Pitiful girl needs help w/ window problem

[iambyter]

Please help with my power window problem. I've tried to read other postings, but I just don't get it.... A pitiful female who always gives the do-it-yourself route a try before spending the big bucks!

For about a year, I can lower the driver's side window (never a problem), but I'm having trouble raising it. After it's down, I press the button to raise it, and it might go up an inch and that's it. If I wait about 30 seconds, I can raise it another inch. If I wait another 30 seconds after THAT, I can raise it another inch. After doing this a number of times, eventually the window gets all the way up. It doesn't make weird noises, and it doesn't seem to be off the track. It also doesn't help if I try to "help" the window by yanking up on it myself. It just does what it wants to do in its own sweet time.

It's a '97 Grand Am that has only 14,000 miles on it!!! For real.... My mom bought it new and only drove it to the bank and the hairdresser for the first 5 years of its life! I got it with less than 7,000 miles on it! Help me keep it healthy!

Thanks so much. :angel1:

[97 gase]

I hate to tell you hun but it sounds like your window moter is going out. i had the same prob with my 97 4dr se, and I just unplugged it. I'm finally gonna fix it next weekend. the damn thing would go down just fine, but damn me for pushin the window up.....it would go up at a rate of an inch an hour. Just go to a junk yard and get one off of one of thiers. Might cost 30 or 40 bucks. Befor you do that, try puttin some kind of clear grease or wd40 down the sides in the tracks. Good luck.

[tony33461]

ya, the guy who repaired my window does that for a living, and he said if u want your motors to last the life of ur car, wd40 em once a month. so...when u get it fixed do that

[Themeneea]

so roll the window down and spray wd-40 down the widow crack?
will that mess up tint?

[Cmnky16]

Your motor is definetly going out, I had two do that and replaced them both. My drivers did that for about 1-2 months and then got so bad it was pointless to put the window down.

[Cmnky16]

I got one at the junk yard for $20 and it went out again with in 5 months. I would either buy the aftermarket one( it is a lot faster but a little bit louder), or buy one off ebay. I just got an ACDelco for $27. It had the wrong gear on it but i had 3 of them and put the right one on it. It was easy to replace.