Electric window stopping half way.
Discussion
Hi all,
I am a newish owner of a Mk1 Eunos V-Spec, in fact it used to belong to Swansea V6. I’m really impressed with it, but hoping that someone can advise on a niggle that has appeared in the last week.
The drivers side window will only go down half way, and then it stops. It stops “electrically”- as if to say the motor stops, it’s not hitting something and then jamming. It moves quickly and smoothly through the first half of the movement before it hits its stop, and raises and lowers without issue so I’m thinking is not the much talked about cables.
Does anyone have any ideas? I’m guessing that there is something that tells the motor to stop once the window is fully raised and fully lowered, and this “something” has dropped out of adjustment.
I’d be grateful for any ideas before I start taking the door card off and tinkering!
Thanks!
Mark.
I am a newish owner of a Mk1 Eunos V-Spec, in fact it used to belong to Swansea V6. I’m really impressed with it, but hoping that someone can advise on a niggle that has appeared in the last week.
The drivers side window will only go down half way, and then it stops. It stops “electrically”- as if to say the motor stops, it’s not hitting something and then jamming. It moves quickly and smoothly through the first half of the movement before it hits its stop, and raises and lowers without issue so I’m thinking is not the much talked about cables.
Does anyone have any ideas? I’m guessing that there is something that tells the motor to stop once the window is fully raised and fully lowered, and this “something” has dropped out of adjustment.
I’d be grateful for any ideas before I start taking the door card off and tinkering!
Thanks!
Mark.
I had what appeared to be a similar problem. Is it always stopping in the same place?
Mine was stopping short of the top but still going up and down just fine to that point. Manual assistance was required to get it fully closed. But it got worse to the point where it ended up stuck down.
Having spent ages messing about with the door card off, it turned out to be a problem with the switch (you can test the window's operation by connecting the motor directly to a spare battery or a booster pack, if that works OK, assume switch problem). I solved the problem by cleaning the switch contacts with a file. Getting the switch out requires partial removal of the centre console but is pretty easy.
Mine was stopping short of the top but still going up and down just fine to that point. Manual assistance was required to get it fully closed. But it got worse to the point where it ended up stuck down.
Having spent ages messing about with the door card off, it turned out to be a problem with the switch (you can test the window's operation by connecting the motor directly to a spare battery or a booster pack, if that works OK, assume switch problem). I solved the problem by cleaning the switch contacts with a file. Getting the switch out requires partial removal of the centre console but is pretty easy.
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