Faulty wiring harness: cause of inoperative power windows
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Power windows problem
I have a '96 Civic and recently both the driver and rear right passenger windows stopped responding to the master power switch control. Once I realized that the rear right window works when using its own power switch, it was pretty evident that there was either a fault in my master power switch or a wiring problem, and not a mechanical issue.
As it turns out, I just discovered that both windows actually do work from the master switch control provided that the driver's door is wide open... so peeking through between the door and door frame I adjusted the wire harness with my fingers-- and the windows began to work again, with the door slightly ajar this time.
My problem now is that I can't seem to get it to stay this way. Once I remove the pressure of my fingers from the wire harness the problem just returns. I'm hoping to be able to repair this myself, as my local shop is very overpriced (they're also a bit incompetent as well) but I'm not sure exactly what this task entails.. hopefully I'll be able to just repair the faulty wires (I'm not quite sure how, but I imagine it couldn't be too difficult) but there is such limited space to work around in that spot!
Any thoughts? Thanks
Modified by dfx3232 at 8:12 PM 5/5/2007
As it turns out, I just discovered that both windows actually do work from the master switch control provided that the driver's door is wide open... so peeking through between the door and door frame I adjusted the wire harness with my fingers-- and the windows began to work again, with the door slightly ajar this time.
My problem now is that I can't seem to get it to stay this way. Once I remove the pressure of my fingers from the wire harness the problem just returns. I'm hoping to be able to repair this myself, as my local shop is very overpriced (they're also a bit incompetent as well) but I'm not sure exactly what this task entails.. hopefully I'll be able to just repair the faulty wires (I'm not quite sure how, but I imagine it couldn't be too difficult) but there is such limited space to work around in that spot!
Any thoughts? Thanks
Modified by dfx3232 at 8:12 PM 5/5/2007
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