1996 Dodge Ram 3500 Drivers Side Power Window Stopped Working
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1996 Dodge Ram 3500 Drivers Side Power Window Stopped Working
Hello, my driver side power window stopped working on my 96 Dodge Ram 3500. It's done this for awhile now. Before you could hit the switches and it would start working. So I changed the drivers side master switch and it worked good for a few days then I started having to hit it to make it work. I changed the switch again and same thing. Now it won't work at all. The switch for passenger side window and door lock on driver side work perfect, just the one for the driver side doesn't work at all now.
-So is it my switch, window motor, or something else?
-Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!
-So is it my switch, window motor, or something else?
-Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!
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One of the more seasoned veterans will chime in I am sure but if you fried a switch that quickly I would suspect that you are lacking volts and pulling too many amps through it. That would suggest you either have something putting more load on the window motor than it was designed for or you have a wire that is breaking down and is down to a few threads or you have a bad ground for the window motor. When it does work, does the driver side window move as quickly and as well as the passenger side?
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One of the more seasoned veterans will chime in I am sure but if you fried a switch that quickly I would suspect that you are lacking volts and pulling too many amps through it. That would suggest you either have something putting more load on the window motor than it was designed for or you have a wire that is breaking down and is down to a few threads or you have a bad ground for the window motor. When it does work, does the driver side window move as quickly and as well as the passenger side?
-So I was wondering if it could be a wire or the window motor?
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Hello,
I'm assuming it's my window motor because if I turn the switch on and hold down the window switch and slam the door the window will start to work and roll up and down.
*I was just wondering if I'm assuming correctly?
Thanks
I'm assuming it's my window motor because if I turn the switch on and hold down the window switch and slam the door the window will start to work and roll up and down.
*I was just wondering if I'm assuming correctly?
Thanks
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A meter will tell you if you have good power to the switch and then down to the motor. 90% of the time it is connection problems. Mine had a pinched wire at the door hinge grounding out power. A good eyeball check and a meter will find most problems. The power for passenger side comes from drivers side. Wires are in parallel. Sounds like the circuit going down to the motor or you would have problems with both sides.
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