Driver door lock not working

The window has nothing to with the locks. Sounds like a case of the "ever since" syndrome. "Ever since you changed my oil, my power antenna doesn't work. What you gonna do about it?" Now you know what it feels like to be a mechanic who gets blamed for everything that goes wrong, often weeks after he touched the car. People who are unknowledgeable about cars are the hardest to convince parts fail on their own. They need to find someone to blame. What they fail to realize is there are stores filled with replacement parts for those that failed without someone causing it.

If you had noticed this problem immediately after holding the window, then I would suggest the straining motor caused something to bulge and may have tugged on a wiring harness causing the electrical plug to pull out from the lock actuator. That would be weird, but stranger things have happened. Cadillac is known for bulging and flexing door trim panels when using the power windows, but even they don't develop problems due to tugging on wiring harnesses.

When you actually look at how a window system works, you will see that holding a window by hand is no different than the door frame or internal stops holding the window. No damage is caused by continuing to press the switch after the window has gone all the way up.

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