Passenger window switch not working
Depends on where the switch came from. Many posts on forums showing broken solder joints on replacement switches. Easier (and cheaper) to fix than replace.
I've got an 04 ram 4 door and the passenger switch randomly stopped working. I tried wiggling the wires like some suggested and got nothing. I read where some also said it could be a bad master switch so I replaced the switch and still nothing. I can roll every window up/down on the master switch and the rear window switches both work fine. It's only the passenger side switch that won't work. The door lock button works, but the window switch doesn't work and is not lit up. Any ideas?
I have a 2003 regular cab where the passenger window switch has not worked for years. The truck only has 59K miles on it so its still in very good shape. Window works from DS and I have no window lock button. At the passenger side door jam connector the yellow power wire does NOT have power. I know if I supply power to it the window will work. So next I have to find out where the yellow wire goes inside the cab. I thought it would go back to the drivers side switch but it does not.
IT has to eventually go back to the window relay of which I believe there is only one for both windows. Anyone have this problem with a regular cab that could tell me where this yellow wire goes back to exactly?
IT has to eventually go back to the window relay of which I believe there is only one for both windows. Anyone have this problem with a regular cab that could tell me where this yellow wire goes back to exactly?
Try the yellow wire to the window with a reliable ground. If the window goes up and or down then the wire is fine. Then it is a problem further down the line. Pick up a Hanes manual or the window wiring diagram. Go old school and manually trace the wiring backwards. Constantly check the window at each junction. It is a pain in the butt but it will lead you to the problem. Also check each union for corrosion. Sometimes the unions get funky and have to either be replaced or cleaned with a wire brush. After you clean them apply dielectric grease to both sides. Hope this helps?
That is one in a million. Before buying parts and trying to instantly fix it, it might be better to track down why it broke in the first place. For Savannah this might prove to be costly and time consuming. The fix you suggest might not work in this case and they would be out that money for the part and still have the same problem. The other side of this is someone could buy an electronic part install it and burn it out first try. Then they still have to find the problem and also buy another part to replace the part they just burned out. So my original suggestion to trace the wires back and test them along the way is a more responsible approach to fixing wiring problems to save money, time and frustration. Some parts take weeks to arrive and waiting that long to roll up a window before it rains is not plausible.
An easy test would be to see if the yellow wire has voltage at the master switch.... if it does, then the break is between drivers and passengers door. If it doesn't, then it is quite likely a bad switch.










