Part two power window circuit, In this video we continue on the Honda civic, weal world troubleshooting at its best lol we get in there hands on and locate the issue, let's do it to it
Thank You for this video. I have a 96 civic that allowed the RR window to go up but not down. I followed your troubleshooting steps at the rear door first, then went directly to the drivers door connector where I found 2 wires pulled out. Didn't want to spend $250 on a new harness and chances are a used one at that age was probably deteriorating, so I cut away both connectors and butt spliced all 23 wires together. Wrapped it with black tape and applied silicone to the opening in the door. It also helped to have the Haynes diagram for reference. In order to have working space, I removed the door from the hinges and propped it up diagonally at a 90 degree angle to the car. May good things come your way!
Will, your videos have always been good, but I must say that with these two, especially this one, you're too good for your own good. Showing the pertinent diagram at the point of where you're troubleshooting is a really nice touch. Also, the follow-ups with the switching contacts for viewers is good too. And finally, I like how you stayed right with it to find that problem. Good job Will as always!
Man thank you for all the kind words greatly appreciated, im glad i had a chance to cover this one, i find myself at times working saying man i wish i would have thrown up the cam, something told me this was going to be interesting after i heard its been a problem for a long time, i love electrical always have been fascinated by it, I like to think its one of my specialty areas always learning never give up, the schematics were edited in later as a thought it would be nice to follow the same as i did during the troubleshooting, that was a late night lol just wanted to keep it real time as possible thank you again
Will, You are the man! Soldering all those wires and re-engineering the harness the correct way-Honda should be ashamed. I'm sure the owner appreciates all your time and effort. Look forward to your next insightful video-Keep up the great work..
oh this routine works perfectly.. is like i took a 1 hour class with you.. then go work on my car..work perfectly...you are the boss dude..you are the master. my car has had a problem with all the windows except the from passenger side ...the problem was no power and there was a bad connection right by the door..once again thanks boss...
Nice work here. I followed your video and found front passenger side door had 2 power sources, It turns out the driver side switch was melted and stuck open which caused the fuse to keep blowing. Will buy the part and replace thank you so much!
Dude, you totally helped me out! I would never have found this issue if it were not for your video. My ground wire was coming out in the door plug. None of my windows were working. Thanks again!
Wow dude. You're so thorough and patient it's stupid! Thanks again for the hard work and dedication. And I'm a Honda guy myself; never knew they used a connector for the door jamb.
One day I'll get around to making one of those, with a needle point. I see you use it for front probing as well, which is probably OK since it's not large enough to expand or stretch the female contact. Good job, Will!
Thanks a lot for the detail explanation which I'm sure will help me troubleshoot my window problem. Just have a video on its own showing common switches and differences between NC and NO and may be go a bit fancy and explain SPDT, DPDT and so on. You can then refer viewers to that video for a bit of foundation before watching a troubleshooting video. One point on terminology, saying "in the down position" can be misunderstood as the window is in the closed position rather the switch being actively pushed to the down position to close the window.
Hi. My civic 2001s passenger side window only works if uses the main switch and its own switch at same time.. it wont work if used only one of any of the switch.. what do you think could be the reason? Thanks
Quick story: Car had an accident 2 years ago. They replaced door drivers side. The adapter that the door loom snaps into the main body to weather seal is missing. its the plastic piece that fits into the rubber loom that snaps into the hole into the body and holds the rubber loom to the piece that fits tight around the connector. Any ideas to get this piece. I ordered the loom form Hyundai hoping the loom can with the piece and got it without the piece so this is a special piece. I'm at my wits end. I have the exact same issue as in your video but the wires are ok . preventive maintenance as I see this becoming an issue in the near future. Also I have 2 side tabs on the connector and am having a hell of a time getting it unplugged. Very frustrating.
So I worked on my car the other day. I had ground on both sides. Went I press the switch up or down. So I figured the driver side control was not working. I replaced it and it still doesn't work. I know the motor is good when I connect it to a battery direct it works. Damn passenger window is a pain in the butt. Any suggestions?
These are momentary grounds. They are switched hot as all the motors have are Two travelers to them. There not really grounds.That way what ever side you energize. The motor has a single Ground and one Hot. At rest they serve as grounds to isolate the motor from short circuit. This is what trips most people up. I seen them try and fix the grounding issue. When it's a Switched power issue.
I know this is old but what if ground at master switch isn’t present then what driver window works other 3 don’t all motors work where can I pin point it
Sir my car i20 has 6 wires in the driver window motor connector. How to find the wire for up and down windows functions??? I thought windows motor usually has only 2 wires on its connector.......but in my case..... contradict...
Well done. Seems the diagram was inaccurate by omitting a connection point. What were Honda engineers thinking to put the connection there instead of inside the car at the kick panel.
Thank you, i was a little disappointed with that too, however without it i would of been much longer tracing wires, so im grateful for the most part, its something i don't see often most times the harness is complete after the kick panel all the way to the controls never thought, i believe the newer Honda's are one piece at least i was seeing that at the junk yard, while brainstorming how to repair
my driver side has no control to the passenger window but on the passenger side control it control the window to go down but it wont make it go back up ? where should i check?
I have this same issue. Rear passenger goes down, but not back up. Swapped switches, still did not work. the master switch does not work for anything now.
