power window wont come up switch only makes noise help please
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Help! 1997 sc300 power window issue. This has happened to me a few times espically when I tried to roll the window up with the door open but this time its not comeing up. Anyways a few times ive went to roll my window up and nothing happens the window doesnt move and the switch just makes a howling noise. But after I turned car off and on it would finally roll up this time its not working. When this happens the passenger window also will not come up nor go down just a howl from the switch. Ive checked all fuese and relays. Ive changed both passenger and driver side window switches. I have now pulled the door panel off the cable is still all atached and not broken everything looks to be in place. This really has me thrown off that the passanger side wont work eaither. Im so lost. If the motor froze up could this cause the window switch to make a howling sound and also cause the pass side not to go up or down? Or do I have some sort of electrical issue? Any help greatly appricated. This is my daily driver and iys sapose to rain the next 3 days.
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Havent really spend much time there but I did briefly look and the rubber boot is still iver the wireing so I wouldnt think there would be any damage.. I looked around by interior fusebox aswell and I didnt see any wireing that didnt look normal no aftermarket alarm or any of that nature tied in. One thing I forgot to mention when I hold driver window switch as its howling the door locks and unlocks wich is also strange.
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That makes me think even more that you've got a bad wire or three making contact. I wouldn't expect the rubber boot to be a reliable means of telling if the wiring is okay... Consider how many times over the years those wires are being bent back and forth via the opening and closing of the door. From what others have said, the problem is often water getting into the boot and having no where to go. Maybe poke a hole in the bottom and see if water drains out?
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That makes me think even more that you've got a bad wire or three making contact. I wouldn't expect the rubber boot to be a reliable means of telling if the wiring is okay... Consider how many times over the years those wires are being bent back and forth via the opening and closing of the door. From what others have said, the problem is often water getting into the boot and having no where to go. Maybe poke a hole in the bottom and see if water drains out?
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Definite possibility, but that wouldn't explain why it happens to both windows simultaneously. Seems more likely it's a loss of voltage to the motor(s).
I would probably take it to a car stereo shop and let them run some tests. They've got the tools to quickly diagnose the connections throughout the door.
I would probably take it to a car stereo shop and let them run some tests. They've got the tools to quickly diagnose the connections throughout the door.
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Definite possibility, but that wouldn't explain why it happens to both windows simultaneously. Seems more likely it's a loss of voltage to the motor(s).
I would probably take it to a car stereo shop and let them run some tests. They've got the tools to quickly diagnose the connections throughout the door.
I would probably take it to a car stereo shop and let them run some tests. They've got the tools to quickly diagnose the connections throughout the door.
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Had the same thing happen on my 1998. like the other guy said it the wiring in the rubber boot going to the door. If it sounds like a little buzzer then its a broken wire in the loom. Had to do it on my 1995 sc300 also I think it was a blue wire with white stripe but don't quote me. when you pull the rubber back you have to pull it back pretty far. What I ended up doing was tug on each individual wire until you find the broken wire. Its a thread on here talking about this very same thing but its pretty old. But yeah the buzzing at the switch is a broken wire took me like 10 minutes to fix.
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