2000 power windows don't work.

[mjstef]

OK, Got to work on my daughters 2000 Explorer today. The windows and mirrors weren't working. Found 3 broken wires in the cannon plug. Pulled off the door in order to fix which made it easy. The 2 smaller wires were repairable. The thick blue with black stripe was pulled out of the plug and no way to splice so i ran a whole new wire into the dash splicing it there and behind the cannon plug. Put it all back together and now the mirrors work but not the windows yet. They do not work from ANY door switch. The relay for the power delay under the dash is good, All fuses are good. I'm thinking it might be the GEM module. Does anyone know how to bypass the GEM like in this F150 video?? Any other ideas??

 

[J_C]

The GEM is only involved in the driver's window for its One-Touch Down feature. Since they all don't work it is going to be something else common to all windows. Well that is not entire true, the GEM also activates the Battery Saver Relay which you could look into later, but for now consider that the video you linked was just specific to the driver's window which branches off to its own circuit.

You state the fuse (#4 in the under-hood power distribution box) is good? Which relay are you referring to as good, the Accessory Delay or the One-Touch Down relay? Are you getting 12V on the blue/black wire to the driver's master switch?

The Accessory Delay relay is activated by the Battery Saver Relay. Have you checked it yet?

At first I wondered if it was possible that the window lock switch on the driver's master panel was flipped to Off, but that does not appear to prevent the driver's window from working, just the others.

I've attached the wiring diagram, you can probe for 12V along the circuit using a multimeter, or with power off, probe for continuity or resistance for the wires and switches if the relays are all proven good.