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Alright so just hooked the battery back up after about 4.5 hours and still no power. I’m going to hold the power up while manipulating the wires. Does anyone happen to know which wire is the power for the up switch?
 
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If there was a bad wire from the drivers side door would that cause an issue or is it isolated to just the door / window that has the issue?
 
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I’m going to run to the parts store and get a multimeter. Standby for further updates
 

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So much for the unhook battery trick. If you don't get it fixed tonight, I would personally unhook the battery, and modules and the driver's switch. I know it sound crazy, but its a tried & true trick for a lot of vehicles. And it doesn't cost anything to do. You're going to be sleeping anyway.

Get some wire too at the parts store and some connectors. Run +/- directly to the motor (in the service manual). You reverse polarity to go up or down. Ensure it works properly.
 
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Got it! Multimeter showed no power to the passenger door switch when putting it up but showed 12 volts as it should when putting it down. Was able to get power back to it and now my window is functioning back to normal. Glad all it took was buying a $7 multimeter from Harbor freight to figure it out.

Thank you to everyone who chimed in to provide some help. Appreciate you all. Hopefully this can help someone in the future. :favorites13:
 

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Congrats!!

That wasn't too bad. Good work :waytogo:
 

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I'm confused here which isnt that hard to do ..lol
What part of the door panel has failed? The front master switch(as in a button in it),the module? ....
I've broken both of my rear switch buttons on the the drivers masters at 2 different times....a very awful feeling when a window doesnt work when intended, lucky for me it was a physical break off and the rear door buttons worked fine to get the window up
 

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Take the door panel off! if you do not have time to "DIAGNOSE" leave the panel off till you do. You can not fix anything if you do not know what's broke. Not only do you need to hit the bullseye on the dart board, but you need to at least aim for the correct dart board. The more you do the more you learn, you will as a result fix more things yourself, saving labor cost, but can help others also. once you get the panel off ( have a 12 oz. SMALL hammer at the ready). there are two wire that feed power to the window motor. The automatic up and down is internal in the window module. once you find these you can do your first test ( you will need a quality volt/ohm meter. Quality does not mean expensive (expensive ones can be more durable) Harbor freight has a good selection- get one of their better ones and if they have lead extensions get ones long enough to reach the battery ( just like an extension core you use when the living room light is move to the other side of the room. Lets say the wire are blue and black, when you push the button in the window down direction ( one wire will be hot the other the ground - whether the window moves or not) When you cycle the window by putting in the up direction they will be reversed. If this happens take you small hammer and has you hold the button - or someone does- hit the fat part of the motor. If window works you know what is wrong ( brushes worn in motor) Get a new motor or some only come attached to the regulator assembly. If not you have to find out what the electricity is not getting to the motor. The same two wire will be at the switch, test there the same way if it is ok there a wire is broken somewhere (usually where the go thru the door hinges). Good luck electricity is easy.
lesson 2 is how a river is like electricity! Volume of water = amps, Speed of waters movement= volts, number of rocks in the stream= resistance(ohms)
 
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