Are you tired of putting the key into the ignition and turning it to the accessory position everytime you want to operate the power windows? Here is how you can eliminate this annoying problem. This will work on 2000-2001 Maximas and I believe it should work on previous ones.

1. Remove the panel directly under the steering wheel by removing the 2 screws at the bottom left and right sides of the panel and then pulling the top of the panel out. The top is held in by 3 clips.
2. Directly to the right of the fuse box you will see an elongated blue relay. This relay supplies power to the windows and the sunroof. Remove this relay.
3. Look at the female connection to this relay. There are 4 terminals. The top 2 terminals connect to the relay coil, and the bottom 2 terminals connect the end terminals of the relay switch. The diagram on the case of the relay will show this.
5. Install a jumper wire connecting the 2 bottom female terminals (use 16 guage wire). This will bypass the switch so that the windows will always have power.
6. Install the relay back into its original position.
7. Voila! Your windows can now be operated without the key. This whole operation should take less than 30 minutes.

I have done this modification on at least 20 cars of various makes and models - some of them being very challenging. If you run into trouble, e-mail me at: Rnatale@tampabay.rr.com. Let me know how you make out.

 

Functional. I think everyone should do this.

Thanks

 

never knew you can do this......and it sounds pretty easy too.. Thanks for the info rnatale !!!

[Edited by GT_icecream on 11-07-2000 at 02:19 PM]

 

I did this to my car about 4 months ago, was just reading thru and I noticed you said the sunroof is also effected. Typo or is something wrong w/ mine?

 

the 2000-2001 max's have a feature that allows you 45 seconds to close the windows after the ignition is removed, is this true? i'm in class right now, so i'm gonna try it afterwards. has anyone here tried it?

 

Good info... I say, "FAQ it!"

 

The rumors are true!

You actually have 45 seconds after the ignition is off or until someone opens one of the front doors (that kills the timer immediately).

It's really annoying when your passenger ejects early while you're still rolling up your windows! (Don'cha hate premature ejection?)