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Old Jun 6, 2021 | 11:07 AM
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I recently recieved a 97 F150 4.6L
The passenger side window works fine but my driver side window does not.
I removed the door panel and used my test light to check for power on the back of the switch.
Had power on all wires, both up and down.
Then I checked for power on the wires coming from the motor on the right side and had power going up (can also hear the motor engage) but when I push down I have no power.

Any suggestions, sorry if this is posted somewhere else.
This will be my first post.

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Old Jun 7, 2021 | 06:25 AM
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My ‘97 had the same issue and I determined it to be a GEM issue.
Disconnect the two wires from the window motor and apply 12V & ground to them, then reverse the wires. Did the window go up/down? If so the motor is fine and the one touch down circuit is the issue. I chose the OTD work-around rather than replacing the GEM. Yeah I have to hold my finger on the down button but I’m fine with that.
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Old Aug 29, 2021 | 01:04 PM
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I can tired power to motor it worked up and down even tried the bypass with no luck. I already tried a used GEM, Interior fuse box, and switch even tried a new switch which worked passengers side window backwards. New motor and regulator already installed by a shop. tried 3 different used relay's. Please help
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Old Aug 29, 2021 | 02:16 PM
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If that doesn’t expand large enough to see it clearly PM me and I’ll email you the pdf.
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Old Aug 29, 2021 | 02:29 PM
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I tried bypassing the gem as described in the video even tried both tan with blue striped all it did was make the relay click no movement on the window
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Old Aug 29, 2021 | 02:34 PM
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I have switch with oem part number that came with my 97 F-150 I plan to purchase a new one seems rockauto sold me the wrong part. Switch currently installed is used after I rule that out I may say enough and buy new ac compressor which I could have saved a ton of money if I did that originally
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Old Aug 29, 2021 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by pegasus525
I tried bypassing the gem as described in the video even tried both tan with blue striped all it did was make the relay click no movement on the window
After the correct bypass the one-touch-down relay shouldn’t click. I don’t get a click out of mine.
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Old Aug 29, 2021 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ncranchero
After the correct bypass the one-touch-down relay shouldn’t click. I don’t get a click out of mine.
It's not the one touch relay that's clicking it's the accessories relay that goes with the dome light flickering. I pulled the one touch down relay to change it and it wasn't clicking
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Old Aug 29, 2021 | 05:31 PM
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I suspect that I have a ground problem somewhere. As the dome light works off a normally open switch for ground. I was an electrician for 20 year's so I understand the bypass better than most. But if it's a ground issue the bypass won't be useful
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Old Aug 29, 2021 | 05:42 PM
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If I put power to motor and get window down then hook it all back up the switch will roll window up but that's all
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