narou

Okay im a noob is the back door a door or is just the window supposed to roll down... When I press the switch for the window I hear the motor but it doesnt go up or down..

Gokumono

Try and use the key in the back door to roll it all the way down. Once it is "down" (or at least w/e it is, is down to have it think it is down.) reach in, on the inside of the tailgate, pull up the lock, then open it with the handle on the inside.
When i first got mine it took me a while to figure it out. I later, after doing all that, just startin pulling like h*ll and got the door to come down.

Window still isnt fixed though. I roll it down while holding window up, then when it is all the way down, i push window all the way down, open door or w/e, then window rolls up fine.

If it gets off track or screws up though, you may have to open tailgate and see if you can see the problem.

All this assuming your setup is the same as mine. I have a 95 4Runner and you didnt say what you had.

space-junk

iTrader: (1)

there is another thread like this already...
its probably a relay problem as the second gens seem to have it...
4Crawler has a wirteup on his website...
www.4crawler.com

Matt16

Check the rear window lock beside the up/down switch.

Lysmachia

Relay problem OR.... the window motor crapped out. Mine did. It happens more often than Toyota should allow!

Matt16

No kidding, to heck with a 3.0 headgasket special service campaign, I want a rear window SSC.

I did a rear-window-fix/ diagnose writeup a while back. It was mostly aimed at "slow" rear windows, but there's lots of information that you might draw from.
Back window relay fix- 1990 4Runner

just a 22re

ok he said the motor works but the window dont move

so im guessing the track at the botom of the window broke off and the window is weged up there like mine was i say unscrew the carpet and the metal plate and see have some one rool the window down and check it out or wehn your rooling it down push the window down as you do it and when its down you can open the back door

space-junk

iTrader: (1)

i dont understand my window... when my truck is clean and all waxed up, all my windows roll up and down extremely slow... but when shes all muddy and nasty, they roll like they are brand new!!! its frustrating...

narou

the window lock switches are both disengaged.. If I can get the panel off should I be able to fix that lock..

Matt16

Use silicone lube on the rubber runners inside the tailgate. The water from mud is probably acting as a lubricant. Did wonders for my back window.

Ezrider_92356

seems like every 4 runner iv messed with the rear window barely worked or didn't work at all.

idanity

you and me both.

i never washed my 86..never,
my friends g.f. washed it once, and it survived..but the only time i washed it, i ended up w/3-4 quarts of fuel in the oil...

i thought i lost it, i just drove home, washed it, and it wouldn't start...replaced fuel pump, and never happened again (both, breaking, and washing)

now, the 86 is up for sale, as i got the 88 fixed.. (HG now done)

but, windows, if the motor works, you must ensure the guides are clean, and the seals are not putting too much force on the glass (old rubber can act like a vice)
like others, lube the rails and gears to your wallets content, but also make sure you have enough room for that window to actually fit...

i know this, due to my 1st toyota...(roll up windows). i almost broke the handle off, and ended up cuttin my fingers on the door speakers, until i bought a new (80 dollar) window seal...i should/ve just razored it to fit...(or dremeled).
after i installed the new seal, it rolled up/down like it was made from silk

hope that helps

Matt16

How the er...heck did that happen?