Hi,

My passenger window forgot its position the other day, so I reset it and it was fine. A few days later it stopped going up or down when the door was opened and when I pressed up or down it just clicked once.

Does anybody know why this might happen? I've just had a new battery installed and an autoelectrician fix a parasitic drain ( then fully charged the battery ), so I doubt it's low battery voltage.

 

This I'd 2 different issues so let me verify.
1) window stopped moving at all when door handle touched to open.

2) window does not work at all ever. ( car running or not, both switches, key in drivers door)?

#2 supercedes #1. Do you hear a click when window switch pressed for this window ?

Sounds like a bad window regulator to me. Others??

As I recall, you need to remove regulator to replace motor. Given the price of regulator on ebay, just replace the whole thing.

If you can get the door card off, figure it's a 30 or 40 minute job to replace regulator.

John

 

Always good to verify, window is not binding cause it is crooked right ?

 

I literally just had the same problem. My door lock in that side was also funky. Check the Harness connector in the door jam by the hinge. On both the drivers and passenger side. Take them off clean then and reconnect tight. It work wonders for me.

 

Last night I drove the car. Before I started the engine the window wouldn't budge ( just one click ). When I started the engine, it let me move the window.

So could that be the motor being on its way out and requiring a higher voltage from the regulator to function, perhaps? I didn't notice it moving slower than normal, however.

I did have to replace my driver door regulator a couple of years ago, so that this one would be on its way out isn't surprising.