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Old 5-19-04, 21:31   #1 (permalink)
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How to repair your drivers side power window switch

Ok Mazda wants you to pay mega $ when the switches for your power windows break. In most cases the only problem is a piece of broken plastic.

Heres how to fix it yourself. (This repair was done on an E spec mx6 so the procedure may be slightly different with an A spec mx6.)

First take off the door skin. There should be 1 screw near the top of the door, near the hinge. There is also a clip at the end of the door near the lock. (Which I managed to break, and need to replace, no biggy) Make sure you pull out the drivers power mirror cover on top of the door skin, before you try moving the door skin.

There is a screw in the door latch as well. Once these have been taken off, pull the bottom of the door skin so the clips come undone. Push up on the door skin. This may take some effort. Its attached pretty well. At the same time or when its best push the door latch through the plastic surround so it frees itself.

Now there are 3 connectors. Theres two connectors for the power windows and the power mirrors. I labelled both so I didn't confuse the two,(same type of plug) Lastly there is a connector for the door light at the end of the door. This takes some effort to get out. Look at the picture for more info.

See First picture.

Now this is done the door skin should come off. Now unscrew the power window switch. To dismantle this unscrew the 4 screws. Then get a soldering iron and heatup the two circled pins, then pull up. The plug is a good grabbing point for this. Get a 2nd person for this if possible, it's easier this way. Look at the picture for more info.

Now the two pieces should be seperate.

My problem was the plastic strip that went into the circuitboard switch had broken off. On the good switch you will see the plastic strip a white little strip and a hole.

For the bad switch get a piece of bare metal wire. In my case I used 1.25mm metal wire. Cut a strip and bend in half and cut to size. Get the soldering iron and some spare plastic. Insert the wire into the hole on the bad switch. Melt some of the spare plastic you have and fill the hole around the wire. Try not to inhale the toxic fumes while your at it. Let this harden. Do a test fit and see if it works. I took pictures of this but they didnt come out well, so I didn't post them. Some other people have also tried super gluing the plastic strip back on, you can try that if you want.

Now solder the two pins you unsoldered before. You may run into a problem here. If you do not have enough solder on both sides of the circuitboard (internal and external) the lock button will be constantly on and you wont be able to open you passenger window at all, with either button. Do a test fit and make sure it's working properly before you reinstall everything.

As people say installation is the reverse of removal.

Disclaimer: If you stuff it up it isn't my fault. Be careful.
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