QuestionQUESTION: The driver's power window quit working. I was lowering the window when it became sluggish so I "assisted" the window with light pressure and it opened a little further then stopped again. It will not move in either direction now except I may get a quarter inch by pulling the glass up and then down by hand. With the engine off and the ignition off, I can see a change in the interior light intensity when I actuate the passenger-side window (which works), but there is no such indication on the drivers side. It acts as if a circuit breaker or fuse has opened the circuit. It could be the switch, I guess, but it will not move in either direction and it did move a little more with some hand assistance.
The users guide says there are resetting fuses and and I should go to an expert. What would the expert do? Where are these resetting fuses? Are they just thermal overload switches that can be manually reset? What is the most probable diagnosis. Oh this has happened once before but it then started to function again without anything being done.
ANSWER: need a new motor and regulator assembly
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QUESTION: I have repaired it and I did not need to spend over a hundred dollars for a new motor and regulator.
I saw that the motor was not drawing any power so why would I need a regulator? With a voltmeter, I removed the door panel and slid the magnet field off the motor while leaving the motor brush holder connected to the regulator and checked to see to what point there was an open in the circuit;it was between the brushes and the commutator. I freed the brushes so they made good contact with the commutator and reassembled the motor and viola, the window worked faster than before.
The "expert" should have picked up on 1. no power drain 2. sluggish movement and prior symptoms 3. no consideration of resetting fuses, which is peculiar to this model according to the user's manual and an expert in this model should have addressed this question.
This was not a test and my question was legitimate. I did not know of the so-called resettable fuses, which I charge Chrysler with another ridiculous warning so to keep their service departments working.
BTW, I was one of the first eleven mechanics in Ohio to be certified in the sixties and quit working on the vehicles of others in the early seventies. I admit being somewhat intimidated with today's technology, but when compared to the "experts", I am not sure I should be.
AnswerIf u are this master mechanic why are u asking other how to do thing?
and FYI the motor will go out again so keep your tools handy.
Second thing how many other people do u know have your knowledge and know what U know and what U did? i would say oo little to none so the easy way of taking care of the situation that U have and with the amount of people out there wanting to get it corrected in a timely fashion and get back on the road a regulator and motor assembly is the way to go not taking apart the motor and cleaning them off most people out there dont care about doing that. And another FYI so u dont get your panties in a wad the resettable fuse controls both windows so I have never known of a single fuse being stubborn and only letting power to to one side and not the other.
This day in age it is more cost effective to replace damaged parts and not repair them.
