It’s the operator that makes test lights awesome

I admire the fact that you will do whatever you can to make a repair. Most people would just get another switch.

No ....my 2005 Dakota is a "primitive system"...you grab the window handle and turn it to make it go up and down....the diag is easier though...

one day I decided to start looking for tutorials and learn theory and then try to understand the diag technique by just watching my Tenzing Norgay... thank you Ivan... really hope someday you can write me back to my mail... which it is in my youtube channel... knocking the door doesn't mean to go in... thank you ivan

It must be beyond satisfying to fix window problems like that. Well done Ivan. Thanks!

Ivan to the rescue again! Nice job! I love his laugh after he fixes the problem!

Some techs brains are wired in a unique way. Yours is one of them.

16:51 we've seen Ivan verify the test light so many times it can seem like a formality, but here's why it's important.

Test lights don’t lie, burn up circuit boards or blow fuses. Thanks Ivan!

Very good problem solving skills, and yes, test lights have their uses!

My crank windows hasn’t failed me in 24 years.

Ivan , you always go that extra mile in your diagnosis and especially with the repair..this is the old school approach and quite refreshing to see 👌😎

I love it. Actually FIXING things. I do this a lot with window switches or fuse boxes with internal on board relays.

Nice one Ivan. I used to struggle with electric window systems untill i started following a systematic process to figure out what was the issue, made my life a lot easier. You, Eric and a few others helped me a great deal with developing that. Thank you. On a side note, i have had a few "NPR" window problems that were caused by pin tension issues on the master switch, specifically on these systems where all the current runs through the switches, tighten the pins and car is fixed😊😊😊.

Yeah, I'm sure the shop owner is gonna replace that harness😂

Nice job to work on. No unnecessary modules for features that simply don't need them - just basic circuits. I miss car electrics of old!

Truly above and beyond Ivan - nice one!

Loved that bonus diag

Love your work with the test lights.

Thank you PHAD, appreciate your diagnostic work.

The Magic Man of Pine Hollow restores All!!! Great video!

Great diagnoses with the test light! very enjoyable video. Thanks

Top work as always Ivan 👍

I worked on the HG-HH Galants under warranty back in the late 80's early 90's. Great cars.

Great as always.

Nice work Yvan, I already had a multimeter and power probe etc but since I started watching your vid's I made sure I have several test lights !

great video Ivan......my VW golf had the same wiring problem in the loom coming from the door to the car.....we took it apart and sure enough 5 wires had either broken or the insulation had cracked open....it was a quick repair and we had a fair notion that the problem was there because the VW golf's were well known for it....thanks for sharing your videos with us Ivan....cheers

Got a TS101 soldering iron because I saw yours. It’s awesome.

Nice work As always Ivan. This old 05 2500 Cummins is starting to frustrate me again. There might be a reunion episode in the works. 😂😂👍👍🇺🇸

Yet another interesting video, great solution to wiring fsult finding. Never give up. Like your test lights method

If you understand what you are doing a humble test light is all you need .Excellent diagnosis!

Quite the hyper Ivan video today, think I pulled a neck muscle watching this one! 🤣🤣

Well done Ivan ! Another high speed knowledge dump for us on the go techs who love getting these dead horses revived!

Thanks for the video Ivan.

Dang Ivan, you got those 2 cars done in record time. GREAT VIDEO!

The Master flexes again.

Funny you mentioned Chrysler. When you found the broken wires I thought ohh, that looks exactly like the broken wires in my Jeep…. Good times….

Brilliant as usual.

Weird to see a Mitsubishi Galant not parked behind an IHOP at 3am.

Don’t have this application but fun to watch your work

Best way to desolder is to use solder wick covered with lots of flux.

Nice video Ivan.

Bought my daughter a used Mitsubishi Galant years ago after her car was totaled. Nice little car. She would never close the windows all the way and it would get water into the switches. I got tired of telling her and closing them and they started to fail. She traded it in for a new Nissan. lol

That was cool. if somebody looks up Mitsubishi Heavy Industries they'll be amazed at what a giant company it is. Aerospace, ship building, wind power, etc. Hard to believe a part of them also makes these wonderful vehicles.

Love the content

Great stuff.

By learning from your knowledge yesterday i fixed one nissan dualis aka qashqai ecm its small smd transistor was blown by other mechenic due to use of test light on every freakin wire😢..any how always good content and new to learn from you.cheers

Nice repair

I'm saving up for that Tornado, I have seen enough evidence from watching your videos to know that it's an amazing tool! If your ever in Ann Arbor, Mi. My shop is your shop. RHS Auto Diagnostics LLC.

Good Work!

It worked for 14 years, thats more than any stellantis module.

Solder wick and flux paste for in field will work for you. There are PACE systems for desolder in field and bench work you can still get parts.

10:30 Craftsman tool box for the win!!!

I agree, test lights are awesome. Too many folk rely on a multimeter to check for useful power. You can get false positives through resistance, but not capable of conducting power. Meters are good for spot voltage checks, like alternator output and sensor supplies (5v) etc.

hey Yvan, your thumb nail is comming back slowly 😉

YAY a drowned Mitsusonsabitchie this ought to be fun Ivan.....get er done

The chevy trailblazers are also known for shorting door harnesses

I own a 2011 Galant, one of my main purchasing points was due to the fact that it’s easily repairable with basic tools and electric knowledge because I was/am pretty stupid

Too much resistance in the motor? Heavy load. I would have checked for voltage at the motor before the cannon it. But I’m not there. Good job, Ivan!

One advantage to the can bus control modules way of wiring cars is that its cuts down on the number of wires running through the doors

My 2015 versa note with crank windows 💪

A friend of mine has one of those cars. She calls it her Mitsubishi Gallumff

Wow, funny how switches work lol. I'm going to work on Mustang replacing the motor as it failed. It's a real bitch to work on lol. At least I'm getting it done! Lol. Nice video Ivan! Great job!!

Hello to p.h.a.d , the joining of wire to wire with a low melting point metal and flux is known as soldering and not soddring.😅

Easy way to desolder PCB pins, While the solder is molten quickly tap the PCB on something solid, solder side down. the solder will fly off the pin.

17:25 cool customer! 🙂

welcome to -40 Canadian winter door problems since the 70's we had those same problems on the door harnesses on all makes of cars trucks

broken wires are a lot more common then you would expect. the reason is because the car manufacturers use the thinnest possible wire they can use and thin wires can become intermittent or open up over time. i have an old car and ive replaced at least 8 broken control wires where the breaks were all in the engine compartment. that there also tells you that temperature has a lot to do with thin wire failures

Hi Ivan, interested to know your thoughts on pico7 and why you still use pico6. Cheers and thanks for the awesome content

Thank you for the video my piss on it rain water got on the switch the window not want to work when it dried out the window works good again

My old 1983 Buick Century had the broken wires in the door jams on both front doors. I had to splice in multiple pieces of stranded wires. Fixed until car got hit while it was parked downtown Shitcago and totaled.

Great diagnostics, Ivan! Bad Mitsubishi design causes multiple wiring and switch problems (I hate working on doors). Keen eye, immediately spotting the "Check Engine Light" is off. Well done!

Howdy from Hawaii!

2005 Dodge Ram Quad cab rear door harness broke 4-7 wires on each side . Repaired first time and new harness for second time!

2 questions. Which soldering iron is that cause if you’re using it, it has to be a good one lol also could you ever make a video showing how you made all your various test lights especially with the stackable leads

Wtf who doesn’t even check fuses!?! Test lights are, in fact, awesome!

Toyota has a recall on master window switches. You inject some extremely expensive grease on the contacts of the switches with the AUTO function.

See that alot with gm truck door harnesses 2014 and up. A new harness is actually less money than 1 hour labor for most of them which is kinda surprising.

I had something very similar hapen on the tailgate of a 2001 Volvo V70 wagon. Wiring loom chafed thru where it passed from roof to tailgate. Symptoms: no wiper, no lock.

Your opinion which is better this old way or the new way with all the can and modules condrolling it

2nd thanks for the videos

malfunction at the junction , or what we have here is a failure to communicate , cool hand Luke movie ,

is the switch latching on an one touch auto roll down function? if so it's looking for a current spike from motor stalling at the end of movement. at 7:22 watching to see the outcome now. 🤔 ** ahh** the old broken wires at the door umbilical. lol. I repaired an late 1990's vw jetta with that issue, it was supposed to be here for brakes and it was going nuts when you opened/closed the drivers door, alarm, locks windows, speakers, etc. all the wires were stress fractured and bare, some broken in half and barely touching. that was not fun to repair without getting a new harness!

Need some diodes in your system to see if voltage flips. If you didn’t already. 👍

theree is a broken wire in the drivers door harness?

Back in the day auto makers didn't want people hearing relay's clicking on and off so they went to the complete the ground to help lessen the current load on the switch. With electricity, there is magic, math, and science, so the manufacturers had a better idea. They started using extra complicated computer technology with software, engineers, and people that think they are better than you design it all. I don't know if they solved the problem but made it much easier to fix. With modern door control modules and BCM's, they set codes that are pretty close to what is wrong. It's either an input or output and the computer knows if it's shorted to ground, positive, or to another wire which helps get to the problem faster.

What am I missing? The window on which the switch was working was left open when it rained.

Mitsubishi, the quintessential Japanese Chrysler product.

I had similar issues with my Grand Marquis. The Main Switch was bad.

I'd toss some solder wick in the tool box. You may not always need it but it's like $5 and beats the rare times of playing the heat and pry game.

nice power windows N0T computer controlled

Toyota had a recall for exactly this. The switches would get stuck and overheat to the point of melting the switch housing and door panel.

I checked out that battery booster/charger. It's $800 !! Please tell us they comped you!

The Russian repair. My favorite kind of solution in PHAD videos.

Had the same issue with my truck, left the windows open, took the switch apart lots of corrosion on the circuit board

I had a new 1989 LeSabre and never used the window switch. It still failed. I tried sanding the contacts and it worked fine for a month and quit again.

These repairs are the best bang for the buck. Alot of thinking, nobody likes it and not as dirty.

Should have seen Kia Spectra! Brand new vehicle had an extra hand made hole drilled in the door and nothing to protect the wiring. Not even tape to dull the edge. Looked like an afterthought.

Bin Laden looks happy at the end

You need a solder sucker, it heats and vacumns the solder no problems, much faster and efficient