Cat Man HHR

I just happen to find this on You Tube.
For those who are handy and have this issue you can give it a try.

Oldblue

Thanks kindly, the door mounted switches are prone to get wet

Cat Man HHR

But the problem here was dirty contacts do to arcing.
Getting wet can happen I do agree.

Tokin

This is the stuff right here. https://caig.com/deoxit-d-series/

Oldblue

My driver’s door window switch died this morning, no express down, wiggle to close . I’ll follow the videos suggestions and instructions, and let you know how it works out.

Oldblue

Contacts cleaned, good old Q-tip and 70% rubbing alcohol, don’t soak it, just clean the contacts .

Snapped it back together with gravities help , the switches pointed down, so the contact plungers from the rocker switches didn’t fall out.


This took me approximately 10 to 15 minutes, I removed the two T30 retainer screws from the door pull pocket.
Gently pried up the switches frame, and slide it back to clear the tang at the power mirror switch end of it.
Some gentle work oring the tabs to release the switches and took it in the house to disassemble, clean and reassembled.
Putting the switches back in the door after reconnecting the wire harness was the reverse of removing them as we see in the video.
My express window feature now works, my power mirrors both are fully functional.
No money spent, just used things anybody would have around the house.
Thanks again for posting the video Cat Man.

Cat Man HHR

Your welcome Blue.
Just to re bring up a comment I made in another tread about door panel clips.
If you look at this video I posted you will see white (4) towards the outside of the door and (3) yellow ones toward the inside.
They are not the same.
The yellow ones have bigger posts that go onto the door panel.
It's poor because I bought a box of yellow ones to find out the difference when I pulled the door panel to do the inside door handle repair.

Blue_SS

There's a spray that helps this, too. I think it's a CRC product. Electrical contact spray. I have soaked my daughter's car from the top (without taking anything apart) and "fixed" this problem for over a year now. It could at least be a temporary fix, so you don't get stuck with the window down in the rain or snow.

Oldblue

I didn’t remove the the inside door panel, just the switches as a unit.

Cat Man HHR

I realize you didn't pull the panel.
I just want to give a reminder heads up on the door clips.