Jacking Up Car - Diaster

[joshua6060]

Maxferran, No I did not leave the key in the ignition.

PS. I see that you are in Mandeville, I'm in NOLA

[CJ_Boxster]

THis is easy... You microswitch on the door latch (the part that locks onto the body) is malfunctioning, I bet with your door open, you lift your door handle on the outside, the window will drop and then raise up quickly after you let go of it. Ifs thats the case then its a microswitch.

In the meantime before you have a chance to repair it, You can lower your window a little bit before closing the door, then once closed, roll your window up.


You can also try slapping with an open palm, the latch mechanizim on the door. sometimes if its loose wiring it'll get the window to drop the 1/4 inch before you close the door.

[joshua6060]

CJ, how do I identify this switch?

I hope you are right, and this is all it is.......

[blueillusion97]

There is another possible solution that i found, assuming micros switch is not a problem you can try this maybe it will help.....with the top up close the door with lowered window then put it up and keep holding the switch in up position for about 5 seconds more. I will try to find some more info about that mirco switch, but mean while i would be very carefull closing the door if the glass is touching the top, you wouldnt want it to break.

[Benny986]

have you tried to put the top down/up...

open the top, then make sure doors are closed, with the windows either up or down. then close the top. have someone look from the outside, if everything closes properly, then you are prob just fine.

[joshua6060]

i have put the top up and back down and it appears to be working properly, however i'm still having the same issue,

also, can anyone tell me how to identify the micro switch that might be causing this? and how would i know if its broken or not.......

for now i have been dropping the window a little before trying to close the door.....

[Bobiam]

That microswitch just may be at fault, but the coincidence of this happening at this time is what bothers me. I just hope it's the mircoswitch rather than door alignment.

BUT, I am not totally in agreement with the provided alternate jacking instructions and would like to add comments about that.

First, that hockey puck is concentrating the lift over just a few inches. I took a 10--12 inch long piece of 4x4 lumber and used a circular saw to cut a channel down the center of its length. The channel cut should be approx 1/4" wide and NOT AS DEEP as the welded up piece that extends downward that you jack on...this allows all the lift to be supported by the bottom of the vertical welded piece along the entire length of the 4x4. Use this pressure distributing block as close to the front or rear as possible to avoid jacking the entire side of the car at once. I've just done a major project with this jacking setup and it works very well and easy.

Second, I would limit the jack stands height to just enough to remove the wheel/tire. Each extra inch that you jack the car using an alternate point (to accommodate your jack stand) requires a lot of extra force since car frame/body is being torqued and is resisting.

They put those installed jack points there for a good reason. The use of any alternate points is risky and I recommend that you heed what I've said above. I once learned this the hard way with a partially crushed underbody alternate jack point, but that was a different model sports car.

Bob