Q: driver window goes down a bit after turning car off

asked by on July 22, 2017

Recently, after turning off ignition, and exiting car, driver side window goes down about quarter inch. Window will go up/down only when ignition is on; I close the window fully; turn off ignition and when I open door to exit, driver window goes down a bit....help

My car has 75000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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