Power Window Switch Not Working on Your Car? Here's A Hack
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Here's a quick tip for When Your Power Window Switch Stops Working on Your Vehicle. A simple DIY repair. In this video I'll show you how to bypass the power window switch on your car, truck or SUV. This is especially urgent when your power window stops working on the drivers door. A switch that's not working on driver side is a huge inconvenience. Here's a Power Window Switch Hack for when your switch stops working on your vehicle. This DIY hack allows you to use a power tool battery to bypass the switch and get you back on the road. It's also a good way to test the power window motor to verify it's the switch and not the motor that has failed. Pull your door panel. Test the motor is working by hooking test leads from the tool battery to the power window motors two wires. Cut the 2 wires going to the motor. Leave enough room for soldering the factory wires back together for when you get a new switch. Solder two long wires (I prefer silicone wire) to the wires going to the motor and use heat shrink. Heat shrink the two cut factory wires leading back down to the wiring harness to protect them.
You wanna bypass the switch. Remove the door panel and find the motor. Just google power window motor images. They all look similar. Cut the two wires coming off the motor. Leave enough original wire from the motor ( 6 inches or so) for reattachment when you get a new switch. I soldered and heat shrink mine. You can use butt crimps or even electrical tape. Tape all exposed wires to prevent shorting. Attach two long wires (2-3 feet) to original wires off the motor. You want enough wire to snake your way around and out of the door panel. Now you can power the motor with a tool battery. 12 volt or even 18 volt. Just touch your leads quickly to the battery terminals. One lead to the positive the other to the negative. If the window doesn't roll down. Reverse the leads. Only hold the leads on the battery long enough for the window to roll down or up. If you can't power the motor you may have a bad motor. This method is for a bad switch.
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Is there a way to power the button switches with a battery? you know so i dont have to keep switching the block on either side.
Hey there what gauge wire would you suggest for making the leads in this wholesome activity??? Thank you!!!
I'm using 16 gauge silicone wire since I wired directly to the motor. It doesn't have to be silicone wire but, it's much more flexible. 16 gauge wire can handle about 10 amps at 12 volts.
Another question did add your leads off of the motor wires where they connect at the switch or did you remove your door panel and access the motor directly that way? sorry I'm disabled and on an extended road trip and trying to get this darn window up before next month😂 thank you so much for your speedy response earlier!
@@jaqimaddows9895 No problem. You wanna bypass the switch. Remove the door panel and find the motor. Just google power window motor images. They all look similar. Cut the two wires coming off the motor. Leave enough original wire from the motor ( 6 inches or so) for reattachment when you get a new switch. I soldered and heat shrink mine. You can use butt crimps or even electrical tape. Tape all exposed wires to prevent shorting. Attach two long wires (2-3 feet) to original wires off the motor. You want enough wire to snake your way around and out of the door panel. Now you can power the motor with a tool battery. 12 volt or even 18 volt. Just touch your leads quickly to the battery terminals. One lead to the positive the other to the negative. If the window doesn't roll down. Reverse the leads. Only hold the leads on the battery long enough for the window to roll down or up. If you can't power the motor you may have a bad motor. This method is for a bad switch.