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Old 03-17-2012, 11:15 PM
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Help! None of my windows work except from drivers switch. I hit lock button and nothing happens. Will I need to replace whole drivers switch if lock button has stopped working. Thanks for your advice.
 
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Either your contacts are dirty or the circuit board is cracked.
 
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Or just loose connections, if you slam your door a lot they can loosen over time.

Just pull the panel off and check them, and clean the contacts and examine the board for damages like olsarge said.
 
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How can I trouble shot this issue
 
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Ok will check it out
 
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I believe the master lock out switch is bad, and this is a common problem for our year dakotas/durangos. If you pop the master switch out all you need to do is make a jumper wire to the yellow and brown wires. This will bypass the lockout switch, but should make all the other windows work.

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/1st-gen...r-windows.html
 
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Old 03-18-2012, 11:33 PM
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Thanks. I will try it out and let you know how it goes.
 
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Brett Penny, how did those solutions work out for you? I've had the same problem with my '04 Dakota since I bought it used a few years back
 
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Same problem with my 01 Durango. The passenger and rear windows would not work from their own switches, only from the drivers switches, so it seemed like a windows lock switch problem. I popped up the drivers side window control switch panel, fiddled with the connector, and it seems to be working now, but touchy. If it quits again I will make a jumper as described above by MoParMan (thanks) and just bypass the window lock switch.
 
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Shouldnt need the window lock much anymore since the kids are older.
I know if I try the bypass, it will short out and I will burn up the truck.

So I found this on Rock Auto.

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/more...854&cc=1424506

seems like a decent price. and I found instructions for replacement.
 


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