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Anonymous Posted on Aug 23, 2011

I have a 1992 Camry, and suddenly none of the power windows or locks would work. I removed all three relays behind the fuse block (driver's side L kick panel) and swapped them around, disconnected and reconnected all pertinent connectors (from main switch through door to connector block, main to fuse block, relay interconnect board, etc), removed "condenser" (black, large fuse looking thing...solid state breaker?) and a small square black silicon device with a diode symbol on it (measured good---neg-to-neg, + to +=open, neg lead on meter to +, pos lead to diode gnd=3.6ohms), and nothing worked. So I drove to the store, windows still down, and by habit I rolled the windows up, turned the car off, opened the door, and locked the doors---as I got out, I realized that it had just worked! I don't think I jiggled anything (partial connection), as I tried the windows and locks after all things I had tried, and they were still inop when I gave up and started driving to the store. So, when I come out of the store, I get into my car and, well...what do you think? Yup---inop again! So, the only thing I can see as a common denominator is the action of opening the door (where bundle of wires going from the main driver side door switch to interconnect block under fuse block no. one) could be agitating a broken ground or main power (blue in that bundle, I think). However, I also want to rule out what the manual says is the breaker---WHERE IN THE HELL IS IT?!?!?!

  • Anonymous Aug 23, 2011

    Not the wiring---ohm'd everything out...I see only one blue wire in the interconnect (L driver kick panel), but two coming out of the harness---the two both have continuity to the single blue in the interconnect. Since the color code is the same (no stripes, bars, etc), this generally makes sense...just concerned a little since they seem to be voltage supply conductors...I will next try to do the voltage checks, and possibly bypass the relays. I did replace them (swapped them with the fan and A/C relays, all the same), plus I ohm'd the coils out (.046 ohms), and checked continuity of the switching plate (on/off), and all was well. One relay (closest to the center of the car) would get hot as hell, and I think this one actually ohm'd out to .549 ohms...but that was after I accidentally dented the coil cylinder when I dropped it :). Again, I swapped the relays. I thought I had relay problems before with the fans, so I wired the main straight to the ignition fuse (tap), and a toggle switch for the secondary, although the A/C cont relay still kicks that fan on just fine. I mention this because I did not test the door switch relay(s) in the fan sockets...I did find the breaker, though---the one you can reset with a pin---it is behind the relay interconnect board, to the right of the fuses---the brown rectangular board, about 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" or so. I reset the breaker after each test (could not tell if it actually popped, but once it seemed to click when I pushed the contact plate back in...?). So, more electrical testing---like I said, I will try to bypass the relays...the schematic is unclear on the physical locations of the relays, what relay is what, etc., so I may end up chasing traces and wires...:(---I am a Senior Cisco Network Engineer, for cryin' out loud! I was a mechanic and electrician/electrical/micro-electrical/electro-mechanical engineer in my past lives...a glitch in the time-space continuum caused a disturbance in the Force, resulting in my lives bleeding into each other...

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Wow i thought this only happened to me

its not your breaker but if i were you id take that kick panel back off and look for the block of wires coming from the door disconect them than pull the door panel off behind it there maybe a film of some kind its ok cut it rip it wat ever get rid of it next find the wires going into the car pull them through into the door than look at each wire check for breaks or other issues if your the kind of person that cant stand the wires being stickey wipe them with rubbing achole it will clean them up i bet u find your probelm is in there

  • Anonymous Aug 23, 2011

    I did mention the possibility and even likelihood of this being the culprit, which should have alluded to me checking that next---just wanted to rule out a circuit that can reset itself after a while, i.e. a solid state breaker (sometimes called a condenser), or a thermistor-type ground/non-ground switch, etc. And even asking if I can't stand the sticky tape? I guess that you can't tell by my post that I do have some electrical background, which suggests maybe I have dealt with sticky electrical tape before? Hell, I just replaced the timing belt, idler pulley, tensioner, spring, water pump, cam seal, crank seal, oil pump shaft seal, oil pump o-ring, oil pan gasket, sway bar bushings, control arm bushings (chassis side, not link), a/c expansion valve, drier, and all o-rings, valve cover gasket, plugs, cap, rotor, thermostat, oil cooler bypass pipe o-ring and gasket, water outlet gasket (out of cylinder head), coolant temperature sensor, radiator (6 months ago), and most of the vacuum hoses...think I mind oil, dirt and thick, heavy grease either? :) But you get two thumbs for discounting the possibilities about which this post was in the first place, and going straight to what I am going to check right now, since I have yet to find out where the breaker or relay(s), i.e. power, main, etc. for the power windows, and what that diode is---what else would there be? Of course you would look good if this were the problem. But I have to tell you---the window switch being a thermistor, as so suggested by another kind guru and previously unbeknownst to me, is not only interesting information, but it fits the scenario just as well, if not more-so, than the possibility of the problem lying in the interconnect harness. But, thanks for posting...take two thumbs :)

  • Anonymous Aug 26, 2011

    well i do apolgize for thinking you might have an issue with the stickey tape u never kno on these things who u r taking to. anyway if u did just want to reset the circit u could dissconect the batt. for 5 min.s

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