drvr window motor? acting strange
03-23-2012, 08:36 AM
#1
drvr window motor? acting strange I searched and searched, my 99 has been working fine until the other day (almost like a button was pushed) the driver speed went to about 50% of normal and seems to be growling? I found alot of "grinding" complaints but its not that pronounced(like the gear to regulator is skipping) it ocasionally will quit moving too, so I'm worried one day it wont go up. I feel like the motor is on its way south but after reading all the suggestions about soldering to bypass the thermal dohickey I thought I'd ask up what Y'all thought? Thanks
03-24-2012, 07:08 AM
#2
I searched and searched, my 99 has been working fine until the other day (almost like a button was pushed) the driver speed went to about 50% of normal and seems to be growling? I found alot of "grinding" complaints but its not that pronounced(like the gear to regulator is skipping)
This is never a good idea. The thermal dohickey was put there for a very good reason. (To protect the fragile fiberglass door from being ripped apart by the motor.) Its a cheap modification that will just lead to outrageously expensive repairs in the future. Also, opening the motor compromises the already poor seals and will lead to more contamination. A lifetime Dorman motor is a great reasonably expenisve way to solve all of the motor's shortcomings.
03-24-2012, 08:27 AM
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kinda sounds like the same probem I was having . Mine ended up being a stripped gear inside the motor , it was working fine til one day I was putting it up and it stopped going up then would go up a little more.
03-26-2012, 08:06 AM
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You need to answer this first by taking the door panel off and examining the engagement of the motor to the regulator. Dying motors don't generally make noises.
This is never a good idea. The thermal dohickey was put there for a very good reason. (To protect the fragile fiberglass door from being ripped apart by the motor.) Its a cheap modification that will just lead to outrageously expensive repairs in the future. Also, opening the motor compromises the already poor seals and will lead to more contamination. A lifetime Dorman motor is a great reasonably expenisve way to solve all of the motor's shortcomings.
This is never a good idea. The thermal dohickey was put there for a very good reason. (To protect the fragile fiberglass door from being ripped apart by the motor.) Its a cheap modification that will just lead to outrageously expensive repairs in the future. Also, opening the motor compromises the already poor seals and will lead to more contamination. A lifetime Dorman motor is a great reasonably expenisve way to solve all of the motor's shortcomings.
03-26-2012, 08:11 AM
#5
I just replaced my driver side window Motor with a dorman and it didn't fit as nicely as the original and now I get a bit of a clunk as I roll the window up about halfway through the travel. Not sure why but ill have to investigate. Otherwise the window works great now... as great as it can anyway, these windows are complete **** whoever designed them must have been retarded.
03-26-2012, 03:44 PM
#6
You could very well be the luckiest F-Body owner in the world! 
Those motors the last owner replaced could be coming loose. Or it could be a bad motor, or something could be stripped... Regardless, you'll have to take the door panel off and investigate further before you can decide on a course of action.
Those motors the last owner replaced could be coming loose. Or it could be a bad motor, or something could be stripped... Regardless, you'll have to take the door panel off and investigate further before you can decide on a course of action.
03-26-2012, 05:05 PM
#7
WSSIX99, I had seen you had lots of input on window issues so I will take it my deal is not a common problem(I rarely have easy problems) I do have an issue when they would both windows would quit and radio would die and through searching found thes a BCM issue, but found when that happens I can hit the unlock and all would start working again. So I have yet to deal with that I also found when my headlight gear stripped that I found all the other strange things that occur due to that. this board has been great in helping out our fellow car guys! Like I said I searched and searched and didnt find anyone else that had the same issue as I am
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03-26-2012, 05:53 PM
#8
WSSIX99, I had seen you had lots of input on window issues so I will take it my deal is not a common problem(I rarely have easy problems) I do have an issue when they would both windows would quit and radio would die and through searching found thes a BCM issue, but found when that happens I can hit the unlock and all would start working again. So I have yet to deal with that I also found when my headlight gear stripped that I found all the other strange things that occur due to that. this board has been great in helping out our fellow car guys! Like I said I searched and searched and didnt find anyone else that had the same issue as I am
I had a dirty MAF issue that was so bad, I was about to drive my car off a cliff. This site has been able to help me keep up with the little quirks.
With a network of people having similar issues, I really don't stress about this stuff too much. If anything, I feel more confident in the car's design and engineering. Most of these little problems happen to us consistently. If they were more random, I'd be more worried.
