# Electric window won't stay up **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** corolla, toyota\ **Created:** [September 21, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-window-wont-stay-up/170237 "2020-09-21T19:41:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WALLY155587](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wally155587/32/12082_2.png) [@WALLY155587](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WALLY155587)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-window-wont-stay-up/170237/1 "2020-09-21T19:41:26Z")
My 2015 Corolla with 23000 miles on it drivers side window doesn’t want to stay closed. When I hold down the button it goes up and when it hits the top it immediately goes down. The only way I can get it to close is to tap the button in quick bursts until it reaches the top without hitting the sill. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-window-wont-stay-up/170237/2 "2020-09-21T19:48:38Z")
It goes down even when you’re holding the up switch? Try this. Hold the down button until 5 seconds after the window is all the way down. Then hold the up button until 5 seconds after the window is all the way up. Push the auto-down button (second click). When the window goes all the way down, push and hold the down button for 5 seconds. That should reset the anti-pinch feature which is probably what’s making it go back down. ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-window-wont-stay-up/170237/3 "2020-09-21T21:33:11Z")
A little vaseline inside the window channel worked for me.If that doesn’t do it,shadowfax has the answer ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-window-wont-stay-up/170237/4 "2020-09-21T22:00:29Z")
Does it use power to reopen, or does it sort of fall when it reaches the top? If it’s the former, go with the answers you’ve already been given. If it’s the latter, you most likely need a new window regulator. That’s the metal mechanism that moves the window up and down when the motor activates, and it might have a broken gear. ---
**Author:** ![WALLY155587](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wally155587/32/12082_2.png) [@WALLY155587](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WALLY155587)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-window-wont-stay-up/170237/5 "2020-09-22T18:20:49Z")
Thanks, that did it! ---
**Author:** ![WALLY155587](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wally155587/32/12082_2.png) [@WALLY155587](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WALLY155587)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-window-wont-stay-up/170237/6 "2020-09-22T18:22:03Z")
I meant the resetting advice did it. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-window-wont-stay-up/170237/7 "2020-09-22T19:48:33Z")
Thanks for the update. We always like to hear when things worked out.