passenger window switch

[stprorolla49]

i was comin home from the e-town swap meet today and my buddy brought to my attention that the passenger side window switch wasnt working.....and my passenger side door lock switch has been finiky as well.....what could be the problem....the switches on teh driver side work fine though, and make the windows and doors work fine......i dont think its the actuators so could it be a bad wire in the switches or something??? thanks

 

[mytight95]

the switches themselves have little copper [points i would say] in them, you can dissasemble the switch and clean them....they will work again, after you have cleaned away all crud, put some di-electric grease on the contacts so they don't corrode again..... I left my windows down one time when i first got my car, and all the switches got wet, and they wouldn't make good connection because the copper corroded..... cleaned and voila.....


jason

 

[stprorolla49]

the switches themselves have little copper [points i would say] in them, you can dissasemble the switch and clean them....they will work again, after you have cleaned away all crud, put some di-electric grease on the contacts so they don't corrode again..... I left my windows down one time when i first got my car, and all the switches got wet, and they wouldn't make good connection because the copper corroded..... cleaned and voila.....


jason

thanks so much man, ima have to do that today

 

[mytight95]

yeah let me know if it works for you....



jason

 

[stprorolla49]

yeah let me know if it works for you....



jason

np man....i just pulled the arm rest thing off, and i see all of teh wires going into the terminals.....just take each wire out, clean it off, and pop it back in?? what sould i clean it with?? just a rag?

 

[mytight95]

no no no.... the switches themselves will pull up off the little distribution block.....
iwill see if i can find a pic of one that is just a switch....



jason

 

[stprorolla49]

no no no.... the switches themselves will pull up off the little distribution block.....
iwill see if i can find a pic of one that is just a switch....



jason

that would be GREAT man thanks!!!

 

[mytight95]

well 50 resto has pics, but i guess there site is down or it won't work for me.....

I will diassemble and extra one i have and post up pics in around an hour......gotta go to the shop to get it...



jason

 

[stprorolla49]

well 50 resto has pics, but i guess there site is down or it won't work for me.....

I will diassemble and extra one i have and post up pics in around an hour......gotta go to the shop to get it...



jason

thanks a lot meng

 

[mytight95]

ok here we go.......

1: Your switch should look like this when removed from the distribution block

next look it over you will see where it has tabs that lock the top part of the switch cover onto the switch itself, insert a knife or other object in the seam and pop it apart on both sides as shown here

when apart it should look like this

and the pencil in this picture is poiting to the contacts you will want to clean,, look like really tiny disks...if you press the little copper tabs in the center you will here it click, and that is how it works so just take it fron there

thats the best way i know how to describe it...... if you have trouble, reply here i will check back, to see if i can help more..... this should fix it thogh i would bet it is just corroded.. If not you can order the switches but they are like 15$ i just replaced all mien cause the little arrows on the switch were starting to not be visible......



jason

 

[stprorolla49]

ok here we go.......

1: Your switch should look like this when removed from the distribution block

next look it over you will see where it has tabs that lock the top part of the switch cover onto the switch itself, insert a knife or other object in the seam and pop it apart on both sides as shown here

when apart it should look like this

and the pencil in this picture is poiting to the contacts you will want to clean,, look like really tiny disks...if you press the little copper tabs in the center you will here it click, and that is how it works so just take it fron there

thats the best way i know how to describe it...... if you have trouble, reply here i will check back, to see if i can help more..... this should fix it thogh i would bet it is just corroded.. If not you can order the switches but they are like 15$ i just replaced all mien cause the little arrows on the switch were starting to not be visible......



jason

thanks a lot man...ima go fix it now

 

[stprorolla49]

thanks a lot man....i just cleaned all the little circles with a tiny strip of fine grit sandpaper, and a tiny drop of rubbing alcohol on a q-tip.......popped it all back together, and works great now!!! thanks a million jason

 

[mo_dingo]

wow, nice writeup. thanks for the info!!!
Scott

 

[mytight95]

hey i was actually useful around here for once............



Go figure...


jason



Ps..... Glad it fixed it man..save you the 15$ for the switch

 

[stprorolla49]

hey i was actually useful around here for once............



Go figure...


jason



Ps..... Glad it fixed it man..save you the 15$ for the switch

yea thanks so much....im so broke rite now its not even funny...i still have like a grand to pay off until i can at least paint the car...its sad