USCGMoose

Thanks Adrian,
As I mentioned, I don't think I have a battery drain problem, but I do have a window switch problem. Any trick to changing the switch? I tried pulling mine out from the door jam and I was able to get it loose, but there wasn't enough wire to pull it more than a millimeter away from the hole... infact, I couldn't really get the whole switch out without pulling on the thing to the point I was afaid I'd pull something apart.

So, does this mean there is something wrong (or abnormal) or do I need to go at it from a different direction (like the wheel well). It doesn't make sense to make you take the wheel well apart just to get at a simple door switch, but then again, they excell at rediculously overcomplicated engineering at Porsche. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

Adrian

Okay I feel there is something caught up in your door. Mine all come out easily and with enough loom to remove the switch completely and get my hands onto the connector which just pulls off. I had a window problem not that long ago. Twas the motor.
If you cannot get the switch out (you do have to jiggle a little bit because the hole and connector are of similar size) then the wire is caught up somehow. Unfortunately this means door panel removal to find out why.
Maybe you are just being too kind or gentle. Beware that you do not allow the connector to fall back into the hole. I did but a length of lockwire and sufficient swearing helped me retrive it.
The door switch can be accessed from inside the 964. Remove the side trim by your left foot (LHD). Tis up behind here. This trim by the way does not like to go back together again.
Ciao,
Adrian
911C4

Christer

[quote]Originally posted by Adrian:
<strong>This trim by the way does not like to go back together again.
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LOL - that is so true (on any car).... <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />

USCGMoose

OK Adrian, you're right. I wasn't pulling hard enough on the wire (I really didn't want to pull the darn thing apart). I got the thing out far enough to take a look at and I don't see anything wrong with the switch. The switch moves freely and doesn't stick. Also, I know the light itself works since I can turn it on manually.

So what else could the problem be. Perhaps if I knew how the switch worked. It looks like the switch just pushes the connector to ground. Does it do this by pushing it against the frame or is there a part to the switch inside the door frame that I can't see when I pull the thing out?

Like I said earlier, all the fuses in the car still looks good, so I'm wondering if there is another thing to check. Please tell me I don't have to trace out all the wiring, because I don't even know where to start.

Basil Yarbrough

Sorry to dig up on old post, but I have the same problem and my wire appears to have broken off years ago. How do you retrieve it or get access to it? Do you have to disassemble the frunk latch and remove carpet or trim pieces to get to it? THanks!

jon91581

Reviving an old thread because I just had to undergo the same ordeal over the weekend. I was experiencing a battery drain after getting my door check strap repair rewelded to the boxed metalwork below the A pillar. Checked the door switch and found out that they didn't reconnect the wire to the switch. The interior cabin lights were set to "off," so it took me a sec to think about possible drains. I used a pair of hemostatatic forceps to stick through the hole for the switch. With a little patience, and just the right lighting, I was able to clamp the forceps onto the wire and bring it through. Another benefit of using clamping forceps is that they help keep the wire from retreating back into the cavity once you've fished it out and are trying to clamp down the switch onto the wire. Hope this helps someone because access to that area of the car is pretty restrictive/limited.