Oh come on, someone must have an idea!
Maybe some glass got stuck in the track are something,witch isit letting the window go up very slow and is killing,what i would do is take off both door panels and take a DMM and with the car running prob the wire on the drivers side and then the passenger side.
if you get the same reading then you know theres know short there,then look in the channels as best as you can to see if theres anything stuck if nothing then buy another motor and see if it fixes itself.
if not it could be the switch
Motors can go up slow becuase of amprage draw. If the amprage draw is high it is mechancial, and if the amprage draw is to low it is eletrical problem.
So the motor being worn inside, drawing more amprage to work could cause that. As could have lots of corrosion build up on the connectors.
- 2004 Cavalier - 124k, owned since new
Thanks guys, I'll get my multimeter on them this weekend.
One thing that's been bugging me is that both of the technicians who replaced my windows in the past said that the electric motors are ALWAYS slow after the glass is broken. They didn't seem to think there was anything you can do about it when replacing glass, except for rip the motor out completely and replace it. Since 2 different people who specialize in auto glass repair say the same thing, I'm tempted to belive them. I just don't understand how taking out and replacing the glass would cause the motor to be damaged. Perhaps it has more to do with the way the tracks and arms sit after replacing the glass? Maybe after messing with them, they bind up and don't move right? If that's the case, I'm more tempted to take the car to the best shop I can find and let them do what ever they need to do instead of messing with it any more myself.
Either way, I'll try the multimeter and see if it is an electrical problem.
