2002 CHEVY SILVERADO - Power Window DEAD. Ideas?

[17 squirrel]

Maybe if you unloaded some of the crap you have in the back of your truck, it will start working properly again.

Ahhhh.. It's listing to much to the port side and the Mercury switch in the door motor has it cut off.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Ahhhh.. It's listing to much to the port side and the Mercury switch in the door motor has it cut off.

That would do it! Mercury parts in a GM!

 

[17 squirrel]

Have you tried switching the wires from one door window switch to the other? You said the other side wasn't working anyway--maybe the switch gave up the ghost.

I bet he has a broken ground..

 

[rhino]

Have you tried switching the wires from one door window switch to the other? You said the other side wasn't working anyway--maybe the switch gave up the ghost.

Switches are verified okay. Initially they thought it was a bad switch, replaced it, and nothing changed. Then they hotwired it and got both the switch and the motor to work a few times (that's how they got the window back up).

 

[17 squirrel]

Ahhhhhhhh. It's tough to fix electrical problems without good diagnostic skills.
You gotta read wiring diagrams and test and confirm, before you spend money replacing good parts.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Ahhhhhhhh. It's tough to fix electrical problems without good diagnostic skills.
You gotta read wiring diagrams and test and confirm, before you spend money replacing good parts.

Don't think of it as replacing good parts. You are replacing bad money in your pocket with empty space!

 

[Dirtebiker]

+1, pretty common as cars age and wires get brittle

No wire should be brittle in a vehicle that age!

 

[Dirtebiker]

I think I know a guy with a GM truck and Ford van both in his driveway...

When have you seen my driveway?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Switches are verified okay. Initially they thought it was a bad switch, replaced it, and nothing changed. Then they hotwired it and got both the switch and the motor to work a few times (that's how they got the window back up).

OK...I was thinking of cheap, easy things first. I'm guessing you checked the fuses. (gotta ask ).

We need to figure out if you've got power to the line side of the switch and if you have a good ground on that motor.

 

[17 squirrel]

Don't think of it as replacing good parts. You are replacing bad money in your pocket with empty space!

Lol..hopefully at least the chrome was worn off the switch.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

Did you recently wire your battery to the wrong terminals?




And are you friends with one "Longbow"?

 

[rhino]

OK...I was thinking of cheap, easy things first. I'm guessing you checked the fuses. (gotta ask ).

We need to figure out if you've got power to the line side of the switch and if you have a good ground on that motor.

Yes, every fuse was checked, maybe twice.

 

[jagee]

When have you seen my driveway?

 

[Leo]

No wire should be brittle in a vehicle that age!

Maybe not, but have you ever handled wires on an older car in the winter, WAY stiff. when the insulation cracks that is where the copper flexes every time, and it breaks there. I have 5 year old guitar cords that were nice and limber new, and now will not even lay flat on the floor, and they have never even been cold.

 

[HoughMade]

Wire sitting still like household wiring? 13 years is a non issue. Wire that's about 18, 20 0r 22 ga that's in the most used door of a vehicle that's done 250,000 miles with all those openings and closings and all that flexing? Whole different ball game.

 

[renauldo]

Sign up and introduce yourself on a Chevy Silverado forum. Someone has had your issue before. Probably more than one. Truck forums: Dodge, Chevy, Ford, have saved me a bundle.

 

[rhino]

Sign up and introduce yourself on a Chevy Silverado forum. Someone has had your issue before. Probably more than one. Truck forums: Dodge, Chevy, Ford, have saved me a bundle.

That's a good idea, thank you. Do you have a link to the forum?

 

[renauldo]

Here's a couple. Good luck with your window probs.
SilveradoSierra.com ? Chevy Truck Forum | Silverado Sierra GMC Truck Forums
Chevy Silverado Forums - The Chevy Silverado 1500
Chevy Silverado Forum (GMC Sierra) | Chevy Truck Forum | GM Truck Club

 

[rhino]

Here's a couple. Good luck with your window probs.
SilveradoSierra.com ? Chevy Truck Forum | Silverado Sierra GMC Truck Forums
Chevy Silverado Forums - The Chevy Silverado 1500
Chevy Silverado Forum (GMC Sierra) | Chevy Truck Forum | GM Truck Club

Thanks!