Passenger window intermittent

[Bisho]

Hey guys, couldn't find anything similar in a search.

My front passenger window started acting weird this last month. It intermittently will not open or close. from either switch. I did try replacing the single switch with no change. If I turn the truck off / back on, everything is back to normal, until it isn't. Thoughts?

 

[awesomeissquid]

I have noticed a similar issue (have not tried turning the truck on/off again). In my case it seems to come back after driving for a bit so I think it might be a wire that is damaged. Yours sounds like a controls issue. I believe the drivers switch is the master controller for everything. Have you tried swapping that with another one?

 

[Tmparker05]

I had a similar issue regarding intermittent power to the drivers side window as well as low power to the rest. I found the switch on the passenger side to be broken. When l swapped for a new switch I still had an issue and found replacing the motor to be the solution. I have a 98 and went and replaced all motors including the sunroof cleaned and lubricated the tracks and I couldn’t be happier.

 

[userJ12]

Greetings,
I had this issue with the Driver side window, took it to a guy and he basically explained me that the window motor is going out, funny thing in mine was that it worked but some times (depending on X times used) the window will stop at half up, then wait it cools down and will work later.

There are days that the issue will not even be present, guy told me the motor gets hot and stops working. Also maybe a good idea to lube up/clean the rest of the door motor window.

 

[yngmrostrvile]

Hey guys, couldn't find anything similar in a search.

My front passenger window started acting weird this last month. It intermittently will not open or close. from either switch. I did try replacing the single switch with no change. If I turn the truck off / back on, everything is back to normal, until it isn't. Thoughts?

I occasionally have this issue with driver's door open...I know there is some broken wire issues in my drivers door I have yet to tackle. Close the door a bit and windows operate.
My passenger mirror does not always fold in so I am assuming this is related.

 

[dosruedas]

Hey guys, couldn't find anything similar in a search.

My front passenger window started acting weird this last month. It intermittently will not open or close. from either switch. I did try replacing the single switch with no change. If I turn the truck off / back on, everything is back to normal, until it isn't. Thoughts?

I have had this issue with my passenger window almost as long as I have had my LC... it takes a very particular light touch on the passenger side that very few people can master, and is similar but not quite as finicky from the drivers side... so naturally when someone is trying their window I tell them it's voice activated, they mockingly say something and I roll it down, and they look confused (dad jokes for days). Having owned Vanagons for years, that all seems pretty normal.

Just recently the passenger switch ripped right out of the driver side panel in several pieces (of course, when rolling up late to a meeting) which prompted me replacing that switch panel (under $30 from Switchpros on Amazon). Now that that window is working completely normally from the driver's side, I'm pulling the trigger on a replacement for the passenger side switch as well since it was such an easy fix (8 years later).

 

[tac1983]

I occasionally have this issue with driver's door open...I know there is some broken wire issues in my drivers door I have yet to tackle. Close the door a bit and windows operate.
My passenger mirror does not always fold in so I am assuming this is related.

I had a 98 for a while that had that issue, it turned out one of the wires in the boot that flexes/gets bent as the door opens and closes, had a split in it. It was a pita to access it, but I soldered in a piece of wire and it solved the issue.

 

[Bisho]

So after mostly working for the last year, the window has picked my CO trip to now mostly giving up the ghost. I shot all the wires tonight through the door and they had good continuity. It mostly goes up when needed (although half of today it didn’t), but really finicky going down. I think I’m left with replacing the motor, but there isn’t one in any towns I’m heading to.

 

[awesomeissquid]

Maybe try Rock Auto if you have somewhere you can ship it to?