I bought my first vehicle with power windows in 04 which was a 97 f150 I had no issues with the windows until I parked after the frame went bad and from sitting the switches would get sticky and not function. What I like about it when you drive down the road with the windows open because I prefer that over the air conditioning, if it started raining you can close the passenger side without trying to reach across.
one day I decided to start looking for tutorials and learn theory and then try to understand the diag technique by just watching my Tenzing Norgay... thank you Ivan... really hope someday you can write me back to my mail... which it is in my youtube channel... knocking the door doesn't mean to go in... thank you ivan
Nice one Ivan. I used to struggle with electric window systems untill i started following a systematic process to figure out what was the issue, made my life a lot easier. You, Eric and a few others helped me a great deal with developing that. Thank you. On a side note, i have had a few "NPR" window problems that were caused by pin tension issues on the master switch, specifically on these systems where all the current runs through the switches, tighten the pins and car is fixed😊😊😊.
Bought my daughter a used Mitsubishi Galant years ago after her car was totaled. Nice little car. She would never close the windows all the way and it would get water into the switches. I got tired of telling her and closing them and they started to fail. She traded it in for a new Nissan. lol
Crank failed twice in my 2011 Corolla. They don’t make them like they used to particularly because so few people are like us (want/desire/tolerate manual windows).
Wiring design through the door and body are very important. Even with older electric windows, you find just how well the design was engineered. 18+ years no problem......good engineering! Wiring shedding it's protective coating, it's the "I Don't Give A Crap" engineering! Good one Ivan.....Both vehicles.
Actually prefer crank handle I can’t ever get electric in the exact spot I need it unless it’s full up or down! It’s another case of the race to make things easier that aren’t required such as battery operated cars that’s a massive step to doom🥲
great video Ivan......my VW golf had the same wiring problem in the loom coming from the door to the car.....we took it apart and sure enough 5 wires had either broken or the insulation had cracked open....it was a quick repair and we had a fair notion that the problem was there because the VW golf's were well known for it....thanks for sharing your videos with us Ivan....cheers
I agree, test lights are awesome. Too many folk rely on a multimeter to check for useful power. You can get false positives through resistance, but not capable of conducting power. Meters are good for spot voltage checks, like alternator output and sensor supplies (5v) etc.
broken wires are a lot more common then you would expect. the reason is because the car manufacturers use the thinnest possible wire they can use and thin wires can become intermittent or open up over time. i have an old car and ive replaced at least 8 broken control wires where the breaks were all in the engine compartment. that there also tells you that temperature has a lot to do with thin wire failures
Great diagnostics, Ivan! Bad Mitsubishi design causes multiple wiring and switch problems (I hate working on doors). Keen eye, immediately spotting the "Check Engine Light" is off. Well done!
I'm saving up for that Tornado, I have seen enough evidence from watching your videos to know that it's an amazing tool! If your ever in Ann Arbor, Mi. My shop is your shop. RHS Auto Diagnostics LLC.
By learning from your knowledge yesterday i fixed one nissan dualis aka qashqai ecm its small smd transistor was blown by other mechenic due to use of test light on every freakin wire😢..any how always good content and new to learn from you.cheers
I know the factory window switches in them things are not the best. They fail often. And after seeing that PCB burned like that, it was obvious that something was dead shorted. Now I've seen door harnesses break lots of times. It's usually just 1 or 2 wires causing 1 or more windows to stop working. But that has to be the worst door harness failure I have ever seen. Yikes! Nice find Ivan.
My old 1983 Buick Century had the broken wires in the door jams on both front doors. I had to splice in multiple pieces of stranded wires. Fixed until car got hit while it was parked downtown Shitcago and totaled.
Back in the day auto makers didn't want people hearing relay's clicking on and off so they went to the complete the ground to help lessen the current load on the switch. With electricity, there is magic, math, and science, so the manufacturers had a better idea. They started using extra complicated computer technology with software, engineers, and people that think they are better than you design it all. I don't know if they solved the problem but made it much easier to fix. With modern door control modules and BCM's, they set codes that are pretty close to what is wrong. It's either an input or output and the computer knows if it's shorted to ground, positive, or to another wire which helps get to the problem faster.
I own a 2011 Galant, one of my main purchasing points was due to the fact that it’s easily repairable with basic tools and electric knowledge because I was/am pretty stupid
had same problem. remelted solder points works fine now. solder points had a hair line split so fine I had to use a magnifying glass to see the split across the solder points on circuit board no bigger then an human hair. that's all it took.
There is your problem lady, bad window switch, there is your next problem lady, a broken wire, DAMN LADY you have a third problem waiting to happen with more damaged wires. Try to tell a customer they have 3 problems, makes us look like we dont know what we are doing sometimes if we are the type to throw parts. NICE VIDEO to prove our point that many times there actually is more than one problem. Very nice diag IVAN, cheers.
Should have seen Kia Spectra! Brand new vehicle had an extra hand made hole drilled in the door and nothing to protect the wiring. Not even tape to dull the edge. Looked like an afterthought.
See that alot with gm truck door harnesses 2014 and up. A new harness is actually less money than 1 hour labor for most of them which is kinda surprising.
Opens by saying it is "auction day"...owner says he will replace the harness...future buyer calls PHAD one month after purchasing complaining about random shorts! Ivan scratches head thinking this car sure looks familiar.
I had something very similar hapen on the tailgate of a 2001 Volvo V70 wagon. Wiring loom chafed thru where it passed from roof to tailgate. Symptoms: no wiper, no lock.
Sending power through PCB traces isn't a bad thing. I don't do it, but there's another RU-vidr who sells cells and batteries for high current applications like car audio. And he uses PCBs as bus bars. You just need to do the ampacity calculations to get the trace width and thickness correct. His batteries are designed for 100's or even 1000+ amps.
Something to keep in the back of your brain.....all of the 2000 to 2007 for focus cars have the exact same issue and known problem in the rear hatch flex loom. It causes us owners so many various electrical problems.
is the switch latching on an one touch auto roll down function? if so it's looking for a current spike from motor stalling at the end of movement. at 7:22 watching to see the outcome now. 🤔 ** ahh** the old broken wires at the door umbilical. lol. I repaired an late 1990's vw jetta with that issue, it was supposed to be here for brakes and it was going nuts when you opened/closed the drivers door, alarm, locks windows, speakers, etc. all the wires were stress fractured and bare, some broken in half and barely touching. that was not fun to repair without getting a new harness!
