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Old 08-31-2008, 08:41 AM
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I'm leaning more to a bad window relay in the fuse box. That might be the answer. Will pull today, clean, and put it on the tester. This might explain why the passenger side window is getting lower voltage that the driver side. After jumping the wire from the console window switch plugs to the motor and getting low voltage, It's not the wiring from the console to the door or the switch.
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Old 09-03-2008, 10:06 AM
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Update:

Tested the window motor with both power supply and direct current from the car battery at the motor wiring at the door.(Disconnected from the console wiring harness), motor operates fine, window goes up and down with ease at normal speed. Jumped a set of wires from the driver door window wiring to the passenger window motor wiring and it works with ease. Tested with the left driver console switch connected and it works fine. Hooked everything back up and the passenger side window connected to the passenger console switch and it won't go up and down without hand help. Bypassed the console switch to the window motor and it won't work well. Apparently the right side wiring is the culprit from the relay to the switch. Check the relay under the hood and it is fine. Switches check out fine. I think I'm just going to figure a way to bypass the harness and run a new source of current to the switch. Also, disconnected the rear door motor, thinking that was maybe drawing on the voltage. Did, and no change.
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Old 09-05-2008, 04:16 PM
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Thumbs up Found the problem!!!!

After going through all of the above for the past week, today I found the culprit and a quick fix was in store. After jumping wires from here to there and the use of a trusty volt meter the problem was in the ground wire that leads from the harness to the switch for the right side windows. I pulled the console switch and on the front right switch plug, there are five wires. (2) blue, (1) red/blk, (1) gr/yellow, (1)blk/white. The red/black is the hot wire and the two blues are the ground. The other two control the up/down direction for the motor. I cut the two blues from the wiring harness to the switch plug and ran a single ground wire to both blue wires. Used a wire nut for connecting the three wires into one and ran the ground wire to the nut on the console mounting bolt. BINGO!!!! Works like a charm, correct speed up and down. I don't know where the two blue wires go to from the harness to the under-dash, but they show they are dead with no ohm readings. Taped them off and tucked them away in the console wiring. Thanks for all the input. I hope this helps anyone with a similar problem.
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