Frontpower wndows not working

You can go to techinfo.toyota.com and download the relevant sections of the factory service manual for $10/day. Look at the diagnosis for the master switch, although I doubt that is the problem. I'd check to make sure the regulators and motors are not binding and that the tracks are not bent.

Would it be the motors or regulators since they both stoped working correctly at the same time?

thanks

Ray O wrote:

The driver's side window tends to go before the pasenger side window because it tends to get more use. My experience is that the power windows of smokers tends to go before non-smokers because they crack the window a bit, and moisture gets on the switch more often.

The reason I recommended checking motors and regulators is that you said that the windows will move a little and then stop. If the problem is electrical, you usually get no movement at all. Getting some movement and then stopping is a sysmptom of a binding or blockage, and the things that can bind or get blocked are the regulator, tracks, and motor.

That description is a classic description of a worn window motor. High resistance in the windings causes the motor to overheat and render it inoperative. After a while, the motor will cool but will only have enough juice for a few inches of window travel before the same thing happens again. Confirmation would involve pulling the door panel and verifying battery voltage at the window motor plug when the switch is operated.

That thing really isn't that tough. The motor needs to come out with the regulator, so the glass needs to come off the regulator. With the glass about 2/3 down, you'll see the anchor clips on the bottom edge with a couple of 10mms. Take those things off and lift the glass out, throw it in the back seat or somewhere it won't fall over. Then, every 10mm bolt you see in the inner door skin there will be for the motor and regulator, maybe 8 or so. Unplug the motor, take all the bolts out, and the regulator will come loose. Wiggle it out one of the openings and the motor is screwed into the regulator gear with a few torx screws - T27 I think. God bless Toyota for using bolts. I've cursed up a storm every time I've replaced a window motor or regulator on a domestic product with half a dozen gigantic rivets. Anyhow, the hardest part will probably be getting the glass low enough to get a shot at those clips given the motors present state. But since you already got the door panel off it seems like you'll figure it out. Good luck, a throw up a flag if you need a hand.

Sounds to me like your motors are bad, same symptoms I had. Normally I would recommend OEM parts, but for these I just purchased the entire assembly from a seller on EBay who gave a one year warranty. I've installed two and had no problems. I would also suggest that if your windows start to get sluggish that you spray the felt channels with silicone spray. That will take the strain off the motor. The part I mentioned above is not hard to put on yourself, just make sure you handle the glass carefully as when you disconnect it and it falls to the bottom of the channel, it could crack. I've never had one break but it's possible. There are two bolts holding the glass on.

Joey

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