# Power windows intermittent

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-windows-intermittent/18128>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 13, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-windows-intermittent/18128 "2008-08-13T17:51:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-windows-intermittent/18128/1 "2008-08-13T17:51:41Z")

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My 2001 Corolla driver’s side power window sometimes slows down and then stops dead. When this happens, sometimes it will start working again if I turn off the car and turn it back on again, but lately that hasn’t been working, and it will only start working again if I leave it off for hours. The other windows work fine and never exhibit any problems.  
  
  
  
 Since about the only time I ever use the driver’s side window is to swipe my pass to get into the parking lot at work, this means that I often end up leaving my window partly down while I’m at work all day.  
  
  
  
 When I first saw this, it was only happening once every few weeks. During the annual state inspection, I mentioned it to the mechanic, and he said it was the switch, but it wasn’t actually happening at the time, and I don’t think the slowing down to a stop is symptomatic of a switch problem - if it were a switch problem, wouldn’t it just not work?