Help needed Please, Electric window and mirrors not working

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Baur323
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Post Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:38 am

Hi all, just when I thought all ok in life and my passenger window and both electric mirrors give up on me :cry: sad I know, or is it, sad I am, anyway, any connection between the two?
You can hear the switch click when you try mirrors, just no movement, nothing at all with passenger window.
Any ideas :banghead:
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Brianmoooore
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Post Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:01 am

Second time tonight I've answered this one!
Only connection between the two is a black/green wire that goes to the smallest terminal on the starter motor, but in your case, the mirrors aren't dead, because you say you can hear the mirror clutch working. Sounds more like door hinge pillar plug and socket problems in your case.
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Post Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:14 am

Thank you Brian, I will check connections at weekend, any thoughts on passanger window just giving up, or again just connections? I have a few
electrical problems, interior light not coming on when door open, but works when manually switched on, recently had load of warning lights come up on check panel, but some corrosion block sorted that out for me on the lamp control unit in the boot.
Appreciated :clap:
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Post Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:25 am

If it's just one window that's failed, then probably door plug.
For interior lights, take out the pillar switches (single cross head screw), pull off the two wires, (don't let them spring back into the pillar) and clean up the contacts on the switch. Sometinmes you have to trim a very tiny piece of plastic out of the way.
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Post Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:52 pm

Thanks for your help Brian, really apppreciated :clap:

Will let you know te outcome