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Good call on that timing belt, over time they suffer age cracks; 15 years is a long time. 

Great response!!! I appreciate your input. Do you know which type of relay module I could use? 

I should check my timing belt again, its been a while. I know it has lower miles-ish on it, but I've owned it for 15 years now. My list for this spring is a new starter (gets heat soaked and doesn't wanna crank), and a new window regulator for the drivers side, and while in the door I may clean out or replace the power lock motors, not sure if they're weak or just old and gummed up   Doesn't answer your question but it got me thinking haha

It's that time. The oil leak in the rear main seal of my 1994 Cutlass Supreme SL with the 3.4L motor has gotten so bad that it needs to come out for repairs. In addition to this being in need of replacement, I am going to have the oil pan gasket replaced as well, along with the 3 coils and the alternator while the motor is out of the car. In addition to that, is there anything else anyone can think of that should be replaced while the motor is out, as this would be a golden opportunity to get it done. The engine compartment will also be degreased to clean up the big mess this leak has been making. It does not need a timing belt, water pump, or any intake manifold work as this was all done 5 years and 10,000 miles ago and no issues here.   

I had a similar issue for the past 10 years that I finally dealt with this past fall, the relay inside was acting up and it would only do the reverse position maybe 4% of the time, if not less. I literally had to sit there and keep clicking it until it would finally decide to take. It would always work on the reverse(?) side; so from vent to close, or from close to slide open, and it sounds like yours is having the reverse issue.    However, it depends on what unit you have, its possible its a vent only   but Here's the post. I ended up having to use a slightly newer relay module, I simply couldn't find an exact match, but they're pretty much the same thing. One thing is that on mine it has a stop switch since "closed" is in the middle of open and vent, where as newer cars such as my 06 go into vent mode and then slide back essentially still in vent mode but slid back, if that makes sense. Point being, I lost the stop feature since the newer unit doesn't have to account for that, but I'd rather lose that and be able to actually open and close it, I just have to make sure it's in a good sealed position, which isn't hard.