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Hey guys, I did a quick search, but didn't find anything too helpful. My driver's side window switch is stuffed, and i can't put the window down without jiggling and forcing the button. Even then it rarely works.

Once the window is down, the switch works fine, i can raise it fully or to a selected height, but not back down again. Passenger side - no problems.

This is driving me crazy! I had my mechanic look at it, he said he sprayed it with some solution that is very good for cleaning contact points, but no luck.

I don't particularly want to fork out the $200 the wreckers wanted for a second hand unit. Anybody got any ideas? or a spare unit for sale?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Cheers

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Hey guys, I did a quick search, but didn't find anything too helpful. My driver's side window switch is stuffed, and i can't put the window down without jiggling and forcing the button. Even then it rarely works.

Once the window is down, the switch works fine, i can raise it fully or to a selected height, but not back down again. Passenger side - no problems.

This is driving me crazy! I had my mechanic look at it, he said he sprayed it with some solution that is very good for cleaning contact points, but no luck.

I don't particularly want to fork out the $200 the wreckers wanted for a second hand unit. Anybody got any ideas? or a spare unit for sale?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Cheers

Take it to an electrician ASAP- mine only went downhill from there. Now it's stick about an inch down. Does anyone know if there's a way to manually raise it?

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Wink Grand Master

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Check the For Sale section for people wrecking their cars - thats where I got my power window switch unit.

Replace it asap as mine was like that and one day the switch got stuck in the down position (although it looked in the neutral position) and this caused the motor to wear out and die.

In short - this made me have to replace the switch unit as well as the power window motor - not cheap at all.

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Try attempting to put your window up/down with your head close to the inside of the door. If you can hear a click sort of noise near your right elbow when you press the button, the button is ok. I have this problem with my series 1, I can sometimes get my window to go up or down, but when it doesn't, i can still hear a little click (the power works). My problem is that the contacts in the motor are a bit funny. I've pulled the door apart and looked at the motor and it's ok, but doesn't work when the axle is pushed in.

So in other words, Clicking noise = motor problem

no clicking = probably switches are buggered.

hope this helps.

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WHAT STATE R U IN BRO CAUSE IF U LIVE IN SYD I CAN GET I WINDOW MODULE FOR U CHEAP

I'm in Melbourne mate. Can you please PM me a price?

I've found that if i hold the button up (while window is up) then quickly press down quite firmly it works, but i can't be stuffed doing that EVERY time. Makes me think it must be the contact points.

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I'm in Melbourne mate. Can you please PM me a price?

I've found that if i hold the button up (while window is up) then quickly press down quite firmly it works, but i can't be stuffed doing that EVERY time. Makes me think it must be the contact points.

about 130 bucks bro if u want email me and we will sort something out bro

my email address is [email protected]

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In my series1 R33 my window froze is the down position...

Had to get a new window regulator and motor, brand new the prices (with installation) would have been close to $1000, i used second hand parts and cost as $600 - $650...

And still my window wont go up and down when i want it to, have to continue to move the switch until it decides to come up....

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In my series1 R33 my window froze is the down position...

Had to get a new window regulator and motor, brand new the prices (with installation) would have been close to $1000, i used second hand parts and cost as $600 - $650...

And still my window wont go up and down when i want it to, have to continue to move the switch until it decides to come up....

Swapped the switch box?

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you guys are all slack'as

take the switch out, pull it apart

you'll find a nice big carbon build up on the buttons connection points...

grab some fine sand paper and some electrical contact cleaner and clean those connections

windows will work after this :dry:

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you guys are all slack'as

take the switch out, pull it apart

you'll find a nice big carbon build up on the buttons connection points...

grab some fine sand paper and some electrical contact cleaner and clean those connections

windows will work after this :(

Have you actually tried this?

I couldn't open my switch box (even after I unscrewed all the visible screws) when I tried.

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yes.. i did it yesterday

window works perfectly now

undo all screws

then get small flat head screw driver and prise open switch (has small clips on the side of switch box

depending on the age/condition of the car.. the solder on the circuit board might have corroded and you may need to un-solder and resolder all the wires back in.. however 90% of the time.. its carbon build up on the contacts of the switches that stops connection between the contacts and the circuit board.. hence why windows not budging.. or only occasional movement when switched are violently applied

you need to take the whole thing apart.. and sand all the carbon build up off the connection points

works awesome after that :wave:

-Ruffels

(credit goes to foznice who showed me how to fix this problem)

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Which bit's the regulator? is it the little black box that the switch wires plug into, or is it further inside the door? i thought it was the box, but when a mechanic friend looked at it, he said something further into the door was the reg, and that it had it's own motor which was stuffed.

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