Drivers side window on my 2002 mercury sable will not go up. when pressing the window up switch all I get is a clicking sound

Mercury Sable 2000 to 2005 Factory Service SHop repair manual

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faulty switch or motor may have broken tooth on raiser

Failed Switch
Broken Window Regulator

Pull the door panel & start your testing

Check for bad window door motor inside door panel

check for blown fuses

you might have to take your neg. battery post off for 10 seconds to reboot your cars ECU If that dont work then try and join the two connections where your bulb fits in It could b that the window switch is grounded through the bulbs..

Very common for window door switch to get worn out. Also common for wire in boot going through from door to kick panel to be corroded &/or broken.

im taking it youre talking about the window if so then your window ribbon needs to be replaced this is what operates the actual window slide.

Sounds like two different problems.

First the power windows: The power for your windows goes through a shielded cord that travels from the inside of the door to under the hood. If you open the door you can see this wire beside the hinges. If the wire is broken inside this shielding or shorted it will not work. Because you can open and close the door and sometimes it works. It sounds like an intermittent short.

The drivers side window button will make a clicking sound by the way it is made but the sound could be from inadequate voltage to the motor.

What I need to know is: Do any of the windows work? Do all of the windows make the clicking sound? Can you describe the sound in more detail?

The heater: Ford/Mercury radiators are known to get hot. So low heat is not common. The first thing to check, with the engine cold, is the fluid level. Normally the radiator has a cap to add fluid and look inside. However ford/mercury did not do this on many of the 2002 Sables. So you will have to look at the reservior. The big white tank on the side under the hood. It will be hard to read but there with be a cold line and a hot line on the side of the tank. With the engine cold the level should be above the cold line. If it is not then you will have to add radiator fluid and water (unless you buy premixed). This is the normal problem.

If this does not work then it can be the thermostat or temperature sensor. (The sensor will create an error code the thermostat probably wont). But check your fluid levels and tell me how it goes.

put in a new switch and check ground