Can't raise left-rear window

[jdarren]

I've a 2009 Journey and cannot raise the left-rear window. I've removed the door panels on both rear doors and swapped switches and motors in every combination to rule out either as defective. The bottom line is this, with either motor and either switch on the left door, the motor will spin, unmounted, with the switch in the down position. It will not spin with the switch in the up position. I'm now trying to figure out how to remove the enclosed window module from the door frame. Any thoughts?

[caperinmuskoka]

With may past window issues with many car/trucks......

the power window issue about 60% of the time is a bad wire between the door and the frame where the wire flex is when open/closed..

you need to peel back the rubber coating and check for the copper broken there.

note due to the thick wire coating insulation the copper conductor may be broken inside the wire ...but the wire looks to be fine.....Caper.........Electrician (Trade)

[redtomatoman]

With may past window issues with many car/trucks......

the power window issue about 60% of the time is a bad wire between the door and the frame where the wire flex is when open/closed..

you need to peel back the rubber coating and check for the copper broken there.

note due to the thick wire coating insulation the copper conductor may be broken inside the wire ...but the wire looks to be fine.....Caper.........Electrician (Trade)

I,on the other hand, am not an electrician, but I do agree. . . The only thing I can think of that explains the situation as you describe with both switches and motors behaving the same way is faulty wiring for the down function. I would suspect that the up and down functions have separate wires and the down wire is faulty as Caper describes. Good Luck.

Peace.