so my buddies passenger front window stopped working (1999 toyota camry 2.2l). When he brought it to me he said it had stopped rolling up. Initially when you had pushed the button up or down you could see that the rear portion of the window would move, but the front seemed to be stuck. Since it had been raining we just need to get it closed for now. I took everything off the door panel. First thing I saw was the front portion of the glass was actually outside the track for the window, so I unbolted the track, repositioned the window and rebolted everything. Now the window would roll up but only so far and then slow down and stop about 3/4 closed. I had someone push the button while I pushed on the glass to get it closed for the time being.

I just came back to the window yesterday. Now it doesn't move in either direction. No response from the button, no noise from the motor. I tried pounding on the motor and that did nothing. Just waiting for some time to pull the glass and everything entirely out now.

In everyone's opinion, its gotta be the motor or the switch right? I don't see how the regulator would have anything to do with it since it's just pieces of metal and joints.

 

The motor itself can receive power from two different sources. The individual door switch has its own 12V power separate from the master switch.

Check for power at the motor. When either master or individual switch is moved there should be power at the wires. When the switch is moved in the other direction the polarity of the power should reverse. There is no ground wire at the motor thus test for voltage between the two wires going to the more.

The master switch has the ground.

The motor could have a built in current limiter where if drawing too many amps due to binding, etc. it turns off for time.