealer because they are $130.00. can someone help me please
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My brother has swapped window motors on his camaro about 4-5 times. Each time he takes it back to autozone before the warranty runs out, but they still don't work right.
You just have to go with OEM parts sometimes, this maybe one of them. Maybe you can get lucky at a salvage yard, but electical parts are kinda of gamble.
You just have to go with OEM parts sometimes, this maybe one of them. Maybe you can get lucky at a salvage yard, but electical parts are kinda of gamble.
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Make sure you are getting 12V at the harness connector when the window switch is activated. If the circuit checks out OK, then I would suspect the regulator, or maybe the window guides, or some kind of hardware problem like that. No need to buy a window lift motor from the dealer, that's not where your problem lies.
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I had a 93 F-150 that the window motor burned up on in 1996. I replaced it with one from an autoparts store (don't remember which one) and it lasted about 6 months. I let the dealer do the install on the next one (Ford Motor) and it worked was working just fine when I sold the truck back in January. Go with the OEM on this part.
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If you have a 95 or newer truck & are having problems with both sides being slow, suspect the power window relay.
If it's just one side with a problem, check the ground conection for that motor, it must be clean bright & tight.
If you can't find or don't know where this ground point is, you can test the motors ground goodness, with a low resistance jumper wire,(like a jump start cable), from the window motor to a good chassis ground point or the B- side of the battery.
If it suddenly wakes up, you know you have a faulty ground connection or ground wiring problem between the motor & it's ground point.
If all that checks out ok, try, (with the window rolled all the way down), spraying the window channel with a good coating of "Prestone" silicone spray.
Then run the window up & down a few times to work it in & see if it helps. If so then you likely have a binding problem somewhere in the track or mechanism.
Have you or someone else, spilled a sweet drink that could have run down the inside of the window/door interface & gummed things up?????
Or has the door been hit or dented just before this problem began????
Just some thoughts for consideration.
If it's just one side with a problem, check the ground conection for that motor, it must be clean bright & tight.
If you can't find or don't know where this ground point is, you can test the motors ground goodness, with a low resistance jumper wire,(like a jump start cable), from the window motor to a good chassis ground point or the B- side of the battery.
If it suddenly wakes up, you know you have a faulty ground connection or ground wiring problem between the motor & it's ground point.
If all that checks out ok, try, (with the window rolled all the way down), spraying the window channel with a good coating of "Prestone" silicone spray.
Then run the window up & down a few times to work it in & see if it helps. If so then you likely have a binding problem somewhere in the track or mechanism.
Have you or someone else, spilled a sweet drink that could have run down the inside of the window/door interface & gummed things up?????
Or has the door been hit or dented just before this problem began????
Just some thoughts for consideration.
