2001 V70 wagon Auto window wont go back up

Hixson_2001V70 · Post by **Hixson_2001V70** » 03 Dec 2009, 14:37

Hello,
I need a little help with the automatic passenger window in my 2001 V70 wagon. This morning I started my car to thaw, since its about 30 degrees in Seattle and rolled my passenger window down to try and scrap off any frost. (May have been a bad idea, but it has been fine in the past.) Now the window will NOT go back up! Both switches wont work to raise the window. I turned the car off and waited and parked it in the sun to see if it had just been frozen, jostled the door, nothing worked. I read on another forum that the conact points for the switch can get dirty, but both switches at the same time? Please help, I dont want to spend a fortune!

Thanks!

007 HNP · Post by **007 HNP** » 03 Dec 2009, 15:24

If you have not tried it already, push down on each of the window switches to see if the window will move down further and then try it up again. if this does not make a difference, it may be a fuse or the window motor/mechanism.

The owners manual has a list of fuses, Make sure the fuses are good, There are three fuses to check at different locations.

The power window module on the 2001 and later models do not have contacts in them as with previous models. If you did not have problems with the door modules before this event, the likelyhood that switches in both modules failed at the same time would be extremely remote.

If it is not a fuse you may need to remove the door liner and check the connections to the motor and to see if something is blocking the window from moving.

If you are able to free up the window and mechanism, grease the drive gear with general purpose grease before reinstalling the window liner.

If non of this works the dealer may be the next stop.

Hope this works out for you.

let me know

blisga · Post by **blisga** » 12 Feb 2010, 21:20

My rear window has not gone up for more than a week . On my 2000 volvo v70....miraculously I was messing with the front driver switch, as I was driving and it went up . It did the same thing to the other window about a year ago....then one day it went up. Could it be possible something is blocking the sensor? Oh I drove over a bump in the road just before I rolled it up.

I just don't want to have future probs.

ricoj123 · Post by **ricoj123** » 13 Feb 2010, 07:20

dos_vovo wrote:From outside the car, insert the key into the door lock. Lock, then unlock the door. Remove the key.

Do this 5 times.

Over time of using the FOB to lock and unlock the car, the computer gets confused.

I know this sound wacky - but it has worked for me on downed windows and open moon roofs, that seem to have lost connection. On numerous Volvo models.

ricoj123 · Post by **ricoj123** » 13 Feb 2010, 07:36

Many Thanks to dos_volvo - because his Tip on locking and unlocking the driver's door manually 5 times WORKED for me. My 02 S60 driver's door's controls were all inoperative, all fuses were OK, and I figured I was going to pull the door apart and maybe need to get a new door module or who knows what. THANK YOU!!!

blisga · Post by **blisga** » 13 Feb 2010, 10:25

I will try this tip when this happens again. Thank you very much.

midoss · Post by **midoss** » 20 Nov 2010, 14:37

Pull and hold up on Front Passenger Door Switch while turning ignition key to II Position.

2005 Volvo XC90

Post by **ljvj** » 12 Feb 2015, 20:03

Thank you, thank you! It took several tries, but this method of locking/unlocking saved us! Our window got stuck down in a frigid snow storm. We are truly grateful!

VolvoFred · Post by **VolvoFred** » 26 Mar 2016, 15:17

The locking and unlocking didn't work for me so I unhooked the battery and touched the cables together to drain all stray voltage. When I hooked it back up the door control panel worked and the locks worked. Guessing somehow the CANBUS disabled the panel because of a perceived fault.