# Windows won't stay closed! Help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, altima, electrical-wiring, windows\ **Created:** [July 6, 2007, 7:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows-wont-stay-closed-help/1343 "2007-07-06T07:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samwig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@samwig](https://community.cartalk.com/u/samwig)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 7:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows-wont-stay-closed-help/1343/1 "2007-07-06T07:02:00Z")
Hello! I have a 2002 Nissan Altima V6 with 40,00 miles on it. My car was broken into and they ripped off the driver side mirror and ruined the door handle. I was told by the body shop that they took the wire harness. When I first saw the car after it was broken into I found my front 2 windows down. The windows will sometimes roll up but then roll back down. This happens when I shut off the motor or it can happen even several minutes later-up to 20 minutes later. It is as if the windows are possessed. The car has been at the shop for 2 weeks and they tell me they cannot diagnose the problem, although they have replaced the wire harness and fixed the door handle. They say the battery is drained and the driver door motor is unusually hot. This shop, which is in Memphis, says they cannot help me. A Nissan place in Suthaven Mississippi looked at it today and the car supposedly did not “act up” while they were looking at it, so they say they cannot help me. I really need some advice. I am paying for a rental out of pocket and I can’t afford it anymore, plus it rains often here, as you know. I must find a way to close the windows and keep them shut. Advice is greatly appreciated:) ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows-wont-stay-closed-help/1343/2 "2007-07-06T09:49:34Z")
Well I guess you could put a switch on the circuit that powers the windows. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows-wont-stay-closed-help/1343/3 "2007-07-06T09:50:31Z")
``` Have they replaced the switches that control the windows? ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows-wont-stay-closed-help/1343/4 "2007-07-06T11:50:56Z")
I don’t know if they replaced the window switches. I will ask and let you know. Thanks:) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows-wont-stay-closed-help/1343/5 "2007-07-06T15:06:25Z")
No, they did not replace the switches. They say they looked fime. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows-wont-stay-closed-help/1343/6 "2007-07-06T20:40:57Z")
My guess is that they damaged the window regulator assemblies. Limit switches in the assemblies should control the movements you’re describing, and they could have been damaged by someone using a jimmie-stick. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows-wont-stay-closed-help/1343/7 "2007-07-07T03:59:45Z")
All power windows have an automatic reverse switch in them so if you shut the window on your neck in a twisted suicide attempt it will reverse. This is probably some sort of gizmo in the motor, and I suspect the jackass that jimmied your window broke it somehow in the process of forcing the window down or out. You could probe further, or you could have them replace it with a new motor.