2004 Pontiac Grand Am drivers side window is off track.

You will have to remove the inside panel of the door, find out what's wrong, and fix it.

Get a can of spray silicone lubricant, and using the nozzle tube, spray down the front and rear guide tracks of the window. Run the window up and down a few times to distribute the lubricant, and the window should work fine.

replace the window regulator the cable prob. broke

Not sure if SE model is same as GT, but I had a similar problem. There are plastic guides that connect the cable from motor to the regulator framework. That plastic guide or clip can break. The other possibility is the actual plastic clips that connect the window to the regulator arms are broken. Either way, the motor is not the problem.

Look in the owners manuel for the fuse diagram. If the fuse is not the problem then you will have to take off the door panel because the motor might be blown or the glass slipped off the track.

Replace the Window regulator.

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First you have to remove the door panel .Once the panel off, unplug the window motor and use a volt meter on the plug that plugs into the motor.Push the up/down button and check whether you get about 12 volts, if you do then your motor needs to be replaced. If not then the problem the main control switch on the driver door. You have to remove the motor in order to get that window up.

Thank you !!

The vinyl welt or glass run channel is curled up in the track binding the window glass fron coming up. After it sits for a minute or two like you stated it works its way up a little more each time. The reason is the curled up welt (vinyl) has to takes sometime to work its way back out somewhat. Then it will go up a little more and quit and so on as you said. To fix this you can add a lubracant called dri slide which will work possibly only if your window is fully up at that time. You will need to saturate it between the glass and the run channel (welt) that is curling up causing it to bind. I would do both sides for good measures. If this does not work to greta all you can do is to replace the welt for the glass run channel.

remove door panel inside car and check motor with test light.
check window regulator/track window rides on, for proper operation, check cable is not broke.
replace motor if bad buy a new one, replace regulator from junk yard, new is pricey. 250.00 dealer cost.
350-400 for the whole job :(

take the door panel off and block the window up with a peice of wood, yes that is how we do it.

Sounds like you need a new window motor, or perhaps the window is binding in the tracks. The short bursts you describe sound like the motor is drawing too much current, some systems have current limiting built in for detecting auto up and down limits. If the current rises too high from a bad motor or binding tracks, the system thinks the window is all the way down or up and shuts off.