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1989 Buick Century passenger side rear window will not go back up. All other windows work fine. I checked the switch in the door by exchanging it with the rear driver-side door, so I know the switch is good.

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I would see if the haynes manual or chiltons manual has specs for the driver (main )switch so you can test ressistance. Sometimes when they go bad they can show up in one door, also verify voltage to the side rear window switch, as well as ground , the wire colors and location should be in the manual also, if everything checks out there start leaning toward the motor ,in that case you need to trace wire colors as well as schematics (manual), and bypass the switch to the motor directly this should identify yor culprit. hope this helps chris

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Is there power to the motor in the door? If so it will be the motor if not check for broken wires in the rubber conduit between the door post and door.

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The window lift motor has failed, remove the door panel and replace the window motor.

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