HELP! Driver window wont go up
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HELP! Driver window wont go up
Newbee here - my driver window (05') stopped working after a battery disconnect today. I was screwing around with the center consul and seats (took them out). The passenger window still works, but the driver window is all the way down and wont go up at all? Any suggestions? ALL the plugs have been reconnected....the 10A fuse for the driver door is OK. I did not check the 30A fuse for power windows because Im not sure how to get to it?
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Some here have fixed problems like this by disconnecting the negative terminal of the battery for 3-5 minutes and then reconnecting. You nearly always have to reset the window indexing if you can get the window to go up at all. I suspect your passenger window needs it too.
If you can get the driver window to go up afterwards, do this to both windows:
The power windows fuse is the closest fuse to the bottom on the extreme right side of the instrument panel fuse block in that fuse block under the passenger side toe board.
If you can get the driver window to go up afterwards, do this to both windows:
Raise the window and hold the up switch an extra 3 seconds. Release. Without lowering the window, hold the up switch again for 3 seconds. Release. Done.
This is called resetting of the window indexing or power window initialize and is in the owner's manual. See page 2-17 of the 2005 owner’s manual, page 2-18 of the 2006 owner’s manual, page 87 of the 2007 owner’s manual, page 2-18 of the 2008 owner’s manual.
This is called resetting of the window indexing or power window initialize and is in the owner's manual. See page 2-17 of the 2005 owner’s manual, page 2-18 of the 2006 owner’s manual, page 87 of the 2007 owner’s manual, page 2-18 of the 2008 owner’s manual.
Last edited by Vette_DD; May 17, 2008 at 04:00 PM.
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tried the battery trick already ,didnt work. I actually found the answer on accident. The door has to be closed when you roll it up the first time. After that, it will work with the door open, go figure. Thanks for the quick response. 
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Glad you found it without having to take it to the dealer.
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Yup. Thanks. Had me stumped. Worked. Just shut the door. I was trying with the door open after disconnecting battery. Who knew ?
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Nice!
Thank you so much for this. Had the same issue and fixed it this morning. I had already been thinking about how much it would have cost to take it to the dealer. Dealers must hate this forum. 😊
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It pains me to bring this to the top again but it saved my *** today, after having the interior ripped out over the long holiday I thought I must have fried something. Saved me much time and aggravation and for that I thank all of the posters above.
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Blast from the past
So not sure if I'm reading this wrong but just had this issue today. Shipped my car around the world and showed up with the battery dead. Replaced battery now only passenger window works at all. Reset passenger indexing, worked like a charm. But didn't do anything for the driver side.
So in trying this method, do I re-disconnect the battery, then attempt to open the window by climbing into the passenger side initially and raising the driver's window with door closed?
Regards,
Charles
So in trying this method, do I re-disconnect the battery, then attempt to open the window by climbing into the passenger side initially and raising the driver's window with door closed?
Regards,
Charles
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So not sure if I'm reading this wrong but just had this issue today. Shipped my car around the world and showed up with the battery dead. Replaced battery now only passenger window works at all. Reset passenger indexing, worked like a charm. But didn't do anything for the driver side.
So in trying this method, do I re-disconnect the battery, then attempt to open the window by climbing into the passenger side initially and raising the driver's window with door closed?
Regards,
Charles
So in trying this method, do I re-disconnect the battery, then attempt to open the window by climbing into the passenger side initially and raising the driver's window with door closed?
Regards,
Charles
Charles
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So not sure if I'm reading this wrong but just had this issue today. Shipped my car around the world and showed up with the battery dead. Replaced battery now only passenger window works at all. Reset passenger indexing, worked like a charm. But didn't do anything for the driver side.
So in trying this method, do I re-disconnect the battery, then attempt to open the window by climbing into the passenger side initially and raising the driver's window with door closed?
Regards,
Charles
So in trying this method, do I re-disconnect the battery, then attempt to open the window by climbing into the passenger side initially and raising the driver's window with door closed?
Regards,
Charles
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From: Amwaj, Bahrain 🇧🇭
So not sure if I'm reading this wrong but just had this issue today. Shipped my car around the world and showed up with the battery dead. Replaced battery now only passenger window works at all. Reset passenger indexing, worked like a charm. But didn't do anything for the driver side.
So in trying this method, do I re-disconnect the battery, then attempt to open the window by climbing into the passenger side initially and raising the driver's window with door closed?
Regards,
Charles
So in trying this method, do I re-disconnect the battery, then attempt to open the window by climbing into the passenger side initially and raising the driver's window with door closed?
Regards,
Charles
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ALCON,
Just to close up for anyone who reads this and wants to know the result... I pulled the window regulator and it was a bad motor so I ended up swapping the regulator assy and problem fixed. No battery or window-switch "long-press" magic in my scenario. Thanks for all that offered.
Regards,
Charles
Just to close up for anyone who reads this and wants to know the result... I pulled the window regulator and it was a bad motor so I ended up swapping the regulator assy and problem fixed. No battery or window-switch "long-press" magic in my scenario. Thanks for all that offered.
Regards,
Charles
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Some here have fixed problems like this by disconnecting the negative terminal of the battery for 3-5 minutes and then reconnecting. You nearly always have to reset the window indexing if you can get the window to go up at all. I suspect your passenger window needs it too.
If you can get the driver window to go up afterwards, do this to both windows:
The power windows fuse is the closest fuse to the bottom on the extreme right side of the instrument panel fuse block in that fuse block under the passenger side toe board.
If you can get the driver window to go up afterwards, do this to both windows:
The power windows fuse is the closest fuse to the bottom on the extreme right side of the instrument panel fuse block in that fuse block under the passenger side toe board.