Date:         Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:02:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.com>
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From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.com>
Subject:      Re: problems with electric locks and windows
In-Reply-To:  <B5A24E47.1247%ktaylor@premier1.net>
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At 7:49 PM -0700 7/24/00, K. Taylor wrote:
>Hi, folks.
>
>I've got a '90 Westy Multivan.  A few years ago, the electric locks
>and the passenger-side electric window stopped working.  I've got
>some time next week and I'd like to track down the problem and fix
>it.  Is it likely that I'll find the problem in the driver's door,
>where the controls are located?
>This seems like the logical starting place, considering the electric
>window on the driver's door still functions properly.
>

        The driver's side power window system is separate from the
        passenger side with the exception of the clustered switches
        (which share power and ground).

        Since, apparently, neither the driver's door switch nor the
        passenger side switch currently operates the passenger side
        window...

        You have four (4) distinct potential sources of culprits:

        1. Driver's side switch for passenger window

        2. Broken wire to passenger side switch

        3. Broken/stuck window regulator

        4. Broken passenger side window motor

        I just replaced a broken( SPROING! ) driver's side window
        regulator, a passenger side window motor, AND cleaned the
        switches on BOTH sides on our Carat.

        The regulator and motor R&R process can be a bitch IF you don't
        know what you're doing :-)... likewise dismantling and reassembling
        the malfunctioning power window pivot switches.

        Bentley helped...some.


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