Electrical gremlin???

[MidnightBlue]

i keep having a problem with the windsheild wipers, power windows, and rear hatch release not working. It started recently and i dont know why but the first time they cut out i pulled the fuses and stuck them back in and it worked for about 2 days....now they all dont work again and the drivers window is stuck down and a storm is a brewin... and ive tried messing with the fuses but no luck...

any ideas??

 

[jrichker]

Power windows use a circuit breaker. See http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/engine/ for help.

 

[MidnightBlue]

why would the wipers and trunk release not work too?..

oh ya and the radio doesnt work when all this is going on...so when i have the problem the things that dont work are:

power windows
radio
wipers
trunk release


everything else works.. ie, power locks, lights...etc


all of those things are on completly different fuses...

 

[jrichker]

Possible bad fuse link. Use the diagrams from the previous post to find the common fuse link that supplies these circuits.

 

[MidnightBlue]

*bump*

this isnt really helping me at all...electrics and wiring isnt my thing and i dont know where to start..

 

[jrichker]

Additional wiring diagrams are at: http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiB..._us/0900823d/80/19/59/5a/0900823d8019595a.jsp

 

[MidnightBlue]

ok these diagrams are good and all...but i dont know where to start...if it is a bad fuse link..what do i do?..where do i start with all of this and how?

thanks

 

[MidnightBlue]

i reeeeally need to get this fixed soon...the driver side window is all the way down and it might rain soon...


HEEEEEELP

 

[MidnightBlue]

come on...someone has got to have an idea for what to do here....

 

[hbk_136]

I have no clue where to start either, but ill help one way i can...with a bump.

 

[jrichker]

See http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/engine/images/IgnitionSwitchWiring.gif

With the switch on, you will probably find there is no power to the Black/Lt Greeen wire. It is switched power for circuits 2, 6, 11, & 14.

Circuit 6 = Trunk lid release
Circuit 14 - Power windows.

See http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/engine/images/MustangFuseBox.gif for more info

The ignition switch has probably died. There is a recall on ignition switches to get them replaced for free. The recall was to replace defective switches that could short out and burn up the steering column and sometimes the car interior.