# bad window switch?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-window-switch/263666>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [May 5, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-window-switch/263666 "2012-05-05T15:22:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-window-switch/263666/2 "2012-05-07T17:47:07Z")

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> [@kteller exhaust](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kteller-exhaust/49478/12):
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> '03 Cavalier coupe
> 
> -Power window stopped going up this afternoon. It goes down fine.
> 
> I jumped the window motor from the car battery and got it to go up.
> 
> Does that mean the switch is bad? Theres only one switch in the center console for the windows and the right and left windows operate off one plug/unit so I couldnt swap sides.

ohm out the contacts to see if they only work one way

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