Rear passenger side window has stopped working properly. When I try
to roll it down it goes about half way then stops. If I push it down
of pull it up it will go down or up depending on the direction of the
switch. When it gets all the way down or all the way up and if the
switch is still engaged there's a clicking sound which ends when I let
up on the switch.

It's not a switch problem. The crew cabs has two switches for each
window, one on the driver's door and one on each door too. I get the
same results with either switch.

Can anyone tell me how to address this problem. I don't mind taking
off the door panel if I need to. Also, what's the clicking sound. It
sounds like a relay or something.

I read some archives and something called a regulator is mentioned in
association with the clicking sound. But I could not find a post
which directly ascribed the clicking to the regulator. What's a
regulator and what does it do?

Thanks, as always.

the 'regulator' is the device that translates the motor's rotary motion to
the up-and-down action of the window

it uses a perforated plastic 'belt'

chances are the belt is stripped out between the holes at some point

it's time-consuming, close-quarters work to get the regulaotr out, and
there's a good chance of pinched fingers and if you don't take proper
precautions, the window can drop down and either injure you or break itself

I've done a couple of them............. and if it was mine, I'd take it to a
good body shop and pay them to fix it, the next time


"David W. Walters" <longfisher@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Rear passenger side window has stopped working properly. When I try
> to roll it down it goes about half way then stops. If I push it down
> of pull it up it will go down or up depending on the direction of the
> switch. When it gets all the way down or all the way up and if the
> switch is still engaged there's a clicking sound which ends when I let
> up on the switch.
>
> It's not a switch problem. The crew cabs has two switches for each
> window, one on the driver's door and one on each door too. I get the
> same results with either switch.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to address this problem. I don't mind taking
> off the door panel if I need to. Also, what's the clicking sound. It
> sounds like a relay or something.
>
> I read some archives and something called a regulator is mentioned in
> association with the clicking sound. But I could not find a post
> which directly ascribed the clicking to the regulator. What's a
> regulator and what does it do?
>
> Thanks, as always.