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toby
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Post Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:43 am

My electric windows intermittantly don't work with ignition off and door open - as they should.

Guess this is door contact switch problem?

Any other clues gratefully received, thanks.
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Post Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:05 pm

You might want to cheak you relay behind the glove box i know theres two of them ....just cheak both !
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Post Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:31 pm

toby wrote:My electric windows intermittantly don't work with ignition off and door open - as they should.

Guess this is door contact switch problem?

Any other clues gratefully received, thanks.
cheers
toby
Usually door switches. Take them out, clean them and trim away a sliver of black plastic that just stops the contacts from making. Lubricate with silicon grease and replace.
Don't let the wires spring back through the hole when the switches are out.