The best way to find out is to pull the panel and check, but this sounds like the motors are frozen. My drivers side did this and the passenger side was REAL slow. Pulled the motor and found is was rusted up inside. Clean and lube only worked for a few thousand miles before it died again. My solution was to yank the power windows and replace with manual ones (which I like better). The power window regulators will go on to help other people. John
> Symptoms: Passenger window inop - neither up nor down > from either the drivers and passenger side switches. > Little lights on each switch are illuminated, however. > > Looking at the wiring diagram for my '90 in the > Bentley, it looks like if there is power to the > switches, then the lights will be on when the ignition > is on, and they are. > > However, when either switch is activated the lights > dim substantially. Would this dimming correspond to > the motor being burned out? > > (I know I can pull the upholstrey panel and test power > to the actual motor and then see if its not > responding, but right now I have my diff lock all over > the garage floor, and I am just starting to think > about the window as my next task) > > Thanks > > Tom F. |
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