XJ Power windows

Dave, I posted a similar message last month regarding my '98 XJ. The most common reply was that the wires are routed beneath the driver's carpet and become disintegrated, so need to be spliced. I pulled the carpet back, to find that on my car, there were no wires in the floor well. They run behind the dashboard on my model.

Still, the advice that I should suspect failed wires was on-track, because I found that when I (removed the driver's door panel and) flexed the wires where they are fed into the door sheet metal, the other switches got power, so the wire is broken. I had already had the same problem with the driver's door speaker wire and had replaced that wire loom. Good luck.

Jim '98 XJ

Check the child safety switch on the drivers door.

Dave, I located the problem about the night before I headed West for a hunting trip, so I figured on hitting the U-Wrench-It lot when I returned. I have not done anything more, yet. I had suspected the switch, originally and had asked the group about which wires I might jump to bypass the Lock-Out. No one gave a straight reply, but a post in reply to your question says that you could bypass the Ground (Black?).

Please reply or e-maill if you don't have any manual and I can check the detail or on Monday can send a scan from my Haynes manual. Perhaps a better electrician than myself will post more expert information.

Please let me know your outcome - and I'll do the same.

Jim