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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 11:42 AM
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Hello everyone. Recently, my drivers side window does not work. All the other's go up and down, no problem.

I will tear apart the door panel, what is the most common problem or area i should look for and test?

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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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Check if you have power and ground at the motor, if you do, it's a bad motor. you can usually get it to work (temporarily anyway), by hitting the motor with a screwdriver handle while you press the button.
 
Old Sep 27, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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The door switches are known to go bad also.
 
Old Oct 1, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by jrsixx
Check if you have power and ground at the motor, if you do, it's a bad motor. you can usually get it to work (temporarily anyway), by hitting the motor with a screwdriver handle while you press the button.
Would a light tester work fine?
 
Old Oct 2, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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Definitely maybe. It depends on what voltage is required for the light to come on. A meter would be better.
 
Old Oct 24, 2010 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by jrsixx
Check if you have power and ground at the motor, if you do, it's a bad motor. you can usually get it to work (temporarily anyway), by hitting the motor with a screwdriver handle while you press the button.
Finally pulled out the motor today, Tried to run the motor on the pass side, no luck! I took the pass side motor and connected it do my drivers side, and the switches and motor worked fine. So the motor is bad. Where is my best option to pick up a drivers side motor?

Im located in Canada!
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 11:04 AM
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My drivers side window motor no longer works. I wanted to swap out the rear left side motor for now till i purchase another one. I noticed the part numbers are different from the left side front to the left side rear?

Are they not the same motor?
 
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