THE DREAM IN ACTION

Everyone needs a Mr. Fix-it, fortunately mine is my father-in-law, H. He takes on the weird tasks like cutting apart an old basketball hoop pole, and small car fixes, inside and out…both of which we did Friday night.

This was job #2 to cut up the basketball hoop pole so that we could hide it in the trash so it would be taken away…sneaky…I was the helper on this job but the pics turned out pretty sweet.

The main job was to fix the jump in my Nissan Pathfinders passenger window. My car got broken into months ago and ever since when you roll the window all the way up, you have to hold the auto-up button for a 30+ seconds to keep it up, otherwise it would jump back down 1/3 of the way. Apparently it’s a safety feature gone bad. We couldn’t find the fix anywhere until this post (http://jensbits.com) which I’ll just re-explain here.

The auto windows on both sides make it “pretty classy” but this little glitch was driving me nuts. Here’s what you do to fix it.

The issue

The window basically doesn’t know it’s up. Like I said, it happened to me when my car got broken into and they broke the passengers window with a rock (those dick bags). It activates some safety mechanism to pull the window back down. This feature wouldn’t come in handy in 6th grade when I got by fingers caught in the window of my parents friends Volvo, then she turned the car off and I was screaming…this prevents that.

The fix

Get a tool, like a flat head screw driver to pry off the armrest on the passenger side door. You think it’s going to break but it will pop off. It’s probably best to loosen it around each edge then one will lead and go from there. Make sure to leave all wire plugged into both the door and the arm rest.

Down in the arm rest there is a little reset button. You may not be able to reach it so get that screw driver you used to pry the armrest off and hold that reset button down. As you’re holding execute these steps:

1. Window in up position

2. Roll window down (all the way) but don’t use the auto feature

3. Release reset button

4. Roll window all the way up w/o the auto feature

5. Use the auto feature and it should work! It was literally that easy for me.

Also, Jen from Jensbits found this little manually that is awesome (Haynes manual for 1996-2004 Pathfinders).

It was a really fun, not tech project but it’s this kind of around the house maintenance stuff that makes you feel like a useful male :)

Then we cut up a basketball hoop pole…I was the assistance on this job but the pics turned out pretty sweet.