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Originally Posted by harborman
I was curious why these switches failed, kind of unusual. At least in the ones I have; it was that contact. If I pushed hard it would make connection so something was causing this. Upon examination with a magnifying glass I could see what was holding it. I also used cleaner and some fine paper to clean them a bit. Anyway I salvaged two switches.
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In retrospect, I would do what you suggested. My sunroof switch left the roof opened and I could not close it. At the time, I posted it on Rennlist but no one pointed out what you did. Then my window switch did the same but in a reversed way, had a hard time opening. I just changed the switches in all three times. I now did a search on Rennlist and apparently someone found the cause just like you did.
http://members.rennlist.com/v1uhoh/windowSW.htm The contact is worn beyond the toggling range of the switch hence no contact. I wonder if soldering to create a thicker contact patch will be a better fix. I am sure my driver's window will fail one day and I will try fixing it then.
Thanks for the tips.