Windows wont work

[RMills]

New to the forum. got a 2004 forester and the front windows wont work. The back ones are fine. Havnt dove into the problem yet , just happened. Any help would be appreciated. Great forum by the way

 

[Ecmbuster]

Check the fuses with a multi-meter, get a schematic and inspect the door wiring at the driver "A" pillar.

 

[RMills]

Ill do that. Thank you sir

 

[sjmdesigns]

Okay, on our 2009 Forester (this happened 3 times over the course of a 10-year ownership) if given enough time, the passenger front and back rear windows would stop rolling down. Press the switch.. nothing. No weird noises from the motor/switch, just no response. Found out that dirt gets down into the windows and gets on one of the mechanisms that causes the window to stick. The solution.. they had to run this tool down inside the door to "clean" the dirt. Bingo, the windows work once again.

They had to do this 3 times and never charged us for the fix. For some reason, this was a quirk with the 2009/2010 models. Go figure. The windows would work for about a couple of years until .. bang... more dirt built up, and into the dealership, it goes for a cleaning.

Weird.

 

[Kirill]

All SG5 have a small “disease”: due to position and construction, rainwater gets into the motor and gear and accumulates in the stator cup with all the consequences. Sometimes dust gets into gear, mixes with an old grease and blocks all the movement. Sometimes blocked gear causes destruction of the notches. Changed my left front window motor twice and right front once already.

 

[Kirill]