Strange window and alarm behavior

[gjansen]

I just found out the problem with the alarm doing the double beep all the time.

I have one of my convertible top motor cables disconnected while I wait for a new gear that drives the top. I just open and close it by hand.

Just tonight I put the top up, hand brake on, in park, and jogged the top switch. Sure enough, the dash top indicator light went off. No more beep beep when locking or unlocking the car.

There must be some point in the top transmission where it signals to shut the dash light off. It would make sense in that there are wires that go to the top transmission.

So my theory is if your top dash light stays on, and you know the latch switch above the rear view mirror is good, then it must be either the switch in the top transmission, or the top transmission isn't set in the right position- it needs to be jogged one way or another until the dash top light is timed right.

Back to my original problem of the windows dropping an inch then when you release the door handle, they pop back up. Only does it with the drivers door. Dome light and door lights come on when you open the driver's door. Open the passenger door, nothing happens. No window drop, no dome light. Must be the switch in the passenger door by the door handle.

Thoughts?

[tony_fury]

What does the passenger inside door handle do? Does it work normal?
You didn't say whether the inside worked or not..
Curious if it the inside handle does the same, if they both have the same symptoms.
If they both do the same, then its most likely the door mechanism switch as sb01box described..

[gjansen]

O.K. taking this problem further... Now that the top motor is synched and the top light goes off on the dash, things have changed.

Open the passenger door, and things work as they should! Same is true if opening from the inside or outside latch. OPen the door, light goes on, window drops and stays dropped an inch, close door and window bumps up. Only problem is the window regulator drops but you need to give the window glass a little nudge- it needs some lubrication somewhere. May just fix itself if I use it a bit now that it is working.

Drivers door:
OPen from the inside and window drops an inch. Let go of the latch and the window springs up. It doesn't wait for the door to close.

Same thing happens if you try from the outside latch.

???