electric window problems

[Ogre55]

My driver side window will go down but stops halfway when rolling up. It then will go up in little spurts, but you have to wait a few minutes in between, takes about 6 minutes to get it to close. The way i see it, it's either a motor going bad or a limiter switch problem. Any one have this problem before?

[cmblack13]

Re: electric window problems

mine is doing that as we speak also....I replaced it before with a new window motor about 6 months ago...I dont know if my motor is going bad again or what....? hope someone can help us! I have another window motor that i may install unless its something else

[Ogre55]

Re: electric window problems

Do you know if the limiter switch is built into the motor?

[Greg94Red392]

Re: electric window problems

It's the motor. Common symptom.

[Sean76]

Re: electric window problems

I had the same issue. Replaced the motor with a $22 one from Ebay, and it works fine.

[josh98bird]

Re: electric window problems

i would check the switch first. Everyone told me it was the motor, but i got the switch for less than 15 bux and it fixed the problem. Mine would go down but not up for atleast a couple minutes, hours, or days!

[landj]

Re: electric window problems

If it's going up or down in spurts, its generally because the motor is going bad. There is a thermal switch fuse breaker built into the motor near it's brushes. When the motor is producing too much resistance (aka it's going bad) the thermal switch heats up and then brakes the connection.

A good way of verifying that the motor is going bad and not the switch is if it stops and you press it again, the motor only makes the window move a little. If you wait a while (1 minute or more) and press the window switch, the motor will move the window much more (possibly all the way up).

Replacing it isn't hard. Took me an hour following Rob's pictorial how-to:
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html

I replaced mine with one that was supposed to be a Siemens brand from Autozone. I choose it because it looked well built and had fewer seams for crap to get in than the original or the cheaper ones. I've heard you get what you pay for with these motors.

[BLLDOGG]

Re: electric window problems

replace the motor.

[Camaro Dom]

Re: electric window problems

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[99camaroSC]

Re: electric window problems

ya i just replaced both mine and went to autozone for them..$55 a peice, ive heard bad things about the ebay ones not lasting long and if you go to autozone you get a warenty..

[Ogre55]

Re: electric window problems

Good info, thanks!