Looks like my second one is going too.

Symptoms:

Works occassionally.

WHen I pull it out and flex the wires and connectors it will temporarly fix the problem.

I am not sure if it is the male/female connectors are at the switch level.

Also, I am not sure if the occasional rain drops (when I was driving the windows partly cracked) on the switch had something to do with it's apparent demise.

What do you think is the culprit?

 

Someone was selling one on ebay for 40 bucks...
What happeded with your smog cert connection?

 

I am on my second one too, but it is still working like a champ.

 

man i had to replace both my switches...the damn drivers side is like a billion dollars..well not that much but i think i paid 200 even for it...and 80 for the pass side...common problem amongst the fds tho

 

mine broke too, but it wasnt the electrical connections that caused it, it was the plastic piece that moves the contacts that separated from the part you operate. I replaced mine with a window switch from a second gen. Its wierd but the wiring harness and the the whole switch fits in the hole pretty smug. You wouldn't know its the wrong switch unless somebody told u. Now it works great, and it is probably cheaper to find somebody parting out a second gen to get theirs. Hope that helps.

 

yeah.. mine was the plastic piece as well... so i just open and close the driver side window using my key... hehehe to lazy to superglue it and too cheap to get a new/used one... "if it aint broken, dont fix it" half broken i mean... hehehe

 

I know Buzzfish on here has had a problem with his as well. I Heard it is hella expensive for that little part (?).

 

How do u tell if the plastic switch broke?

For some reason I think in both cases water and the subsequent corrosion was the culprit.



Jpandes, my smog connection is stopping further "smog" tests for these reasons:

1. too hard and too much of a hassle to fake one on the dyno machine

2. The fines, losing his license, and jail time is not worth the $$$. To make it worth it he says that he would charge $1000+ and at that price ur better off making ur car legal.......