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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:24 AM
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So...my passenger side controls (window and lock) are not working....I can control them on the driver side and sometimes the passenger can unlock/lock the doors if they try multiple times.

Granted this is nice because my wife get irrated and complains of the cold!

Any idea how to fix this? I took a look at the wiring under the control and it all looks good and secure. I read somewhere about disconnecting the battery terminals...wait...they cross them to reset the pcm. This work? not a good idea?

Any suggestions?
 
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:38 AM
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Well IDK any fixes, but I do have the same problem. One girl I had in the passenger said kept flicking the little **** up and down repeatedly and did get to work for maybe 1/2 a second. Got the lock switch to work once too. Kind of weird, but typical for something in my truck.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:42 AM
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Exactly what is happening right now on my truck 1998.

Any ideas out there people?
 
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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anybodyyy
 
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 03:34 PM
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First place to look is the wiring to the door & the switches. You may need to pull the door cover off. It could be as simple as the connection at the switches is loose.

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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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I had this problem and I fixed it.

I bought my truck off my sister and she said that the window switch sometimes fails so just pull out the switch, shake it, and it'll work...

Tried that and got no results. Next thing for me was to check the connections in the door for the window. Messed around with that, broke the connection for my window motor, fixed that little mistake, checked the rest of the wiring, and found no problems. Now a few months later, I went to the dealer because the truck was still under warranty and they said that there was a $100 deposit. "Forget that!" I said and off I went without control over my passenger window. Now it started working again and then stopped. This got to me, so I started fooling around again... Eventually I found that it was just the switch! I took the switch apart to see if I could fix the connection and found that it's designed pretty well so that nobody except for an engineer can fix it.

Thus I did some searching, found a new switch off the internet, and bam! Problem solved. I only needed one switch but couldn't find the individual, so now if anything ever goes wrong, I've still got 2 spares from that set plus wiring and connections for that $50 the kit cost.

If anyone wants the address to the site where I found the kit, leme know, I'll find it and help you out.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 06:25 PM
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I found the entire assembly with the plastic piece, window switch, and lock switch somewhere online for like $40...but I don't ride over there, soI really don't pay attention to it that much. It works from the driver side.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 09:50 PM
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Hey please pass the link on...I need to fix this...annoying the heck out of me and come hunting season I can see a buddy ask to roll it down and I'll forget to roll it back up and then poof! Rain will come and drench my inside, thanks guys!

BTW GREAT GREAT COMMUNITY...you guys have helped me a lot and given the courage to fix my own stuff. This weekend I will install my intake and hopefully take pics/video of before and after.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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When my sister got the truck that I now own, she wanted power windows. So... Since the truck my father had bought for her didn't have that as a factory installed part, the dealer installed some aftermarket setup. The kit that I got to fix my system is from this website ( http://www.slickcar.com/productdetai...?ProductID=158 ), however it might not match your existing setup.

Here is a list of many different style power window switch kits from that same website. ( http://www.slickcar.com/power-window-switch.asp )

If you need something different, try to just search the internet for "power window switch" or "power window switch kit" or "power window kit" or something of that nature. Eventually if you look hard enough for anything you'll find it.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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True to the searching thing. I dug and dug and found random parts for my Nova I'd never expect. Patience helps if your broke, lol.
 
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