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Power Windows / Idle RPM

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I was sitting in traffic bored and farting around with the power windows when i noticed that if I continued to engage both switches at the same time while the windows were already up the engine dropped about 100 rpm. Does the same thing when I turn on the headlights. Normal?
 

03ghoststang

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well on the window switch with the windows beign either all the way up or down and it not realesed yeah the rpm's drop cause it putting a strain/load on teh charging system
 

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same thing here, my lights dim along with the drop in rpms. i'm gonna find out how many volts my alternator is putting out just to make sure....
 

twogts4us

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Same here, and I always wondered about how good the charging system is in this thing...
 

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My Mustang and Ranger both do it.
 
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