# Power window wiring? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** ford, taurus\ **Created:** [September 30, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-window-wiring/108240 "2017-09-30T22:55:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-window-wiring/108240/1 "2017-09-30T22:55:53Z")
06 taurus 4 door i am getting a used door at junkyard tomorrow. i am going to use a cordless tool battery to hot wire the door so i can lower the glass and than use the jamb as a “sling” or lifting point. i am going to carry 2 doors. its the $50 special. i removed my current door panel to check out the wiring and there are 5 wires going to the rocker switch but only 2 wires go the door motor. i hooked up the wires and got the motor to go up/down by reversing the leads. why are there 5 wires in and only 2 out? its the pass front door. does the wire harness than send the feed down the line to the rear door? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-window-wiring/108240/2 "2017-09-30T23:04:08Z")
You are right, the window motor just has two leads, and the up/down determination is just the polarity. The rocker switch has both inputs and outputs, for inputs it has + and - going to it from the battery, and it switches those to the outputs, the two wires which go to the motor presumably, so that accounts for 4 of the 5 wires. The other wire might be for a control from the drivers side, ground, or maybe for a door lock function. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-window-wiring/108240/3 "2017-10-01T01:44:42Z")
Two wires from the master switch pass though the passenger switch to the motor so there are generally 4 wires connected to passenger switches, the other wire is for the window lock. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-window-wiring/108240/4 "2017-10-01T02:31:42Z")
My math was wrong. I was thinking 5 in and 2 out? But it’s 3 in and 2 out. There is a 2nd harness with 2nd plug for door lock. Both wire bundles were tapped together.