all at once failure- rear window, keyless entry,rear wiper

[hotmike]

Good afternoon all. I have a 2000 4runner v6 SR5. 100k miles. Well treated. Second owner.
Last week I lost the ability to roll the rear window up/down. Neither the front switch nor key in liftgate will activate it. I hear no clicking while doing this. All is quiet. Also, my remote entry keyring will not activate anything. It wont operate the door locks or the rear window.
Are these things related?

I did something last weekend that I had never done before. I was in the front seat and my GF needed to get something from out of the back. I used the front switch and lowered the rear window. She couldn't reach over, and before I could stop her, she opened the lift gate. I raised the window from the front switch and never thought twice about it.

3 days later I noticed that my switch wouldnt operate the window and then neither would the key...and then I noticed that the remote wouldnt do anything. I didnt know if they were related and I replaced the battery in the remote with no effect.

If you know what the issue is, I would appreciate help. I may need to find a switch or relay and if you know those locations, please tell me.

[Seanz0rz]

check the fuses under the dash and under the hood.

if everything checks out there, then we will start to look at the other troubleshooting checklists.

what keyless entry do you have? the stock system or some aftermarket? if aftermarket, there should be a couple of fuses under the dash in the middle of a wiring harness, check those.

btw, opening the door with the window down, or opening the window with the door open, wont affect anything. i commonly do this to access the back of the roof rack to get things or tie things down.

[4x4mike]

I never thought of opening the window with the back open to get to the roof. I always have to to close it.

There is a ECU in the back hatch that is tired into the locks, dome lights, rear window, etc. Does your rear cargo light work? Does it turn on when you open the rear hatch? I guess if could be damaged or have something loose on it. On my '99 the ecu is behind the plastic on the drivers side. I tapped into it for the rear hatch light I put in.