Not long after I bought this car used, the driver's window motor started to go out right away. The passenger side is also slow and probably doesn't have much life left to it.
these power windows worked great for years,even in the earliest models,then they went to a cable drive system,like domestic cars. what a mistake. this car is only ten years old,yet every window motor is failing. the cables start to fray,then it destroys the pulleys on the window regulators, then you have to buy a regulator and a motor assembly. this seems to be a common problem on the cars. DO NOT buy a replacement regulator from the dealer, you can buy a motor for 62 bucks from nappa,and the regulator assembly with motor is available online, usually from doorman products,for around a hundred bucks. quality can't be worse then OEM,nothing could be worse then OEM. if you have mechanical skills, you can do this pretty easy. if you hear a grinding and scraping,when the window is going up and down,thats the cables self destructing. i will post pics when i get my replacement motor in. right now i need to cut some cardboard to jam in the window to keep it up.
I have automatic windows. I rolled the window down with the auto button, and it got stuck half way down. I was coming home from a trip, and it was 35 degrees outside. I had to drive 1.5 hours with the window almost completely down. I was on the interstate going about 75 MPH. Combine that with the fact that it was 35 degrees outside, and it got cold quick. It cost about $350 to get it fixed. You can't have a window that doesn't close. Thanksfully, it did not rain....nor did I get frostbite.
- Matthew W.,
Raleigh, NC, US
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Not long after I bought this car used, the driver's window motor started to go out right away. The passenger side is also slow and probably doesn't have much life left to it.
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