toyotasuprauk Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 My drivers side window has been playing up for ages. Sometimes it will go down but slowly. Sometimes it will be fine unless I let it get all the way to the bottom then it won’t come back up, sometimes it just does nothing. Giving the side the door panel/switch a bang brings it back to life. I replaced the switch with a second hand one and whilst the door panel was off it was working ok unless I let the glass get the bottom them it wouldn’t come back up. The strange thing is if I gave the door panel a little bang (i.e. directly behind the normal location of the switch) it was fine. Now I've put the panel back on it will hardly move at all. Worse than ever. I thought there might be a loose wire hence the banging on the panel working but couldn’t see anything. Any suggestions would be good! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meph137 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 My window is dodgy aswell, it sounds like it is labouring a lot. It never 'just doesnt work', but it sounds like its dying. Sometimes it has failed ot come up, although you can hear it trying. I removed the doorcard today and the cable that hoists the window up is frayed, anyone else had this, or is it normal to be a bit frayed? At one point it looks pretty shitty, kinda frayed around itself. Doesnt loook good tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I had a similar problem which Jurgen had come across before, mine eventually died and was stuck half down. In my car, it was the copper coil that goes into the window motor, Jurgen gave this a clean with a steel brush and sorted mine out. The cover from it was stupidly hot so check that on yours too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I had a similar problem which Jurgen had come across before, mine eventually died and was stuck half down. In my car, it was the copper coil that goes into the window motor, Jurgen gave this a clean with a steel brush and sorted mine out. The cover from it was stupidly hot so check that on yours too is it still working ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forester200 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I had this happen on my old scoobie ...I gave the solenoid and just about everything else behind there that can move electrically a massive dose of pocket rocket , let it soak for a while and hey presto ! it all worked nicely again ! Worth a try ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 is it still working ? Yep, the power windows didn't put it all the way up once but the switch did, still not using them that much though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meph137 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I had this happen on my old scoobie ...I gave the solenoid and just about everything else behind there that can move electrically a massive dose of pocket rocket , let it soak for a while and hey presto ! it all worked nicely again ! Worth a try ? Yeh tried that already, no joy Gonna have to get a new cable I think, no solution to it if its frayed. I checked the other door and no fraying at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willismaximus Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 If it's the cable going into the motor that's frayed i had to replace the whole unit as when i asked Toyota about it they told me it wasn't available seperately etc so i got a replacement from the scrappy (The replacement from Toyota was something daft like 5 times the price of the scrappy part). I had no idea what i was doing but managed to strip down the door replace the motor and put it all back together in about an hour if not less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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