I am new to this forum and just recently picked up my rx8 last month. I got into my car this morning and attempted to roll down my windows but my driver side window only went down about 2" and stopped. It will roll back up without any problems or noises but will not go down any further than 2". I took my door panel off and the motor seems to be working fine but I am not really sure how to proceed from here in diagnosing this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions or has anyone else had this issue before?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

There is a programmable setting for venting the window at about that height for my car. If yours has that feature maybe it got stuck somehow. Do you have the owners manual? Somewhere it explains how to reprogram it. Maybe you can start there and see if it gets you anywhere.

 

So I decided to take everything apart to have a look. The plastic teeth do not look stripped on both the motor and the spool. It is starting to look like the cable was crossed over on the spool which was preventing it from going any farther than 2". The cable just blew off of the spool when I unscrewed the motor. Now the hard part is trying to put everything back together correctly.

 

I wasn't able to find any useful information about the power windows in my manual. I do not believe my car has the venting feature.

 

Just ordered a new regulator after seeing damage to the cable. I am still not sure how this could happen. Maybe by closing my door too hard?

 

bump..My window got in the same place and wouldnt roll up before rolling all the way down and now wont roll back up at all but tries to and moves both ways a little. Need help is my dd...why couldnt the window get stuck open...lol