Dodge-Ram-Window-Repair

My Dodge-Ram-Window-Repair adventure started when I came home from deployment and found that my right rear window had fallen off the tracks, making my electric windows, well... useless. I was driving around town with my 3 year old son in the back when the window fell inside the door and wouldn't come back up. Not such a big deal if it wasn't winter in Virginia Beach. Anyhoo... I discovered that it wasn't a hard fix and took less than an hour. Here's how I did it...

Remove The Door Panel
Begin by removing the door panel which is held on by two screws.

1. One Phillips head screw.

2. One torx head screw. The torx screw is located behind the door handle and holds the door handle in place. You must remove it before you can pull off the panel.

Now that both screws & the door handle are removed the panel slides upwards to disengage the hook-like fasteners that are built into the door panels. For you knuckle-draggers out here, be gentile, no need to force anything. The panel should easily slide upwards to allow you to pull he panel off the door lock mechanism.
Gently pull the panel from the door to expose the electric lock switch connector. To remove the connector... push down on the locking latch and pull away from the door panel. Now you should see the white plastic insulation which covers the electric door mechanism underneath.

Exposing The Electric Window Mechanism

The next step in the Dodge-Ram-Window-Repair is to carefully pull the white insulation away from the door to expose the parts underneath.

It's held in place by a pliable gasket sealer and should re-seal itself when you put it back together. If you're worried it won't, get some gasket sealer from your local auto parts store.

Tighten The Window Track Holders

There are two black window holders (for lack of a better term) that hold the window to the electronic mechanism. They are channeled to hold the glass as it is brought up and down by the scissor arms.

It appears that mine have loosened up a bit so prior to putting the window back into the these track holders... I gave the front one a gentile squeeze with some channel lock pliers. The rear one seemed to be pretty tight so I didn't bother to pull that one out. You would be required to completely remove the back one to re-adjust it since its un-accessible. It's held in place by a single bolt and nut.

Place The Window Back Into The Channels

Be Careful with the this step of the Dodge-Ram-Window-Repair. Depending where your window mechanism is, you may have to reconnect the door panel to the switch connector, put the key in the ignition to power up the electric door mechanism and move it to a workable position. I put mine up just enough where I could get my arm underneath and reach the back channel.

Place the window firmly... but gently back into the back channel and then the front channel. Once the window has been firmly seated, (see the photo) give it a test run to make sure it's positioned properly. You'll have to once again re-attach the switch connector and turn on the ignition to cycle the window up and down.

Re-attaching The Door Panel

This Dodge-Ram-Window-Repair comes to a close once you've determined that the window operates properly.
Now... Line up the "hook" like fasteners built into the door panel with the holes in the door (see the photo). There are several so make sure you get them all lined up.










Next step in the Dodge-Ram-Window-Repair... You'll will have to coordinate several things at once here so have patience. The things you have to consider are not only the hook the hook-like fasteners but the window switch connector and the manual door locking mechanism.
Once you have the door panel in place you can re-attach the Phillips screw on the door panel and the torx screw in the door handle.