davidw99

So, when you remove the glovebox door as per instructions above, the whole glovebox comes out?

I ended up taking it to my favorite repair place. It looked more complicated than I wanted to do. My mechanic had no trouble swapping the switches out. $103 labor. The switch cost $138 at Ford. So $241 total.

I'm having the same problem on the rear door panel. When the dealer replaced the front switch the door window was taken out. I'm guessing that the window motor is connected to the window mechanism and that is what is holding the panel in place. It's getting dark out so I'll try to get the panel off tomorrow. The first thing I'll try is to remove the white plastic window motor thing in the middle of the picture above. I'll post if I learn anything helpful.

It's a shame so many people are having the same problem as I did. Clearly there's an issue with the design of the switch. No amount of spraying contact cleaner or WD-40 into my switch did anything to help it so the only solution was to have it replaced. I bought the part from Ford and had a buddy of mine install it (He's a Ford tech).

 

Hopefully the replacement lasts a bit longer than the original.

 

Best of luck to those currently having issues.

Hi,

Can you give us the part number? Also, do you know if the swirch is the same for all doors?

Thanks.