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steel-reserve

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Posted: May 30, 2007 at 12:42 PM / IP Logged

Hello.

WEll, here's my story..

I was going to make my friends windows automatically go up and down with his car alarm remote.. so anyway.. i opened up his door panel and started testing wires to see which ones i was gonna cut. so i decided to just start with the front two. (Just to go up for now).. so i found the correct wires and all.. cut them, and then connected the two ends to a relay, so it was like it was never cut.. well anyway.. i decided to send live power to one end to test and see if this will make the window roll up.. (which it did) but at the same time, i got a burnt smell in the "window switch" (the driver window buttons that control all windows from that side.)

The window still rolled up, so I was like, cool. but then I noticed that now the driver side window will not go down, (BTW I only tested the driver side window first) . So now i'm in a pickle! :) I thought that maybe it was the whole window switch, but a friend of mine has the same kind of car and we swicthed the window switch with his and still no luck. :( So if some one has any idea, please lemme know. Thanks! BTW

The Car is A 1999 Chrysler 300M V6 3.5L.

enice

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Posted: May 30, 2007 at 10:20 PM / IP Logged

how do you have it wired?

steel-reserve

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Posted: May 31, 2007 at 10:33 AM / IP Logged

thats the thing.. i never started to mess with it.. as soon as the window didn't go down, i stopped and put everything back to normal, but still not able to roll the window down.. maybe the window regulator?

KPierson

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Posted: June 01, 2007 at 10:00 AM / IP Logged

Do the other three windows work? How exactly did you wire the relay and what wire color did you wire it in to?

Kevin Pierson

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Posted: June 01, 2007 at 1:11 PM / IP Logged

i got a burnt smell in the "window switch"

NOT good.....

DRIVER WINDOW UP	Lt.blue	At window switch in driver's door	REV POL
DRIVER WINDOW DOWN	White	At window switch in driver's door	REV POL
PASSENGER WINDOW UP	BROWN / white	At window switch in driver's door	REV POL
PASSENGER WINDOW DOWN	PURPLE / white	At window switch in driver's door	REV POL
LEFT REAR WINDOW UP	Dk.blue/white	At window switch in driver's door	REV POL
LEFT REAR WINDOW DOWN	RED / black	At window switch in driver's door	REV POL
RIGHT REAR WINDOW UP	Gray/black	At window switch in driver's door	REV POL
RIGHT REAR WINDOW DOWN	Dk.GREEN / WHITE	At window switch in driver's door	REV POL

I don't know if this helps? I have never gotten into rolling windows up/down with a transmitter. (the switches on the doors are enough for me window nightmare -- posted image. )

steel-reserve

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Posted: June 01, 2007 at 3:17 PM / IP Logged

cool.. thanx.. that might help... also.. does anyone know how to find a short if there is one?? thanx in advance

steel-reserve

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Posted: June 01, 2007 at 3:22 PM / IP Logged

i ASK becuz, i took the car to a shop and they told me that it was the "window swicth" and a short in the wire.. (driver side only) so yeah, how would i go about looking for the short?? :)

KPierson

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Posted: June 01, 2007 at 3:40 PM / IP Logged

It sounds like you ran 12vdc directly back in to the window switch (rests at ground). If you did this, it would have burnt the traces off of the circuit board (if there is a board). Since the system rests at ground there isn't a fuse to protect it.

However, since you swapped out the switch I would say that that isn't the case. What you need to do is make sure both window wires REST at ground still. Then, one wire at a time, make sure there is 12vdc on the up and down wire for that window.

Kevin Pierson

steel-reserve

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Posted: June 04, 2007 at 1:48 PM / IP Logged

COOL.. thanx for the info man... so once i find the short.. (and i am determined) :) how do i go about fixing the problem? do i follow the wire all the way into the car? sorry for the stupid question, but i promise i only ask 1 stupid question a day.. (try to make it a point) :P

anyway, thanx again for all the help peeps!

peterubers

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Posted: June 04, 2007 at 1:59 PM / IP Logged

do the other three windows work?

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