WTB: Master Power Window Switch

  • for a '97+ XJ. Like this:

    ~ JD
    * WARNING - The above post may contain trace elements of biting sarcasm. Those with known sensitivities should avoid staring directly at it.

  • The passenger side is technically the master control on an XJ. Although all of the main controls are on the driver side, If you have windows etc that won't go up and down and or door lock issues it is most often the passenger side switch. Just throwing that out there....

    2000 Sahara, All custom...
    2000 Cherokee Police package, Beater....


    I may be slowest and the stupidest


  • The passenger side is technically the master control on an XJ. Although all of the main controls are on the driver side, If you have windows etc that won't go up and down and or door lock issues it is most often the passenger side switch. Just throwing that out there....



    Wait, what? :shrug:

    ~ JD
    * WARNING - The above post may contain trace elements of biting sarcasm. Those with known sensitivities should avoid staring directly at it.



  • Wait, what? :shrug:


    Believe it or not, the passenger switch is the master module. I only discovered it by accident and then did some google searching to confirm it. My XJ's door locks would click on and off as you drove down the road and the windows on the passenger side would not go up and down. Turns out the passenger side runs it all. Here is a link.....


    http://www.4wdmechanix.com/How…k-Switch-Replacement.html

    2000 Sahara, All custom...
    2000 Cherokee Police package, Beater....


    I may be slowest and the stupidest

  • Believe it or not, the passenger switch is the master module. I only discovered it by accident and then did some google searching to confirm it. My XJ's door locks would click on and off as you drove down the road and the windows on the passenger side would not go up and down. Turns out the passenger side runs it all. Here is a link.....


    http://www.4wdmechanix.com/How…k-Switch-Replacement.html


    Interesting. I did not know that and never would have guessed.


    But in my case, it's the windows and not the locks that are the issue. The power windows only operate from the driver's switches - none of the individual door window switches work. So, in this case, I do believe the culprit is the driver's door switch module.

    ~ JD
    * WARNING - The above post may contain trace elements of biting sarcasm. Those with known sensitivities should avoid staring directly at it.

  • I think I'll swap the faulty one for the one in the trail rig. So what if my passenger has no control over their window? :innocent: I wheel it with the doors off half the time anyway.

    ~ JD
    * WARNING - The above post may contain trace elements of biting sarcasm. Those with known sensitivities should avoid staring directly at it.

  • Interesting. I did not know that and never would have guessed.


    But in my case, it's the windows and not the locks that are the issue. The power windows only operate from the driver's switches - none of the individual door window switches work. So, in this case, I do believe the culprit is the driver's door switch module.


    Just re read this post today and remembered I had this exact issue when I first got the XJ.


    I found a bypass trick for the window lock switch on the drivers side unit. I believe all I had to do was put a jumper on the two wires going to the window lock button. I believe one was brown and yellow iirc. I will try to find the write up and post a link.

  • Try these links, I just did the jumper idea and it has worked for a few years now with no issues so I never bothered fixing the switch. Hope it helps.
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