Auto-down power windows

mmmikkke · May 9, 2005

I just figured out that my 2005 2500HD has 2 steps to the power window switches. Press only part way down for a partial window lowering, or press all the way down to roll the window down completely.

This is not like my 2002 was. In the 2002, press once for all the way down. Or press "down" a 2nd time while the window is moving and it stops.

This is just as much of an unadvertised feature as the "add 1mph" operation of the cruise control.

I wonder how many people don't realize either feature is there.

MS3DALE · May 9, 2005

Don't feel bad mmmikkke,It took me awhile to realize that also,And I work at a dealer!

A little different from my '99 for sure,I can't tell you how many times I let the window go all the way down and then brought it up to where I wanted it!!

71GMC_3/4T · May 9, 2005

Doesn't a quick push of the coast button on the cruise subtract 1MPH?

Yeah, I had a heck of a time learning about the "barely push it if you don't want auto-down" feature of the windows. Now it's easy.

MS3DALE · May 9, 2005

Yep,Coast button -1 MPH.....Set button +1 MPH

I've always liked that feature and use it often when I'm using the cruise,but thats the problem,I don't use the cruise that much,It seems like as soon as I set it I have to cancel it for some reason or another!

topo4u2 · May 10, 2005

I dont know about you guys but personally Im not too crazy about that "auto window down" feature. Especially in winter time when the window is frozen and you could possibly snap something in the window motor hardware.

Just my 2cents.

DEV1ST8R · May 10, 2005

Yep,Coast button -1 MPH.....Set button +1 MPH
I've always liked that feature and use it often when I'm using the cruise,but thats the problem,I don't use the cruise that much,It seems like as soon as I set it I have to cancel it for some reason or another!

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WOW, learn something new everyday! Now I can't wait to hit the freeway and try that one out. I agree though; unless you're on the freeway at 0300hrs or in the middle of nowhere, cruise control is a pain. On. . .off. . .on. . .[someone cuts in front of you and slows down]-OFF. . .on. . .[someone rides your butt]. . .off. . .on. . .

Wingnut · May 10, 2005

You guys are aware of the "resume" funtion of cruise as well right?

If you have the cruise set at 65, you can hit the brakes and slow down to 20 (or even come to a complete stop) and when you get going again, hit "resume", put your foot back on the dash, and it will speed back up to the original cruising speed of 65 without anything more than mashing that button.

MS3DALE · May 10, 2005

At the risk of sounding like Britney...Ooopps I did it again! I need to correct myself from my earlier post.

Tapping the set button means -1 MPH and tapping the R/A or the "resume/accel" means +1 MPH,On the '03-up trucks the stalk just has an arrow with a "+" sign.

That R/A button is also what Wingnut was talking about when he said that if you push it in for a second it will take you back up to your speed you had set before you tapped your brakes to slow down(this only works however if you do not turn the cruise off on the stalk)

Wingnut · May 10, 2005

I get confused when switching trucks. The '92 and the '02 have the same stalk/button configuration, but the "set" is opposite on them.

Yeah, my life is chock-full of problems.

MS3DALE · May 10, 2005

I feel your pain Wingnut,I wish GM would leave things alone! Whos idea was it to make you push the stalk forward to turn on your high-beams on the '03-up trucks?

Every GM truck or car I've driven over the last 16 years you've pulled it back! And yes I remember the high-beam switch on the floor on my dads '76 and '78 Nova's!

Wingnut · May 10, 2005

I didn't know that they changed it in '03. Imports have been like that for years.

I'm just glad they moved it off the floor, it was right where I usually rest my left foot.

roden001 · May 12, 2005

Yep,Coast button -1 MPH.....Set button +1 MPH
I've always liked that feature and use it often when I'm using the cruise,but thats the problem,I don't use the cruise that much,It seems like as soon as I set it I have to cancel it for some reason or another!

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I would also add that you can 'stack' these commands. In other words, if you're doing 65, you can bump the R/A button 5 times quickly, and you'll be up to 70 in no time (you don't have to wait till the truck achieves 66 in order to hit it again to get to 67, and so on).

99-2door · May 13, 2005

I feel your pain Wingnut,I wish GM would leave things alone! Whos idea was it to make you push the stalk forward to turn on your high-beams on the '03-up trucks?
Every GM truck or car I've driven over the last 16 years you've pulled it back! And yes I remember the high-beam switch on the floor on my dads '76 and '78 Nova's!

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They did it so now it has the flash-to-pass feature. I think a lot of european markets require that feature.

100R1 · May 13, 2005

Dimmer Switch on the floor, Yep I remember that.

I also remember learning to drive my fathers '49 Chevy truck, Starter was located next to the gas pedal push down on that pedal to engage starter. Had the old standard "3 on a tree" tranny.

There was that '68 Peugeot I drove for a short while the pedal to the far left did not dim the headlights, instead it washed the windshield washers. Just about everything on that car was backwards. Even the door lock were backwards, pulled up to lock & pushed down to unlock. Then there was the ignition key it was all the way to the right on the dash next to the glove box, My Dates thought I was "making My Move". Then the front seats could lay completley flat and made a decent bed. Then there was the emergency starter..... A hand crank, you used the jack handle (about3 ft long) put it in a hole in the front bumper, connected it to a mating nut on the front end of the crank shaft and .....It saved my butt a few times. Talk about European cars!

SS Crew · May 13, 2005

You can also hold the "Res/Acc" and you will accellerate. Release it when you hit your desired speed. If you hold the "Set" button you will decellerate until you reach your desired speed, then let go. It will hold your speed then.