# 1994 Ford Explorer - rear door power window questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [July 30, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000 "2023-07-30T23:36:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000/42 "2023-08-06T01:59:46Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > in older homes often use weights attached to a rope. I don’t see anything there looking like a moving-pulley block The weight hangs from a rope that goes up and over a pulley and back down to the window frame to aid in lifting and holding the window in an open position… Still a lot easier then picking the window up with a 6 foot long stick with you on one end and the window on the other, NOT using a fulcrum point lol … ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000/43 "2023-08-10T21:11:43Z")
I risk beating a dead horse w/this post, but Ray’s most recent newspaper column addresses yet another power window failure, his guess for the cause: _"I believe the problem is in the master window switch, which is on the driver’s armrest._ _There’s obviously power getting to it, since it works the other windows. But that one switch – for the front passenger window – has failed. Probably when you spilled a quart of Kombucha on it. It could be a broken wire to the passenger window, too, but that’s easy to test: You disconnect the old window switch, plug in the new one and try it before you put everything back together._ _If it works, you’re all set – you needed a new switch. If it still doesn’t work, then you have a wiring problem and you’ll have to track it down."_ One thing is certain, folks with manual crank windows will never have to track down a power-window wiring problem or replace a window switch. That’s why you see the manual crank window folks drinking latte’s, sitting on a nice comfy coffee cafe chair, instead of on their hands and knees besides their car in the driveway with a multimeter hanging from their teeth! … lol. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000/44 "2023-08-10T21:41:02Z")
A power window repair every 5 to 10 years would be a real hardship. The letter to Ray stated the failure began in 2015, is this the only failure in 8 years? My son replaced the window regulators in his Pontiac by himself, he is not a mechanic. I paid $1500 for that car 7 years ago, hoping to get our money’s worth out of the car. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000/45 "2023-08-10T22:22:46Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > or replace a window switch. I’ve replaced a lot of different window switches over the years and a lot of them could be replaced in a couple of minutes, others the door panel comes off for access to the switch… So sometimes they are easy… ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000/46 "2023-08-10T23:39:33Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > That’s why you see the manual crank window folks drinking latte’s, sitting on a nice comfy coffee cafe chair I just can’t picture you paying several dollars to drink a latte at a coffee shop 🤣 You seem like the kind of guy who wouldn’t justify something like that, choosing instead to brew your Folger’s or Maxwell House at home every morning ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000/47 "2023-08-10T23:46:47Z")
George samples coffee from the muffler shops. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000/48 "2023-08-10T23:47:23Z")
lol … I used to buy a lot of coffee at Starbucks when they first started b/c it tasted so good, better than home brew. But later on I thought their flavor had gone from super-excellent to just pretty good, and my home brew was nearly as good. So yes, you are right. Funny story, I got asked to leave a local coffee shop a few years ago b/c I brought in my own coffee from home, only wanted a pastry … lol … > [@Nevada\_545](#): > > George samples coffee from the muffler shops. Sometimes a local dealership will offer up a cup of coffee during one of my walk-a-bouts, but I always refuse since I’m not planning to be a customer. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000/49 "2023-08-10T23:50:08Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > Maxwell House If it aint MAXWELL HOUSE it aint coffee. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000/50 "2023-08-11T01:11:08Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > I got asked to leave a local coffee shop a few years ago I can see that… lol > [@Renegade](#): > > If it aint MAXWELL HOUSE it aint coffee _ **Good to the last drop** _ 😆 ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000/51 "2023-08-11T20:51:14Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > I can see [why you’d get asked to leave a coffee shop if you bring in your own coffee]… lol True enough. I have no complaints, and continue to patronize the coffee shop for a variety of snacks. I just leave my coffee outside … lol … [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-explorer-rear-door-power-window-questions/192000.md?page=2)