On Sat, 19 May 2007 14:20:37 -0700, "Bob D." <bobb60@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>1994 DeVille. We had shade film on all door windows.
>
>The Drivers door developed a wrinkle in the film and one day my wife ran
>that window down. When the wrinkle went down below the lip on the rubber
>seals at the bottom of the window channel on the top edge of the window
>opening, the window would only come back to where the wrinkle stopped
it.
>The wrinkle as still down below the lip.
>
>When she got home and told me, I went out and GENTLY pulled up on the
window
>while hitting the UP on the power window switch. As soon as I had moved
the
>glass up only slightly, the window continued up and closed.
>
>We never ran the window up and down at all for about a week and then
>yesterday when we took it in to have the film replaced, the window would
not
>move in either direction, no sound from the window motor at all. ALL of
the
>other 3 windows still work properly so it's not a fuse/relay problem I
don't
>think.
>
>When the repairman pulled the door panel, he tapped on the motor lightly
>with a small hammer and said sometimes he had had motors that stuck and
that
>this would cause them to start operating again. It didn't in this case.
>
>My question is this: Is there such a thing as a limit microswitch or
>something on these windows that I could have thrown out of sync by
pulling
>up on that window? Is it more likely a defective motor that is causing
the
>problem?
>
>Any other ideas or suggestions before I go out a buy a new motor?
>
>Thanks in advance for all help.
>
>Bob...
>
Best guess is that the strain on the motor killed the reed switch.
Scrape the tint off then buy a new motor on Ebay. It will be a
motor/gear drive combo. BTDT.
FWIW
YMMV
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