2011 Prius Electric Window Problem

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by Rideshare Sean, Jan 13, 2024.

  1. Rideshare Sean

    Rideshare Sean New Member

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    A rider let down her window in my car today
    in the right rear, which reminded me that I needed to fix the controls
    on my door (The driver's side front door.
    I was ready to tear down the driver's side door to replace
    the switch mechanism Like I do with everything
    I ran it through YouTube. Here was the problem I was having
    Keep in mind my car has over 530K miles on it. The two windows
    on the passenger side of the car (Right aside in the U.S.)
    would only go up and down if you reached over there to put them
    up or down. The 2 buttons on my door for them would not work at all.
    I was thinking I would need to replace that entire mechanism.
    I watched a couple videos on YouTube and they said to put the
    window all the way down and continue to hold the button for 5 seconds
    and then to put the window all the way up and hold the button up
    for 5 seconds to reset them? So that is exactly what I did and
    it worked on both windows! I was ecstatic, I fixed them both with
    ease in under 1 minute for FREE! THAT IS JUST ONE REASON WHY YOUTUBE IS
    AWESOME!
     
  2. PriusCamper

    PriusCamper Senior Member

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    You should of called this post "2011 Prius Electric Window Solution"
     
  3. Mendel Leisk

    Mendel Leisk Senior Member

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    Wow!
     
  4. Tombukt2

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    Yes you reset the window Very good something you should always try before you start tearing apart the combination switch now tell me how you got all the miles on a generation 3 Prius how many engines has it had It's been a ride share car all of its life? You got it with how many miles. Like I say if you keep these things in the wind and don't take them off the road we made 365 with a 2010 solar roof car that came from Florida to North Carolina and back and forth and was used in college and driving for profit ventures its whole life was never off the road longer than a weekend then I have a 2013 that was treated like a queen It's engine failed at 220 230K miles. But in the generation 3 the way the door panels cave in in the front and all that stuff can't imagine how well it would do with writing people versus riding merchandise which is what our car the 10 did the 13 did nothing and that's about the right mileage for the gen 3. Just living a normal life not the normal 400,000 miles you get out of a Corolla or a Yaris to me it was quite disappointing but you can't complain when you make over 200k as long as you didn't pay the $25 or 30 grand for the car you're in good shape.