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You need to open the door panel, unplug the motor from the connector, apply power and a ground wire to the contacts on the motor side of the connector. You make the motor go up or down by just switching the 2 wires back and forth between the 2 contacts inside the connector, If the motor runs, the switch is bad.

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Q: How do you tell if window motor is dead or the switch?
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