Driver Side windows Motor Out

by **Grnarowana** » Tue May 26, 2009 2:52 pm

Hi Guys,

My 99' Solara's Driver side window finally gave out.

I was on my road trip with my girlfriend to SF from SoCAL and before I even left the freeway - my windows wouldn't roll back up!!! SO i had to use her convertible sebring, which was a bummer because it takes a while to go 80mph on freeway.

Can this be a Do It Yourself project for mechanical illiterate people? If not, what is the ballpark figure to get this fixed?

Thanks!

by **lilm** » Tue May 26, 2009 3:01 pm

i made a tutorial search for it

by **Pogs** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:33 am

Did you notice anything (like warning signs) that your window motor was going out. I only ask because mine has been making an ackward clunk sound when I wind it up.

by **lilm** » Wed May 27, 2009 8:56 pm

^^ Its probably hitting something. Take off the door molding and run the window up and down to see were it's hitting

by **Grnarowana** » Sat May 30, 2009 8:26 am

I took the car to the shop and the regulator was out. Cost 273 to fix. TOo high? Let me know if that's an avg price to fix a non-working window. I don't want to go back to that shop if I got ripped off.

Thanks!

by **trd4life** » Sat May 30, 2009 9:20 am

ripped off! $273? WTF

by **D-money** » Sat May 30, 2009 1:25 pm

considering the part is only 80 bucks probably took em 2 hours to do you paid him 100.00 an hour yea id say you got ripped

by **t3chnique** » Sat May 30, 2009 6:30 pm

D-money wrote:considering the part is only 80 bucks probably took em 2 hours to do you paid him 100.00 an hour yea id say you got ripped

how do you know is $80?

by **D-money** » Sat May 30, 2009 7:49 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyota-S ... 240%3A1318

by **Grnarowana** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:29 am

That sucks...Maybe because its Santa Barbara....repairs are higher?

I guess i won't be going back to them anytime soon.

by **mazen222** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:34 am

i paid the same amount if not a bit more to fix at toyota... the part is much more than 80$ if its new... my mechanic wasn't able to do it, so i ended up going to toyota.

also, buying a ued part is a bit risky imo... they all brake sooner or later, so buying a used one is not safe

Driver Side windows Motor Out

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