Power Windows Stopped Working

AntwaanRandleEL · 12-19-2002, 09:52 PM

Power windows stopped working! Where do I start?????

82 GT · 12-21-2002, 12:32 PM

Take the door panel off and first check to see if power is getting to the motor. If it is, then try banging on the motor while pressing the "up" button.
My guess is that the window motor is shot but banging on the motor might get the bushings to get better contact and your window might work for a while longer.
Also, make sure the wires are still attached to the motor because they can come off after years of use. I've seen it happen before.

Hozer 88GTConv · 12-22-2002, 10:48 AM

My motors went out on my quarter windows a while ago.
www.50resto.com sells a great power window motor/weatherstrip kit for just over a hundred dollars.

I need to know more info though.

When you depress the button, do you here power getting to the motor or is there no sound at all?

flyin 5.8 · 12-22-2002, 12:04 PM

If they all stoped working check the fuse first.

RoadWarrior · 12-23-2002, 03:36 PM

If it turns out not to be the window motor then check the wires. After years of opening and closing the wires that go from the body through that little boot into the door can break. Thats what it turned out to be on my stang. If it is just solder in some new wire and your good to go again.

12-19-2002, 09:52 PM	#1
AntwaanRandleEL Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Naperville, IL, USA Posts: 76	Power Windows Stopped Working Power windows stopped working! Where do I start????? __________________ There will always be someone faster then you.

12-21-2002, 12:32 PM	#2
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	Take the door panel off and first check to see if power is getting to the motor. If it is, then try banging on the motor while pressing the "up" button. My guess is that the window motor is shot but banging on the motor might get the bushings to get better contact and your window might work for a while longer. Also, make sure the wires are still attached to the motor because they can come off after years of use. I've seen it happen before. __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

12-22-2002, 10:48 AM	#3
Hozer 88GTConv Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 706	More info... My motors went out on my quarter windows a while ago. www.50resto.com sells a great power window motor/weatherstrip kit for just over a hundred dollars. I need to know more info though. When you depress the button, do you here power getting to the motor or is there no sound at all? __________________ 1988 GT Convertible 331 10:1 TW heads, GT-40 intake, MSD, TRW flattops, B Cam w/ 1.7's, MAC exhaust, 24's, 70 TB, 76 MAF, 3.73's, Pro 5.0, Koni's, Anderson PMS, Wideband 02, yatta, yatta... One week with new motor, two speeding tickets...joy

12-22-2002, 12:04 PM	#4
flyin 5.8 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Holland, Michigan Posts: 73	If they all stoped working check the fuse first. __________________ If girls are made of sugar and spice, how come they taste like tuna? "Nitrous is like a hot chick with an STD . . . you want to hit it, but your afraid of the consequences."

12-23-2002, 03:36 PM	#5
RoadWarrior Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Edmonton,Alberta,Canada Posts: 317	If it turns out not to be the window motor then check the wires. After years of opening and closing the wires that go from the body through that little boot into the door can break. Thats what it turned out to be on my stang. If it is just solder in some new wire and your good to go again. __________________ Fast Company

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