Worthless Power Window Motors!
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From: Elk Grove, CA
Worthless Power Window Motors! Hi, I guess you could call me stupid. My passenger window motor went out so I bought one with a lifetime warranty from ebay and installed it. It worked fine for 2-3 months and my driver side window motor went out, so I ordered one for that side from the same place. A week after I installed the driver window motor, the passenger one went bad. It still works, but it makes a grinding noise and you have to give the window some help sometimes to roll up and down. A week later, the driver's window was doing the same thing. I pulled the door panel thinking it was loose and the gears werent matching up. I pulled the motor off and connected the power to it and it moved around just fine, so I grabbed the gear with two fingers and in certain spots, it made that grinding noise, and everything was connected real tight and looked good on the other side as well. ok, enough with the pointless info.
Lifetime warranty's on ebay power window motors pretty much don't mean ****. I should have put more thought into it, but they know damn well you arent going to pull the motor and put the door panel back on and drive around with your window falling down for a 2 weeks why you exchange it for a new one.
THE POINT OF MY POST:
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A GOOD WINDOW MOTOR FOR A DECENT PRICE WITHOUT HAVING TO ORDER IT FROM CHEVY?
I know Auto Zone sells them, but they are like 79 bucks each and I dont even know if they are any good. I know that the motors in these windows go out constantly, but I just wish maybe I could get something that would last more than 2 weeks. More like a year. Anyone with any info on this please respond! THAAAAAAAAAANK YOU! =)
Lifetime warranty's on ebay power window motors pretty much don't mean ****. I should have put more thought into it, but they know damn well you arent going to pull the motor and put the door panel back on and drive around with your window falling down for a 2 weeks why you exchange it for a new one.
THE POINT OF MY POST:
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A GOOD WINDOW MOTOR FOR A DECENT PRICE WITHOUT HAVING TO ORDER IT FROM CHEVY?
I know Auto Zone sells them, but they are like 79 bucks each and I dont even know if they are any good. I know that the motors in these windows go out constantly, but I just wish maybe I could get something that would last more than 2 weeks. More like a year. Anyone with any info on this please respond! THAAAAAAAAAANK YOU! =)
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AutoZone sells two motors. A $50 Seimans with a Lifetime Waranty and a $80 Other Brand with a 1 or 3 year warranty. I recently installed a $50 Seimans motor in my driver's side door. It works like a new factory unit. Some people report it being faster and stronger, but mine is the same as the factory unit when it was new. At least it works now.
Last edited by VIP1; Nov 19, 2004 at 02:38 PM.
A little off topic, but I replaced my driver's side motor a couple of weeks ago and must have put that spring in wrong because it fell off inside the door with the window up. How does that thing go in?
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What spring?
I didn't see any spring in mine.
Here is a thread where I posted some write-ups:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ighlight=motor
I didn't see any spring in mine.
Here is a thread where I posted some write-ups:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ighlight=motor
http://shbox.com/page/windowmotor10.html
It shows it in this picture. When I did it, I just pulled the regulator out instead of drilling holes in my door and in the process, the spring came off. I'll have to pull the regulator out again to get the spring in, I think, but I need to figure out how it was in there in the first place
It shows it in this picture. When I did it, I just pulled the regulator out instead of drilling holes in my door and in the process, the spring came off. I'll have to pull the regulator out again to get the spring in, I think, but I need to figure out how it was in there in the first place
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