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Back Glass Slider Upgrade - Requesting Wiring Help - 2017 XLT Super Crew

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Old Mar 15, 2022 | 09:43 PM
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Default Back Glass Slider Upgrade - Requesting Wiring Help - 2017 XLT Super Crew

I bought my truck used, and received it with a solid back glass, a single piece of glass. I recently broke that glass on accident and when I called safelite, they gave me the option to get one with a manual slider for the same price, so I went for it. Long story short, the glass with the power slider was the one installed. The glass defrost hookups were also installed by the safelite technician. So now what I need to do is mount the window motor to the back panel, and when I'm looking at where to mount it, there are perfectly placed holes where I can tell it belongs, so that should be easy, and I can just pick up regular nuts and bolts for that. The next part is the wiring harness. On the back of the motor there is a slot for a wiring harness and boom, on the back wall there is a matching plug right where it should be, and its just unused and taped to itself, put there by Ford. So I apparently already have wiring for this power sliding window, which is great! Now the problem is I have no switch that came with the truck that controls this window. I've triple checked the manuals and everything (might be kinda dumb but I'm not thaaaaaat dumb) and theres no switch currently. But I'm guessing that the wiring is in place and its ready to receive a switch but that's just a feature saved for higher level models, not my humble XLT. So the advice I seek, is from anyone here who can confirm my suspicion, or perhaps steer me in the right direction on how to add a switch and control the sliding window. If it's easier to simply run power to the battery and add a switch, fuse, etc. I'm totally down to do that too. Just would love some guidance from the community. I've installed a bunch of aftermarket lights with inside and out switches for off roading etc. and an aftermarket subwoofer myself, so I do have a little experience with basic wiring, but I'm pretty novice I'd say. Also, what kind of switch might control a mechanism like that?

I'll attach some photos below.

Exterior Back Glass With Powered Slider

Window Slider Motor with existing wiring harness.

Back Wall Exposed

XLT Overhead Console
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