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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / December 2007

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2000 Outback Windows switch or motor  ?

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tropical - 28 Dec 2007 22:56 GMT
My 2000 OUTBACK driver window has been acting up ..goes up & down  hold the
switch a while goes up .
Now it will go Up if I am lucky  and goes down no problem after /when I get
it up . ( no pun intended)
Do you all think it is the switch or the motor ?
I will pull the door panel and look at the motor any test that I can do with
a voltmeter
to see what is bad ?

Thank You all
And Happy Holidayz Tony
johninKY - 29 Dec 2007 01:01 GMT
Almost always it's the switch making a poor contact.  As for the motor,
could always put 12v to one of its terminals and ground the other.  Then
switch the wires and it will turn the other direction.  The reason the
motor is working so poorly is even though it is still getting 12v it is
getting very little ampsbecause of resistance at the switch.  Good luck.

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Uncle Ben - 29 Dec 2007 05:21 GMT
> My 2000 OUTBACK driver window has been acting up ..goes up & down  hold the
> switch a while goes up .
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> a voltmeter
> to see what is bad ?

Recently I had the same problem. Turned out to be the switch.  I found
a used switch at a junkyard online for $60, replaced the old one, and
all was well.

My Subaru dealed had diagnosed the problem as bad motor and bad
regulator, which plus labor would have cost $500.  Caveat emptor!

Ben
nobody > - 29 Dec 2007 19:44 GMT
>> My 2000 OUTBACK driver window has been acting up ..goes up & down  hold the
>> switch a while goes up .
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>
> Ben

Be aware that this addendum refers to the PASSENGER door windows, If
both the driver's switch and the door's own switch don't function, odds
are that it's that's door motor.
George Mills - 31 Dec 2007 15:29 GMT
A friend just cleans with electronic cleaning spray the switches in his 80s
convertible, and 00 IOS, and they work fine.(again). Like Google, sandpaper,
dielectric paste, and computer/keyboard spray "is your friend". And DON'T
use WD 40! It has other uses, but not chasing electrical gremlins.

Jim Bartley on PEI
04 Forester 2.5X--not my car, just driving it in all the snow we are having
here

>>> My 2000 OUTBACK driver window has been acting up ..goes up & down  hold
>>> the
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> the driver's switch and the door's own switch don't function, odds are
> that it's that's door motor.
tropical - 31 Dec 2007 20:54 GMT
Yes it is just the Driver window all the rest are fine !

>>> My 2000 OUTBACK driver window has been acting up ..goes up & down  hold
>>> the
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> the driver's switch and the door's own switch don't function, odds are
> that it's that's door motor.
 
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