windows, locks and seats stopped working
mansopoor
12-16-2011, 06:48 AM
I have a 96 SSEi, for the past week the power windows, locks and seat seamed to have a loss of power (not enough power to move them) then last night night they stopped working all together. Any ideas of what this could be and were I should start to look. Thanks in advance.
maxwedge
12-16-2011, 08:51 AM
Not enough power meaning like the battery was/is weak? Any clicks from the motors or dimming of the lights?
mansopoor
12-16-2011, 09:44 AM
no the battery is good, there is no problem with the car starting everything works fine in the car except the windows, locks and seats. funny thing eh!!!!
maxwedge
12-16-2011, 12:05 PM
If they are completely dead start by checking the circuit breaker or fuse involved in that circuit. post back
Tech II
12-16-2011, 04:00 PM
Or check a schematic and see if they share a common ground...
maxwedge
12-16-2011, 07:54 PM
I believe they do under the l/s front sill plate and carpet, a crimped junction.
Jrs3800
12-18-2011, 12:52 PM
Yes all of these items share a common ground... There is a ground distribution under the carpet almost in the area of where your left foot would be... Its a main ground with several grounds running off a bus bar, some of the time we see these corrode and require cleaning... This is the first place I would look, if you haven't looked at the fuses already..
mansopoor
12-19-2011, 10:59 AM
ok sorry it took so long for me to get back, after reading some of the posts, I went to pullup the carpet on the drivers side but i have to wait till i can get the carpet thawed
just as an update though, there is power going to the windows locks and seat also notice a buzzing coming from the electronic level control relay on the passengers side but if i try to open the window or move the seat it stops buzzing, now that said it doesn't buzz all the time about every 10 sec. for about 8 sec.
just as an update though, there is power going to the windows locks and seat also notice a buzzing coming from the electronic level control relay on the passengers side but if i try to open the window or move the seat it stops buzzing, now that said it doesn't buzz all the time about every 10 sec. for about 8 sec.
maxwedge
12-19-2011, 12:52 PM
That does sound like a bad ground for all those circuits, keep going under th ecarpet, frozen means it get wet ,that will corrode that ground junction.
Automotive Network, Inc., Copyright ©2025
