Window motor

K

KEN

Has anyone had a electric window motor go out before? I have a 91 legacy &
its the drivers window.
 
My friends 89 Jeep Cherokee's window motor quit on him. Upon
disassembling the door, we found that the wire had just broken off the
motor due vibration and 14 years of opening and closing. It wasn't too
hard to pull it out and rewire it.
 
No, but one of the arms in the mechanism on the driver's door of my son's 92
Legacy just broke off.

Replacement part was about 70 USD from Subaru, and an auto glass shop said
they'd install it for 50 USD or so.

If you get the motor replaced, be sure to lubricate the mechanism well, as
long as it's out there being fixed.


Kevin Larkin
Independent AMSOIL Dealer
www.lubedealer.com/klarkin
 
The driver's window on my WRX failed a few months ago, one of numerous things on this car to have broken.
 
hmm. The only thing to have broken on my 02 wrx wagon is the a/c
sensor. Otherwise it's been absolutely reliable.
 
I'm sure yours has been. Most of them seem to be reliable, but my particularly one, unfortunately, has not. It's had more problems than my previous three cars combined.
 
Hi,
May be window is out of alignment putting an extra stress on the motor.
I saw that happen.
Tony
 
I work for a company that sells used auto parts to rebuilders.

One of my product lines is window lift motors. I sell about 5,000 a month.

Do you think window lift motors go bad?
I do!!!!
(Thankfully for my livelihood)

Dukephoto
 
In my '95 Outback the lift mechanism in the driver's window went bad. The
motor was fine but the metal arms bent out of shape. I straightened them
temporarily, knew it would not last, planned to take it out and weld on some
reinforcement.
I got so busy that did not happen and of course the metal twisted again. The
dealer did sell me just a set of arms, that I could move the motor to, for
somewhere around $70, so I bought that. Guess what: The new arms had
reinforcements already welded on. So I think they found the original design
was too weak and would sometimes give up: The window was not out of
alignment, and I even from time to time lubricate it in the tracks lightly.
They were right. I think the mechanism has been essentially the same for
years. I assume more recent cars have the bracing to begin with.
Replacing the mechanism is not hard if the arms are not bent and you can
raise and lower them. If they are bent so you can't raise it to undo the
nuts, then lower the mechanism away from the glass to make it fit through
the small openings, it is much harder... But if they are bent you probably
don't mind bending them some more, so just pull and push and twist, etc.,
and eventually you can get the remains out of the door.
Bob Wilson
 

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