DAMN power window motor is dead!
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From: Mentor, Ohio
DAMN power window motor is dead! Ok guys is there a good replacement motor for our power windows? I had the motors replaced on my 00 WS6 under warranty and the service dept. scratched the **** out of my window tint. Thats tells me this jobs isn't very easy. My old 98 cobra had AWESOME window motors. Is there anyway to use the ford window motors on our cars? My 99 SS's windows will hardly go down, or up for that matter. I don't see replacing them with the same GM motor because they will just go bad again. For christs sake my SS only has 19k on it and never driven in the winter. Anyone have a good write up on window motor installation? I checked with my GM store and they said my cost(I work for a BMW dealership who has a GM store too) would be about $300 to install new motors. I think it could be done for much cheaper.
Staging Lane
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From: Alabama
Re: DAMN power window motor is dead! yeah napa has them for 50 with a 25 dollar core charge have fun replaceing it i found when i did mine that if you drill the rivets that hold the motor itself if you drill through the door and get those rivets the window will stay up and the spring in there wont come off if you dont understand what im saying post back and ill see if i can get a picture of what im talking about <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
Staging Lane
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From: Alabama
Re: DAMN power window motor is dead! i dont know if there any better but me and a friend of mine just replaced ours and they work great pluss for the price you cant beat it plus everything ive ever gotten from NAPA is pretty good
Teching In
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Re: DAMN power window motor is dead! i dont know if they are any better than the gm motors but you can buy some at autozone for around 50 dollars. only good thing is that they have a liftime warranty
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Re: DAMN power window motor is dead! my window motor is dying, the autozone would should be the same as the GM one right? with the mounts?
It seems kinda hard <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" />
It seems kinda hard <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" />
Teching In
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From: Murrieta, CA
Re: DAMN power window motor is dead! On the AutoZone website, they list the window motors for $74.99 (part # WL42014 for the Siemen's brand). They listed another brand also, but it was still $74.99. I thought the Siemen's brand was around $50? Are the prices on the website just listed higher, or did the price just go up? Thanks.
<small>[ March 27, 2003, 12:07 AM: Message edited by: BeeMo ]</small>
<small>[ March 27, 2003, 12:07 AM: Message edited by: BeeMo ]</small>
Staging Lane
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From: Alabama
Re: DAMN power window motor is dead! id call them to make sure when i got mine from napa it was 75 to begin with then when i took my old motor back to them they gave me 25 back so just ask them if there is like a 25 dollar core charge
Re: DAMN power window motor is dead! I installed a siemens window motor from autozone this weekend. 49.95 no core charge, lifetime warranty. It is faster than when the car was new and was very EASY to install. I was ready for a real fight but it is really simple....
P.S. The siemens motor from Autozone is a NEW motor. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> The Napa and O'reilly units are rebuilt GM units..... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" />
<small>[ March 27, 2003, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: cantdrv65 ]</small>
P.S. The siemens motor from Autozone is a NEW motor. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> The Napa and O'reilly units are rebuilt GM units..... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" />
<small>[ March 27, 2003, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: cantdrv65 ]</small>
Re: DAMN power window motor is dead! I helped a friend replace his driver's side unit. The rivets holding it in place are made by Huck/Cherry. They are an aircraft quality rivet. The replacement motor came with screws to replace the drilled rivets. The motor was a remanufactured unit, redone in Mexico. The connectors did connect right up to the factory connectors. I think he paid, at the time, about $75. We did have to do some drilling though.
Teching In
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From: Fort Lauderdale and
Re: DAMN power window motor is dead! I am going through this right now - what a pain this is . I actually drilled the wrong rivets - duh. I couldn't believe they actually meant drill through the door panel and then remove the rivets - so, someone asked for part number - it is the same for driver and passenger and from the dealer (I now - stupid me - the next one will be from Advance) it is 88960088 and the rivets if you drill the wrong ones (Ha ha - keep laughing funny boys) is 10157547.
