Help with power window

[95Cobra302]

This darn problem has only happened like 3 times in the last few years. My driver's window will go down but won't go back up. The last 2 times I just waited like an hour or so and then it went back up. Well this time it's not going up. I can hear a click when I press the button down, but no noise when I press it up, I believe it's the window switch and not the motor. What do yall think???

 

[HISSIN50]

I would simply access the window motor and test it and the signal from the switch directly at that juncture.

WHen you go to raise the window, do you note the electric system bog (like it dips when lowering the window)? If not, that supports your switch idea (that the motor isnt getting the signal and isnt drawing on the electrical system).

Good luck.

 

[95Cobra302]

Yeah it's still bogs when I press the button, but it doesn't click like the passenger side. I guess it's the motor then, i don't know

 

[HISSIN50]

Yep, sounds likely to be the motor. When you go to swap it you can do some quick testing to confirm this - peace of mind.

 

[Synned]

After you've tested to see if its the motor by applying 12v and ground, if it still doesn't work try to give it a slight tap and then try to roll the window up. You will eventually need a new motor but sometimes they seize up.

I hate ford window motors, 3 of them went out for no apparent reason.

 

[The Green GT]

Mine does this occasionally. At first the passenger one didnt work when my friend had the car, we found out it wa the switch. Then the driver one would stay down sometimes, I would just get kinda pissed and beat the **** outta the door and sometimes it would come up. Then when it wouldnt I would take the door panel off and tap the motor and it would come back up.

 

[95strokerPSU]

You say you hear a click when you press down, is that click coming from the button? I had a problem with my pass. rear window not going up. Turns out that hole on the other side of the door bezel had cracked, so the screw that holds switch panel to the bezel was not tight. And because it was not tight, the switch panel started to seperate. I'd check that out. The switch panel is two pieces sandwiched together. If they are not tight together then the proper connact won't be made.

 

[95Cobra302]

The button does click, but also I can hear a clicking from inside the door panel. When I went out to the car this morning to go to work, the window went up and now it's fine. Probably won't do it for another year but I should probably change the motor out soon.

 

[slocomo]

This darn problem has only happened like 3 times in the last few years. My driver's window will go down but won't go back up. The last 2 times I just waited like an hour or so and then it went back up. Well this time it's not going up. I can hear a click when I press the button down, but no noise when I press it up, I believe it's the window switch and not the motor. What do yall think???

if you think it's the switch then swap the switch with the passenger one. they are the same. and they pop right out. you have to check the fuses for the windows man. get your chilton and haynes manuals and look up which fuses they are. I had the same exact problem. when the window goes down but won't go back up and it was my window motor. I tryed to go to the junk yard to get the motor and the only fords there were taurases so I got those motors and they will work theroreticly haha. if you can imagine what a 64 impala with hydrolics bouncing down the street looks like thats kinda what my window did when I would put it up and down.the gear on those motors don't have the same number of teeth as the mustang window motors do. so just buy another window motor. and DON'T BUY REMANUFACTORED WINDOW MOTORS . I got one from cardone and it stopped working in 3 days. use late modle restoration and supply for as much as you can cause their service is great. and the window motor I got from them is still working like a champ after a year.

 

[mo_dingo]

he said he is having an amp draw when he hits the switch. That means the motor is making a connection and drawing power, but likely siezed up. Start with the motor, forget the switch.
Scott

 

[HISSIN50]

he said he is having an amp draw when he hits the switch. That means the motor is making a connection and drawing power, but likely siezed up. Start with the motor, forget the switch.
Scott

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Blackened302]

sounds like the bushings inside the motor are torn up. check the how-to on changing them. i got them in the HELP! section @ autozone...get in the zone!

 

[mootang]

I don't think it would be the bushings since it the motor doesnt' even turn at all.

 

[Blackened302]

oh... thought i read somewhere that it was turning but the window wasn't coming up.

 

[Synned]

Guarantee tapping the motor will roll your window up.

 

[Blackened302]

Guarantee tapping the motor will roll your window up.

that may ver well be it.

the other day i fixed the motor on my gf's sister's 97 v6. motor had power, i could hear the relay going on/off. i took out the motor to inspect it--it would turn. when i put it back in, worked. guess it was off track or something.