Doing This Will Make Your Power Windows Last Forever
Doing This Will Make Your Power Windows Last Forever, DIY life hacks and car repair with Scotty Kilmer. Car life hacks. How to make power windows last forever. How to make your car run better. How to keep car windows running forever. Car hacks that will save you thousands in car repairs. Maintenance tips that will to make your car windows run as long as possible. Make your car windows last forever. Car maintenance tips. Car Advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 51 years.
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Heya Scotty from down Under in kangaroo land!! I've found a 2012 Lexus GS 350 F sport only 18,000kms one owner!! And it's cheap! Do you recommend? Thank you Scotty it's going price is $35,000 AUD 😘
Silicone spray, POOP! I knew I was forgetting something!!!
Scotty...most people don't have that #2 tool in their bag! Lmao. Love your videos. Wish I had your energy
some silicone spray melt plastic
I had the same "window is not working" problem. Also the same exact window, the back driver side window. I slammed the back door while holding the power window button as you demonstrated. It works! I haven't been able to use that window for 2+ years, and now i can! Thanks Scotty!
Hey - I can't wait to try that, as my back passenger side window doesn't work from the front button, but it works on the back button! 🧐
@@ShellyBomb Then it’s most likely likelier switch and not motor
I had this exact problem with my Toyota Avalon. The right front door window wouldn't go down when I tried to activate it from the driver's side control. It was stuck. I did what Scotty advised and it worked! Thank you Scotty!
Thank you Mr. Kilmer for this and all the other videos you make! I had an 2002 infiniti g35 that power window went out 2 mos. after the warranty expired. $500 bill at the dealer, and when I asked how many of these get replaced to the mechanic he said "a lot". I asked if there was anything that could be done to prevent, he said "no". Life lesson learned years pre youtube explosion. You would want a world filled with honest repair men and women, but at least with this video channel we get a chance to learn from some of the very best!
I could spend 6 months of quarantine watching your videos Scotty!! A-grade entertainment, regardless of all the knowledge you're imparting!!
I agree with you 100%! I have absolutely no interest in car maintenance so I’m not sure why this video was recommended for me but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I checked to see how many subscribers he has and wasn’t at all surprised to see it’s not far short of 5 million, plus one more now!
@@Shybairnsgetnowt1 with the cars that I see on the road, Scotty should have around 92M subscribers, in hopes that they would extract their head from a darkened bodily cavity and maintain their cars as if they truly cared!
Also, works for the sunroof. Spray it on the rails and anywhere there is contact.
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What about spraying the silicone spray on the rubber on the sunroof will it help to preserve that too?
That's what Armando was saying. Silicone spray is a good conditioner for any door seal
Scotty truly loves helping people. I love his enthusiasm. Thank you Scotty.
Awesome Scotty thank you. As a single woman now that my husband has passed. I have to do everything to keep my car going! In 18 years he taught me a lot! But I am gonna try the silicone to keep windows going. Our garage looks like yours! He has a can of everything!!!! Thanks again! You are a wealth of information!!
Hope you are doing ok.
Our condolences and best wishes - 18 years is a lot to be proud of.
I love how you create such excitement about what you talk ! it is uplifting !!
Another good use for silicon spray is for the door seals. Here in Missouri during winter, moisture will freeze the door shut. Keeping the rubber sprayed will keep that from happening.
I cannot "like" this comment enough! I do the same thing in CT.
Here in the south I would spray it in my vents if Scotty told me it would make my AC colder
Great tip - thank you! Unsticking doors over and over eventually pulls the weather stripping apart, as you well know.
Yep, my doors stick all the time in winter here. It sucks, almost broke my door handles a few times, pulling on the door to get it open. I live in St.Charles, Mo. Right next to St.Louis. Go Blues !!!!
Silicon spray is to rubber what Scotty is to japanese cars.
Been doin auto glass for almost 40 years .Man don't lie.
What do you mean?
BNZ he’s saying scotty doesn’t lie
Yeah but Did you ever tell a customer Not to spill beer on their switches.?? 😂😂😂 Scotty Does. LOL 😂😂
51 > 40
Scotty, your videos are consistently easy to watch, informative and even entertaining. The vast majority of people making videos on youtube have no idea how to accomplish this. You should make a 3 minute video on....how to make a video.
Those John Lennon glasses definitely are Scotty's trademark.
that and pooing in from the side
Scotty has manual windows on the celica to make it beer-proof while driving.
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You know you’re in Texas when your mechanic tells you to not spill beer in your car.
Yes, yes... Just few years ago beer was consoderer baverage drinck in Russia.
Maybe he meant root beer... * shrug *
Yup! When you drink and drive, make sure to keep your beer in your right hand, away from the electric window switches. LOL!!!!!!
hahhahahah
@@michaelstansfield319 Yeah, don't want to hit a bump and spill your beer.
You're the best mechanic on KZhead! Thank you for all you do!👍
I tried this on my 94' Celica which has power windows and it really works! Great information! Thank you Scotty!
Thanks Scotty! You've made me paranoid about everything in my car...
Oh dear you must drive an old 3cyl, turbo, nitrous, bmw amg rover 200 with electric everything. Lol sorry couldn't help myself
@@adamstilldrives Probably approaching 250,000 miles, LOL.
I should've bought a 1994 Toyota Celica...
Lol
Empowerment scares some individuals
Great advice, Scotty. I use silicone spray on the window run channels once a year. Every couple of years or so I pull the door panels and lube the regulators. I see window regulator failures on customer cars all the time.
I never understand why some people give You a 'thumbs down'. You're doing it great. Thanks from Holland.
They are mechanics, Scotty is saving folks serious green
To try preventing KZhead unwanted feed maybe?
They own Mercedes
Because people love to tear people down
Because they drink beers while driving lol
Scotty... You are a great man..Thanks for all the help you give..God blessings always.
Good to know about the silicone spray. Thank you for the advice Scotty! I'll do that on the family fleet.
Scotty I went out and bought WD40 silicone spray after seeing you video. My God! I think im becoming a Scotty Kilmer groupie!
Phix what's a trigger group?
Haha,ordered mine right away after one of his other videos :-)
Scotty your a trip but definitely on point. Lol just get a brick il fix that window
Were can I get it from and how much is it
@@krissiebrown2600 Google it
Wish you lived down the road from me! I sooo appreciate your honest approach to car repairs...you’ve given so much valuable information. TY!
THANK YOU Scotty for sharing your 50 years of knowledge on auto maintenance!
I've been maintaining and repairing my cars etc for 57 years. One of my older cars (one of many I have) is a 1990 TWR Jaguar XJS 3.6 manual in mint condition with only 41k miles on the clock. I've owned this one for 8 years and the passenger side window has always been stuck closed. I could tell it was getting power as there was a small dip in the brightness of lights when the switch was pressed but it would never move. Then I watched this and went straight out to try the door-slam trick. I opened the door. pressed the switch and firmly closed the door. Nothing. I did it again. Nothing. I did it again and down came the window!! Thanks a whole lot, Scotty. Just shows your're never to old to learn!! If I ever meet you I will buy you a beer or ten!!
This really worked. I had a really slow driver side window. Gave it a decent sized spray and now it works great. I'd been putting it off for a couple years. Scotty's video made me finally do it.
After years of frustration I tried this once on an 03 Jetta and it worked the first time. You rock!
My Ford Exposition did that to me driver side, did this until I couldn’t get it to work, then bye bye 👍🏾
Thank you, Scotty I just bought an 03 Corolla with what I thought was broken window motor. I did the slam trick that you showed, and it worked like a charm! YOURE THE MAN
Eventually that will quit working.
Did you apply the Silicone spray?
@@laragreene8328, but
@@jaythambiran2114 BUT DUMMIES DO IT UNTIL IT QUITS LOL THEN THEY HAVE TO FIX IT FOR REAL!
Don’t spill your beer on the window switches....great one Scotty...hahahaha! You da man!
JDog Night That’s nothing! My wife once spilled coffee into her Saab’s floor-mounted ignition switch!
Vodka evaporates quickly...
Spilling beer on the car door means you have police lights in the rear view and have big problems.
In Texas you used to measure distance in beers 🍻
you are only suppose to spill beer in the vents of your guitar amp.
Mr.Kilmer, again, you're the best! I've learned so much from you & applied all of it already. God bless you. & God keep the trouble away from you & your family!!
I just tried what you said on my Ford F 150 and ,BOOM! OMG it works!
just fixed my window with your advice, thank you my good man, much appreciated
I was having difficulties closing my windows. Tried the silicone spray method and it worked out great. Thank you Scotty.
The usual mixture of good advice, sprinkled in with some myths. Unless it's a really old vehicle, there are several protections against burning up the motor by holding down the switch, Usually one or both are used. When the window hits the stops at the bottom, or seats into the frame (or stops at the top for a frameless window), the added current trips a self resetting fuse. Some systems will monitor the motor RPM and if it drops to zero, will break the circuit. The obvious tell that this is how many work is when you have a binding window and it goes up a little way and stops and the switch has to be repeatedly pressed and released to fully close the window. (I'm sure you've seen this) I can't imagine how many motors would be damaged if these protections weren't commonplace. With all that said, fuses can fail too and sh*t happens, so I'll grant you that it makes no sense to hold these buttons down once their task is complete.
Hate those rip-off dudes. You're the mechanic we all need in our neighborhood. Thanks for all the info. You are the "Car Guy's " of KZhead. !!!!
Perfect. I am going to try this on my Windows to keep it scrolling up and down smoothly. Thanks.
Scotty, you are a God send my friend. Thank you for sharing this information!
thanks Scotty you ALWAYS give us videos that make sense and valuable, thanks so much
Thanks Scotty! This Fix Saved my sticking driver side window. Keep up the Great Tips! I love your channel, You've taught me A Lot!
Thanks for the tips Scotty! I actually had a switch go bad in the rear and had to short the power and ground then ground to neutral to get it to roll up lol. Cars are a pain in the butt though your videos have helped tremendously to simplify and isolate problems and minimize wear and tear!
Hand cranks for the side/drivers window and front vent windows those were the days.
True!!!... trouble free!!!!!
"Front vent windows"? That brings back childhood memories of my Dad's English Vauxhall Viva. That was as basic a car as you could get. No AC. No power windows. No power steering. Just pure car.
@Ken Lompart And the Bee/hornet scooper!
Yup. When I had to buy a new car in 2013 (my KIA Rio was close to its end, adfter 170K of hard communter striving), I looked for one without power windows or locks. I admit, I found one, but it was otherwise not a great car. So, now I have a Honda Fit (base). And yup, I've had power window problems. Thank you, Scotty, for some ideas. But, could you tell me why I hear a "squeal" in vicinity of door/window controls when I turn engine off?
It's 2020 why haven't the engineers developed a manual override for when the motor fails. For some of us that would be while it is raining. 😕
I've never been so engaged to watch a video about power windows. Good job man
Scotty you are an automobile guru! Thank you for your knowledge! You are the man!
Your door slamming technique worked like a charm. Thank you for saving me considerable time and money.
My 1996 accord had window reg assembly changed with after market when the car was about 7 years old, still working fine with the after market part.
I guess I better start applying the window lock for my dog, because when the window's open, she constantly the pushes button while riding in the car, because she's knows how it works, and I didn't realize it could mess up the motor.
Litigious Society My pug fell out of my car b/c she was leaning on the pw switch on a 2012 Range Rover. The pw lockout was faulty - lucked out in that she wasn’t run over by following traffic as she was stunned from the fall... drove straight to the veterinarian and was very lucky - learned to keep her and my 3 other dogs in the rear cargo area behind the dog barrier that I’ve installed in each vehicle
Range Rover Theres your problem right there
dawicked69 😂
Range Rover is an ugly sub
Thanks Scotty! This worked perfectly.
Wow! Great tips! I love the video! Thank you so much for making this! 🙏🏼
I got this issue on my Camry and I fixed right now thank you Scotty
Thanks so much scotty my windows was giving me this very problem ❤
Hey I tried the holding the power window buttons down while closing the doors. It worked! This was also on a 89 E30 and now all of my power windows work! Thanks Scotty!
Thanks Scotty, I have a passenger door window that's stuck for years, and wow giving it a little slamming brought it back to life!
Scotty, you are a treasure. Keep it coming, Buddy.
Never slam shut your doors with the windows halfway, my window regulator's aluminum cast broke as a result of the glass momentum. Either windows fully close or fully opened when shutting the doors.
!that of thought haven't I
Been doing it for years & not a single problem so far 🤷♂️unless ofcourse our 2005 Toyota Corolla, but that was a cheap car & the power windows were notorious for going out in that generation.
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THANK YOU!
That is the regulator fault...not motor
Thank you very much, Scotty! Did this same thing to my car - it fixed the issue! Can not express enough how grateful I am for your knowledge and help! Saved me lots of time and money!
I would love to sped all day in a garage with you Scotty. You are the best and simple explanation for everything.Well done mate.
Here's one more: 2 of the windows in my 2007 Nissan Murano stopped working within a few weeks of each other when the weather was hot. My air conditioner was also broken. I suspect snow fell in the window switch when I rolled the window down that winter. After thinking about the possible causes for weeks (and looking at the prices for replacement assemblies online), I took the switches out, took them apart, and looked at the contacts. They had black deposits on them from years of overuse, so I sprayed some De-oxit contact cleaner on it and rubbed the black stuff off. Worked like a charm.
Thank you Scotty, my Subaru windows have been going up and down so slow for years!
Did spraying them with silicone wd40 work?
@@1lifeonearth I have not tried yet
You might also want to try spraying the cable where it goes into the drum assembly (or the cable housing that leads into the drum assembly). If they're really old, the cable could be binding up on a dry housing, and some silicone or lithium might get them lubed up and working better.
everything in a subaru is slow...lol
@@MichaelDavis-cy4ok thank you very much!
Thanks Scotty, I now know what to look for because I have this problem with my Chevy 2006 Silverado 1500. My lights turn dim when I roll down my windows and there's a weird whistling sound at the front end somewhere's. I can fix those things you mentioned and being aware of my vehicle will encourage me to learn proper maintenance.
Sound advice - thanks for posting ! 😊
love the videos Scotty. I fixed my power windows with LPS 1 spray. I think my better half spilled a coffee in the master window control last year. LPS 1 is a greaseless lubricant, repels water, cleans and restores electrical boards. Just take the controller apart as much as your comfortable and spray away inside it. I then blow it out with air very well. I have fixed 2 very expensive electronic parts with it. 2 for 2. Use at your own risk though, I am no expert, but it worked great for me. This would be a good product to feature!
De-Oxit spray is also useful in cleaning the gunked up switches in these situations.
Slamming the door while pushing the power window button really works on my car. Thanks Scotty!
Thanks Scotty. Silicone in the window tract worked great!
Scotty you are a great man . You have saved our lives. God bless you 🙏 and your family.
One of my favourite KZhead channels, by far. Eccentric, funny and brilliant. A recipe for entertainment (and educational) success.
Thnx Scotty.... your a life saver!!! 🙏🙏
*you're
Bless you Scotty! Tx for sooooo many good tips!
I am learning a lot from your tips Scotty, keep it up!
Thanks Scotty . I think you're a nut. My kind of person. Always find your videos very helpful. Lots really common sense after I see them . Thanks again
Keep STICKY STUFF AWAY TRUE STORY AND (BEER)YES NO BEER LOL LOVE IT
Thank you for sharing this great info Scotty! Your awesome! 👍😃
Speechless! I have no words 🔥💯💪🏽👌🏽
You're saving the life of my car with this one. Love watching your videos and thanks for the awesome content Savagescotty!
Some years back I had a power window motor lacking lubrication stop working.Simply taking the motor apart (not easy as the shaft was stuck in place) and greasing the motor shaft where the bushing slides on was all it needed to work as good as new. Sometimes the factory does not use as much grease as needed (maybe none) and parts can stick over time.
You like shafts?🤔
PERFECT ❤EXPLANATION ❤ Greetings from Maastricht NL
You are the best! Love your videos. They are very informative.
Excellent, thanks, Scotty. You are a walking encyclopedia on car fixes and maintenance!
apparently he's been a mechanic for 51 years lol
Rev up your power windows!
Not for too long or youll mess up the motor
😂😂
*My 2013 Ford Edge Limited AWD only had an automatic window for the driver's side. The other windows were regular power windows. So I removed the master switch assembly on the driver's door and replaced it with one from a 2013 Lincoln MKX, replaced the regular switch on the passenger side with an automatic switch, changed out the passenger window motor, purchased the proper wiring harnesses, ran a single additional wire from the driver's door to the passenger door for master control of the automatic passenger window, and connected all the proper wiring in both doors. Now I have automatic windows on the driver's side and the passenger side. It was fun.*
Thank you. Your advice has helped me tremendously.
I live in my van and have window issues. I wish I could have watched this video a year ago.
Great vid. I had to replace the whole switch from the junkyard!! 👍👍💯💯✔✔
Mwink Gordon A whole lot cheaper !
Scott you the man. I had my power window. Stuck and wasn't going down till I seen your video. And to press the button slam the door . God it worked. Ty Richard from N.Y.C. I watch all your videos!
This fixed my Mitsubishi L200 - 00 right up. Thanks a lot Scotty!
If your lights are "weak" at night. Make sure that they are not just getting old. I thought for sure I was losing my ability to see until I replaced my head lamps. They dimmed so slowly over the years my mind did not catch it.
5:50 Don’t Drink and Drive cause you might spill beer on your window switch. Gotcha! Love your videos, keep up the good work!
this tip worked like a charm!! My driver side window was having trouble rolling up/down smoothly. tried the silicone spray...after a few hrs works PERFECTLY. thanks scotty!!
Great advice. The Honda window motors I've worked on seemed to have limit switches turning the power off in up and down positions.
Thank you Scotty! You made me realise my switches were dodgy because water got in to it, sprayed in some normal WD-40 to the switch unit, cleared any moisture out, now working perfectly normal and auto. (The switches had been confused and about whether to go up or down so they must have been shorting from the water or something) Now I don't have to order a new switch unit :D
Wow, this really helped with my Honda CR-V passenger power window wasn’t going up and down.
Run a paper tower across your wiper blades sometime. Silicone your door gaskets. The crud factor is strong...
Thank you. Keep up the great advice.
I have power window on my 94 Celica ST. Great video Scotty!
I've been watching Scotty long enough to have already seen this video by him years ago. Been using that WD40 on my windows since.
...omgosh I want my old roll up windows back!
Very helpful Thanks!
Scotty i love you! !! Just fixed my back window and now it works again with the door trick!!
I also made sure that the plastic seals weren't stuck on the window as much as i could, slightly pushing window in and out to allow more movement. Then it finally came down
Getting Roll Up Windows are the answer to power glass.... Power windows are the dark sister to an automatic transmission. GEG
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Gardener Earth Guy yeah I wish I had the old manual window letter upper I miss em never had any problems with those
I honestly prefer the manual windows too
Also the regulator, switches, motor, sound dampening foam etc modern doors are so thick, I miss doors on 80s and early 90s Honda's and toyotas
And where do i find ANY newer vehicles that have wind up windows?
You have a great "live free or die" sign. The only way to live. Scotty is the real deal
if you are in the US and think you are "free", you are delusional
@@yarpos if you live in any country thinking you are free you are delusional.
Scotty, you're the man!