I've got a 2001 cherokee. It has 86k miles right now, but only 71k miles when I first got it, and the driver side power window has never worked. All the other ones do though, so I figured it was just the switch.

I replaced the switch with one that was supposedly good that I got off ebay, and everything works but the driver window still. I'm terrible at troubleshooting, not a very good mechanic, and don't have much money so I'd prefer to fix this myself without paying a mechanic. Any ideas on what I should check next?

With as low as miles as it has, I wouldn't expect the window motor to be bad yet. I've had other vehicles with similar problems, and it was always the switch, which I was able to fix by splicing into the wiring and jerry rigging it where I could still roll down the window. Since this one has one big switch for all the power windows though, I don't really want to go hacking it up, especially if it might not fix it.

Is there anything other than the window motor that this could be? Thanks.

 

Click here to read about power windows in xj service manual...

 

Yep... a dozen things.

Buy a test light and learn how to use it. It will save money that you would have spent buying parts that don't fix it.

If you can read a map, you can read a wiring diagram.

you saved me a little work there... thanks