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  1. lotsie

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    #7 lotsie, Nov 12, 2012
    Oh, that's what it's called. I have been doing that for almost 10 years, just called it whacking the door:Thumbsup:
     
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    #8 ScottinBend, Nov 13, 2012
    Funny Canucks!!
     
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    #2 miniconcarne, Nov 12, 2012
    Still working for me, 2003 S going on four years. Only happens to me when temps are high and the sun is beating down on the driver's door.
     
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    #3 KittyMini, Nov 12, 2012
    May I ask...

    WTF is the Fonzi mod? :confused5:
     
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    #4 lotsie, Nov 12, 2012
    Ditto
     
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    #5 Crashton, Nov 12, 2012
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    Smacking the door about where the speaker is to make a dead window motor live again. Ay!

    Fonzi mod, gotta love it. :Thumbsup:
     
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    #6 KittyMini, Nov 12, 2012
    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

    Great name for that... carry on :Thumbsup:
     
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    #9 gptoyz, Nov 14, 2012
    lol crazy that it works right?!?!?
     
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    #10 mrntd, Dec 28, 2012
    What about when the window doesn't go back up the little bit after the door is closed?
     
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    #11 Minidave, Dec 28, 2012
    What cause the problem in the first place is the armature in the motor is stuck, when you bang the door like that it jostles the armature and the motor starts working again....not too complicated.

    These are DC motors with brushes, what causes the armature to sitck is dust from wear on the brushes. Banging on the door causes the armature to break loose again so it can turn. The only real fix is to either periodically clean the dust out of the motor, or replace it.

    It's the same issue with the first gen power steering pump motors......