'99 Intrepid pwr window controls

My '99 Intrepid is giving me problems with my window controls.
Sometimes the master control switches work from the drivers door panel,
other times it seems like there is no electrical connection. If I apply
more than the normal amount of pressure to the switch, sometimes they
work.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem?

 

Yea, replace the switch!! Alot of times that switch goes bad if the window
is down and it gets wet from rain or whatever. If you can make it work by
playing with the button, its bad, nothing to do with a connection problem.

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

 

I will just add that it appears to be a very common problem in the LH
cars based on my own '99 doing it and reading a couple of LH-specific
forums on a regular basis. One guy over on www.dodgeintrepid.net always
responds to similar inquiries to spray contact cleaner into the switch
assy. from above, and more often than not, the OP posts back saying that
did the trick. Here's a recent example of just that:
http://www.dodgeintrepid.net/forums/showthread.php?t=60101&highlight=spray+switches

I would be more inclined to try contact cleaner than replace the switch
because:
(1) It's cheaper, and
(2) The chances of a new switch having or soon developing the same
problem is fairly high so you likely could spend money to gain little or
nothing over the long term.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

bill just so u know the window switch is more than that now
it's actually called a drivers door module and does more than just windows
replaced the dr.door module

 

You're not telling me anything - I own a 'i99 Concorde. I called it a
switch assembly. Anybody who has the car knows what i was talking
about. I did say try contact cleaner befiore replacing the switch - so
you're technically right. I was using shorthand assuming that replacing
the switch assy. (OK - the "door module") would replace the switch -
which it would.

BTW - Glenn referred to it as a switch too!!! Nanny nanny boo boo!

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

The shop manual calls it a switch....
WINDOW SWITCH
For switch testing, remove the switch from its mounting, refer to Switch
Removal

The parts listing shows it as a switch (window lift 5 gang switch 4760191AC)

If I need to discuss this part with a customer, to me its a switch also,
.......Therefore its a switch!!

 

So - what you're saying is: IT'S A FREAKIN' SWITCH!

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

Give the man an "A+"

 

I tried the contact cleaner but it didn't work. I disassembled the
switch and found that the contact points were cluttered with "crap"
from making numerous electrical contacts. Filed them all down to a
clean smooth surface and the "switch" now works fine.