Driver Side Window Help!
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Staging Lane
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Driver Side Window Help! when i put my window all the way down and go to put it back up again it only goes about half way up and then stops. then i have to wait 5 minutes and try again and it only goes up a couple inches and i have to keep repeating until its up. Do i need a new motor or what??!?!?!!??!
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This is a classic sign of needing a new window motor. Mine did exactly what you have described, I replaced the motor and everything was perfect again.
Here's a great write up on motor replacement:
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html
Here's a great write up on motor replacement:
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html
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I really didn't want to get my hands all messed up screwing with a window motor replacement. So I got a local auto glass company to change mine out for me. $50.00 bucks labor. I bought my repacement motor from AutoZone. It has a lifetime warranty. They also had to replace the part that lifts and lower the window that the motor drives. It was worn out with the rivit about to fall out.
Last edited by NC98Z; Mar 7, 2012 at 02:56 PM.
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Staging Lane
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 87
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From: New Tripoli, PA
This is a classic sign of needing a new window motor. Mine did exactly what you have described, I replaced the motor and everything was perfect again.
Here's a great write up on motor replacement:
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html
Here's a great write up on motor replacement:
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor.html
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
PS. My Camaro did not bite me when I changed the window motor.
