no power at the power window fuse
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95 blazer 4dr 4x4 power windows stopped working altogether (all of them from every switch). Checked the power window fuse and its good (all other fuses work too btw). I then , with a test light, checked where the power window fuse should go and got no power. I also checked, with the same test light and same ground, the power accessory fuse right above it and i got power.
FYI: Before the windows stopped working they would go in and out. One minute they would work and then a couple dash lights would come on and they wouldnt work. Its as if there was a short and they stopped working but then all of a sudden they would work again. Also, at one point when they first started failing i checked the fuse and burned my hand because it was so hot.
**I have no idea where to get started and i dont want to pay a mechanic to dig through electrical. If anyone at all could help me out, then god bless you**
FYI: Before the windows stopped working they would go in and out. One minute they would work and then a couple dash lights would come on and they wouldnt work. Its as if there was a short and they stopped working but then all of a sudden they would work again. Also, at one point when they first started failing i checked the fuse and burned my hand because it was so hot.
**I have no idea where to get started and i dont want to pay a mechanic to dig through electrical. If anyone at all could help me out, then god bless you**
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95 blazer 4dr 4x4 power windows stopped working altogether (all of them from every switch). Checked the power window fuse and its good (all other fuses work too btw). I then , with a test light, checked where the power window fuse should go and got no power. I also checked, with the same test light and same ground, the power accessory fuse right above it and i got power.
FYI: Before the windows stopped working they would go in and out. One minute they would work and then a couple dash lights would come on and they wouldnt work. Its as if there was a short and they stopped working but then all of a sudden they would work again. Also, at one point when they first started failing i checked the fuse and burned my hand because it was so hot.
**I have no idea where to get started and i dont want to pay a mechanic to dig through electrical. If anyone at all could help me out, then god bless you**
FYI: Before the windows stopped working they would go in and out. One minute they would work and then a couple dash lights would come on and they wouldnt work. Its as if there was a short and they stopped working but then all of a sudden they would work again. Also, at one point when they first started failing i checked the fuse and burned my hand because it was so hot.
**I have no idea where to get started and i dont want to pay a mechanic to dig through electrical. If anyone at all could help me out, then god bless you**
#3
I would check the connections on the back of the fuse panel. One might have come loose.
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hey, is this a fuse or circuit breaker? hot is the key. rectangular aluminum can w 2 prongs. if so, you have a dead short after the breaker. hope this helps
bernie
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#5
It's a circuit breaker. It being hot means there is a short as berniescout stated. I would check the wiring that goes into the door. On the newer 2nd gens, there is also a main power wire that runs across the middle of the driver side footwell from front to back that can corrode and/or short out.
Check out this post for a schematic:
Rear Powerless Window
Check out this post for a schematic:
Rear Powerless Window
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another thought. do you have a power seat? does it work? I had a dead short in side of the seat, where a wire was routed around a piece of steel in the frame and wore through the insulation. i don't remember whether it was on the window breaker or the accessory breaker.
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Found one problem. Bad connection at the power distrobition block.
I have POWER..
But now when i push any button to lower or raise any window the voltage drop to 0V (zero).
Is it possiblw that it's a grounding issue!?
I dont belive that all four window motors will fail at the same time.
I have POWER..
But now when i push any button to lower or raise any window the voltage drop to 0V (zero).
Is it possiblw that it's a grounding issue!?
I dont belive that all four window motors will fail at the same time.
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Found one problem. Bad connection at the power distrobition block.
I have POWER..
But now when i push any button to lower or raise any window the voltage drop to 0V (zero).
Is it possiblw that it's a grounding issue!?
I dont belive that all four window motors will fail at the same time.
I have POWER..
But now when i push any button to lower or raise any window the voltage drop to 0V (zero).
Is it possiblw that it's a grounding issue!?
I dont belive that all four window motors will fail at the same time.
.. assuming you are referencing to somewhere on chassis, if it was a ground problem, V would stay at 12 V while nothing happened.
Sounds like another bad connection.
? Do you have 'Retained Access Power'? Radio and windows operable key out until door opened.
Last edited by pettyfog; 08-09-2011 at 10:07 AM.
#9
How long does the power remain at zero volts? If it comes right back to 12V, then I would say it still is a connection issue as pettyfog has detailed. If it stays at 0V for quite a while, you have a short in the wiring between the switch and the motor that is tripping the circuit breaker.
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