Electric Windows

[Bartman]

Hi all,

I have a '96 Outback Sport with electric windows. The windows have
been acting very flaky. They will occasionally stop working (from
both the master switch and the individual door switches). Sometimes
I'll "roll" a window down and it won't go up, sometime I can't them to
go down. After a while (hours usually) the windows start working
again.

I looked in the manual and I can't find a fuse for the windows,
although I wouldn't be able to explain why they only intermittanly
flake out with a bad fuse. It doesn't seem to be a function of the
weather (happens on rainy or sunny or hot or cold days).

Help!

Bartman

 

[John Gibson]

Hi all,

I have a '96 Outback Sport with electric windows. The windows have
been acting very flaky. They will occasionally stop working (from
both the master switch and the individual door switches). Sometimes
I'll "roll" a window down and it won't go up, sometime I can't them to
go down. After a while (hours usually) the windows start working
again.

I looked in the manual and I can't find a fuse for the windows,
although I wouldn't be able to explain why they only intermittanly
flake out with a bad fuse. It doesn't seem to be a function of the
weather (happens on rainy or sunny or hot or cold days).

Help!

Bartman

The contacts in the switch are corroded, possibly only the wiring
contacts and not the switch itself. Since the other doors are wired
through the master switch it may be any one of them. Try taking the
panel off on the drivers side and cleaning the wire contacts. Best of
luck and be prepared to put big bucks out for the Subi replacement!
Once bought a Toaster at Walmart for less than I paid for a fuse at the
Subi dealer.