'91 power window switch

foolio669 · 02-19-2007, 02:06 AM

recently when i took my 2.3l in for clutch service, i asked the dealership to find out why the power window switches weren't working on the drivers side. they told me i needed new switches, which i planned on installing myself to save a couple bucks since the repair cost more than the car is worth. after tearing the armrest off the door, i pulled the old switches off, and put the new ones in. they still didn't work. is there anything special i was supposed to do that i don't know about? the passenger's side switch works with the new, and the old switches in, so please don't reply with a fuse fix.

thanks for any help

foolio669 · 02-19-2007, 06:00 PM

after asking another repair shop, i'm told these switches should just plug in where the old ones are taken out. I always regret taking something in to be repaired, as I seem to always get screwed when i could have fixed the problem myself.

goodyear1984 · 03-06-2007, 05:04 AM

hey get a test light and see if u get power at the window motor when u press the switch and if u have power check the ground if they both chech out good then it will need a motor

foolio669 · 03-06-2007, 03:58 PM

a new motor for the driver's door window doesn't fix the fact that the passenger's switch in the driver's door doesn't work for the passenger window. i would understand if both passenger switches worked for the passenger window, and only the switch for the driver's window didn't work, but instead, no window's will move with the driver's door switches (i've tested these switches, it's not them), but the passenger's window does function with the switch that is in the driver's door.

i'm pretty sure it's electrical, which means i just have to pull everything apart and find a broken wire or something.

goodyear1984 · 03-07-2007, 01:22 AM

srry i didnt read whe ya said to good ..thought u said the drivers side would open the pass side...its easy to check just get a diagram

foolio669 · 03-07-2007, 10:23 AM

in my last reply, i should have said that the passengers window works with the switch in the passenger door, not the driver door. but, also, when i'm using the passenger door switch, i can short the loop by pushing on the passenger switch in the driver door in the opposite direction than the passenger door switch. so the passenger switch in the driver door seems like maybe it's not getting enough power to operate the window, but it does have enough to stop the passenger window when using the passenger door switch.

sorry if none of that makes sense...i'm pretty sure i just have to find and wrap one wire, which is just annoying seeing as it's winter, and those bastards at the repair shop somehow dropped my window a quarter inch. they didn't do it with the switches, and they're refusing to tell me what they did.

goodyear1984 · 03-08-2007, 12:54 AM

yea man u got some wire tracing to do ull get it workin good luck

02-19-2007, 02:06 AM	#1
foolio669 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4	'91 power window switch recently when i took my 2.3l in for clutch service, i asked the dealership to find out why the power window switches weren't working on the drivers side. they told me i needed new switches, which i planned on installing myself to save a couple bucks since the repair cost more than the car is worth. after tearing the armrest off the door, i pulled the old switches off, and put the new ones in. they still didn't work. is there anything special i was supposed to do that i don't know about? the passenger's side switch works with the new, and the old switches in, so please don't reply with a fuse fix. thanks for any help

02-19-2007, 06:00 PM	#2
foolio669 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4	Re: '91 power window switch after asking another repair shop, i'm told these switches should just plug in where the old ones are taken out. I always regret taking something in to be repaired, as I seem to always get screwed when i could have fixed the problem myself.

03-06-2007, 05:04 AM	#3
goodyear1984 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: new york Posts: 482	Re: '91 power window switch hey get a test light and see if u get power at the window motor when u press the switch and if u have power check the ground if they both chech out good then it will need a motor __________________ 347 stroker all forged,arp everything,stud mains w/girdle,7qt pan,full roller, custom cam, aluminum heads swirl valves 5 angle valve job.quick fuel 750,areomotive pump,cobras w/nitto drags,and m/t et drags for the track, ford racing 373 gears,centerforce clutch,tko500,underdrive pulleys,bassani x-pipe,flowmasters ^best et so far 11.6 1.61 60ft coming soon 9sec et's 1992 mustang gt 2001 gmc 1500 4x4 78 century boat 92 skidoo

03-06-2007, 03:58 PM	#4
foolio669 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4	Re: '91 power window switch a new motor for the driver's door window doesn't fix the fact that the passenger's switch in the driver's door doesn't work for the passenger window. i would understand if both passenger switches worked for the passenger window, and only the switch for the driver's window didn't work, but instead, no window's will move with the driver's door switches (i've tested these switches, it's not them), but the passenger's window does function with the switch that is in the driver's door. i'm pretty sure it's electrical, which means i just have to pull everything apart and find a broken wire or something.

03-07-2007, 01:22 AM	#5
goodyear1984 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: new york Posts: 482	Re: '91 power window switch srry i didnt read whe ya said to good ..thought u said the drivers side would open the pass side...its easy to check just get a diagram __________________ 347 stroker all forged,arp everything,stud mains w/girdle,7qt pan,full roller, custom cam, aluminum heads swirl valves 5 angle valve job.quick fuel 750,areomotive pump,cobras w/nitto drags,and m/t et drags for the track, ford racing 373 gears,centerforce clutch,tko500,underdrive pulleys,bassani x-pipe,flowmasters ^best et so far 11.6 1.61 60ft coming soon 9sec et's 1992 mustang gt 2001 gmc 1500 4x4 78 century boat 92 skidoo

03-07-2007, 10:23 AM	#6
foolio669 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 4	Re: '91 power window switch in my last reply, i should have said that the passengers window works with the switch in the passenger door, not the driver door. but, also, when i'm using the passenger door switch, i can short the loop by pushing on the passenger switch in the driver door in the opposite direction than the passenger door switch. so the passenger switch in the driver door seems like maybe it's not getting enough power to operate the window, but it does have enough to stop the passenger window when using the passenger door switch. sorry if none of that makes sense...i'm pretty sure i just have to find and wrap one wire, which is just annoying seeing as it's winter, and those bastards at the repair shop somehow dropped my window a quarter inch. they didn't do it with the switches, and they're refusing to tell me what they did.

03-08-2007, 12:54 AM	#7
goodyear1984 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: new york Posts: 482	Re: '91 power window switch yea man u got some wire tracing to do ull get it workin good luck __________________ 347 stroker all forged,arp everything,stud mains w/girdle,7qt pan,full roller, custom cam, aluminum heads swirl valves 5 angle valve job.quick fuel 750,areomotive pump,cobras w/nitto drags,and m/t et drags for the track, ford racing 373 gears,centerforce clutch,tko500,underdrive pulleys,bassani x-pipe,flowmasters ^best et so far 11.6 1.61 60ft coming soon 9sec et's 1992 mustang gt 2001 gmc 1500 4x4 78 century boat 92 skidoo

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