Windows will not roll down, only rear drivers side does.

[Josh429er]

So I bought my first car two weeks ago, A 1985 Pontiac 6000 Le wagon. I bought it with a gas leak, bad radiator, oil seepage, bad powersteering pump, no AC, and windows that just stopped working. Oil seepage looks like intake gaskets which I've done twice on newer GMs so im not worried. Put a new radiator in three days ago, and a fuel filter a week ago, fixing the gas & coolant leak. Now I need these damn windows to roll down so I can enjoy driving. SOOOO only one window rolls down out of the 4...The driver's side rear opens and closes but only to the control on that door, the master control on the driver's door doesn't do anything. I was told by the previous owner that the motors are still good so it must be wiring or fuses. My fuse box being 28 years old I cant read anything off of it. But I would like to figure this out in the next few days, if anyone has any experience with this let me know please, I dont think its the common plastic peices in the tracks going bad like I've read. Thank you for your time, sorry I write so much.

 

[Josh429er]

Yeah just got back from a couple hours of investigation. Both Driver's side doors look alright. Tracks are good Motors don't look bad. I think the problem is the wiring harness. because the power locks on the Driver's door doesn't work also.

 

[melsg5]

Check the plastic tube that connects the door wires to the body of the car. They may have broken, shorted, etc.

 

[Josh429er]

I thought that too but the plastic tubes look good. Ill hafta get my multimeter working and start checking it out. Also the car only has 164,8xxx miles on it. But the one window that works looks golden it really does, its just a little slow.

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[Zimgxp]

A wire could be broken even if the tube looks good. Good luck.

 

[Josh429er]

TO UPDATE THIS...I just got back from a camping trip with a little insight about my problems. I now think I know how these quarks started, my no-horn, my no-cruise control, my NOTHING WORKS ON MY DRIVERS DOOR, and my itermittent odometer, trip meter, and no power seat. While it was raining hardcore i noticed that my car leaks from almost every window. Especially the front wind screen. And goes alllll over the place. So Im sure i just gotta stop the leak and replace motors and what not.