Hey guys. I had some premium speakers laying around from a Legacy that I decided to swap in and did that swap today. Everything went just fine. However, the only difference throughout the whole procedure was when I worked on the front passenger door I had the glass down as compared to up. I never touched any of the components, but I figured I'd at least mention that as it seems to be rather coincidental. As for my problem: The passenger window will not go up. I can flip the switch on the passenger door and the motor will activate (I've watched the motor drive gear actually turn slightly, as well as heard the motor activate) when I press it to go "down". However, when I press it to go "up" nothing happens. No noise, nothing. Also, from the driver's side there is no control whatsoever over the window at this time, but there was prior to the speaker replacement. I've checked all connections and there are no broken wires or anything crossed. I've had other issues in the past with my windows - rear passenger window will not activate via their controls, but will from the driver's seat. All the windows in the car work now save for the front passenger window. Is this something that's electrical? Am I looking at needing a new window motor? Is there something stupid that I missed or possibly affected when I was doing my speaker swap? I'm wondering if I'm going to need to run to the dealership to pick up the parts for this before they close for the weekend so I can work on it tomorrow. Hopefully you're not all out enjoying this beautiful day and that someone is still around that can help. Thanks for any help you can provide!
ok, i have no experience with power windows in the subaru's..but on my other cars i have owned if you have one plug on either the master (drivers) or the actual window thats not working (in your case passenger) slightly unplugged or unplugged entirely the window will do some crazy stuff. So i would just double check that all the plugs are securely fastened into the "socket" or whatever its called. All my other cars they would click, maybe even pull them out and just double/triple check your work. I would lean towards a plug unplugged, since i'm guessing you rolled down the window just before you started working. And FYI its much easier to work on speakers with the windows up.
I did double- and triple-check my connections, on both sides. I can certainly do it again. And yes, I thought it was just fine with the window up but my brother for whatever reason felt it would be better down and now he feels like an ass. I really don't think that it being down was the cause, but circumstances would state otherwise. I'll check them over again, as it's not too hard to do. Edit: Checked them all again and there's nothing loose.
My guess is that the speakers you installed are too "deep" for your car. Check behind the speakers to make sure there is enough clearance between the back of the speaker and the window. I'm guessing maybe the speaker is pinching the window, which is not allowing the it to go up. The aftermarket speakers that I installed in my WRX are too deep, and they don't allow the front windows to go down all the way anymore. If I did the install with the windows down, I suppose it's possible that I wouldn't have been able to roll them up afterwords, which could be your situation.
lol, well i guess either way it would have ended up down.. the only other thing that i could even think of is that the switch is bad, or on its way out. but then again it could be the motor. once again i'm not a subaru power window guy so i'm just throwing out ideas. and to Platinum, wouldn't it effect both sides then if the speakers are to "deep"? That was my first thought but when he said its only one side..
Oh that's true, although he did say he only had the passenger window down. Can you roll the driver's side down all the way without any interference? Just throwing ideas out there.
Yeah it's not the speaker depth. I thought it might be too so I removed the speaker and it made no difference. Drivers side is just fine. On that note, if it is pinched, would the motor not activate at all? That's currently the situation when I press "up". And a second question: how do I manually lift it? I will only slightly move up (and I'm talking 1mm) when I lift the glass through the hole where the speaker is normally mounted.
You can't lift the glass up, as it is attached to the motor/regulator. You would have to unbolt the motor, which isn't a good idea, as the spring will launch the regulator gear at a pretty high rate of speed. You can try and manually give power to the motor in one direction, and then switch your wires around to go backwards. If the motor works in one direction, it should work in the other. Other than that, make sure the connector on the motor (inside the door) is snug and not falling out. I have seen them get pulled out before when the regulator bolts fall out and the motor twists.
Is the connector easy to get to by reaching in? I've taken the plastic sheet vapor barrier off and can reach in if I need to. Thanks.
I have my battery on charge right now as I had it sitting with the electrics on (engine not started) for quite a long time yesterday. Either way, I decided to disconnect the switches again and take another look at them, as it would seem they are the problem. Here's what I found. Could that be the problem? Should that lead not be bent down the way it is? I look at the harness and there are 5 slots for power and they're all in line, none off-set like that. Let me know what you think. Thanks! I've attached photos of both the harness and the control.
Hey guys. Thanks for all the ideas. Guess what? It's exactly what I showed you above. Straightened that prong out and walah!
