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07-19-2010, 07:46 PM
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07-19-2010, 09:22 PM
simple to get to - gently pry straight up on the cover and it will pop up.
The switch bank itself is a little tougher to get apart, mostly you can see the clips and just release them. The rockers on top are tough but steady upward pressure and they will give up and pop off.
I took mine apart and found there are three little plastic posts in the switch. One on each side which press the contacts to activate the window. It pivots on the center post.
The up post was just slightly deformed like it had melted. I switched out the middle one with the deformed one and it work for several months.
It did however start acting up again, so I just replaced it, but it got me by until I could afford a new one.
The switch bank itself is a little tougher to get apart, mostly you can see the clips and just release them. The rockers on top are tough but steady upward pressure and they will give up and pop off.
I took mine apart and found there are three little plastic posts in the switch. One on each side which press the contacts to activate the window. It pivots on the center post.
The up post was just slightly deformed like it had melted. I switched out the middle one with the deformed one and it work for several months.
It did however start acting up again, so I just replaced it, but it got me by until I could afford a new one.
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07-19-2010, 10:48 PM
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my dealer says there is no stock of these in North America---backordered. Seems strange.
So I disassembled it, put compressed air to all the contacts, and the bad one I scraped lightly with a dental pick, and applied some electrical anti-oxidant grease sparingly.
Works fine, but for how long???????????????
So I disassembled it, put compressed air to all the contacts, and the bad one I scraped lightly with a dental pick, and applied some electrical anti-oxidant grease sparingly.
Works fine, but for how long???????????????
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Too bad I didn't take any pics to fix mine. My window worked intermittently to the point it stopped rolling up at all.
Take out the switch module and disassemble it. The whole thing is snapped together, so it comes apart almost as easily. There's like 3 different plastic covers that snap on top of each other. Why they made this so complicated, I don't know, but it seems like it was a kludge.
First thing (very important!!!) is to be careful not to lose the little metal piece which is the window disable switch contact. It will drop out when the last cover is removed.
My driver side window switch contact was pitted/burned due to arcing that happens every time the switch is used. It's just a pair of contacts on a single piece of metal like a lever that flips each way for up and down. File the contacts smooth with a fine file and reassemble. You're good to go.
Spraying contact cleaner from the outside won't do anything since there's a seal/gasket protecting the switch, and it won't do anything about the burned out section of the contact.
What you can also do is swap the driver side switch contacts with any of the other window switch contacts; they're all the same. However, if you've gone through the trouble of taking the whole thing apart, it's just a few more seconds of filing the contacts down a bit.
Take out the switch module and disassemble it. The whole thing is snapped together, so it comes apart almost as easily. There's like 3 different plastic covers that snap on top of each other. Why they made this so complicated, I don't know, but it seems like it was a kludge.
First thing (very important!!!) is to be careful not to lose the little metal piece which is the window disable switch contact. It will drop out when the last cover is removed.
My driver side window switch contact was pitted/burned due to arcing that happens every time the switch is used. It's just a pair of contacts on a single piece of metal like a lever that flips each way for up and down. File the contacts smooth with a fine file and reassemble. You're good to go.
Spraying contact cleaner from the outside won't do anything since there's a seal/gasket protecting the switch, and it won't do anything about the burned out section of the contact.
What you can also do is swap the driver side switch contacts with any of the other window switch contacts; they're all the same. However, if you've gone through the trouble of taking the whole thing apart, it's just a few more seconds of filing the contacts down a bit.
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07-23-2010, 09:57 PM
Too bad I didn't take any pics to fix mine. My window worked intermittently to the point it stopped rolling up at all.
Take out the switch module and disassemble it. The whole thing is snapped together, so it comes apart almost as easily. There's like 3 different plastic covers that snap on top of each other. Why they made this so complicated, I don't know, but it seems like it was a kludge.
First thing (very important!!!) is to be careful not to lose the little metal piece which is the window disable switch contact. It will drop out when the last cover is removed.
My driver side window switch contact was pitted/burned due to arcing that happens every time the switch is used. It's just a pair of contacts on a single piece of metal like a lever that flips each way for up and down. File the contacts smooth with a fine file and reassemble. You're good to go.
Spraying contact cleaner from the outside won't do anything since there's a seal/gasket protecting the switch, and it won't do anything about the burned out section of the contact.
What you can also do is swap the driver side switch contacts with any of the other window switch contacts; they're all the same. However, if you've gone through the trouble of taking the whole thing apart, it's just a few more seconds of filing the contacts down a bit.
Take out the switch module and disassemble it. The whole thing is snapped together, so it comes apart almost as easily. There's like 3 different plastic covers that snap on top of each other. Why they made this so complicated, I don't know, but it seems like it was a kludge.
First thing (very important!!!) is to be careful not to lose the little metal piece which is the window disable switch contact. It will drop out when the last cover is removed.
My driver side window switch contact was pitted/burned due to arcing that happens every time the switch is used. It's just a pair of contacts on a single piece of metal like a lever that flips each way for up and down. File the contacts smooth with a fine file and reassemble. You're good to go.
Spraying contact cleaner from the outside won't do anything since there's a seal/gasket protecting the switch, and it won't do anything about the burned out section of the contact.
What you can also do is swap the driver side switch contacts with any of the other window switch contacts; they're all the same. However, if you've gone through the trouble of taking the whole thing apart, it's just a few more seconds of filing the contacts down a bit.