Window?!

[black99alero]

I took my car to a mechanic about my window on my passenger side not rolling down and he said that it was the motor that was bad and he was going to charge me $300 to replace it, so I decided that I would have him put it back together and buy one off Ebay for $65 shipped...................Needless to say, I bought one and installed it today and my window still wont do a thing!!!! Has anyone else had a problem like this?!What else should I look into that might be bad?Has anyone had the wiring go bad?

[pawzbear]

yep, i had mine go out, and no, your mechanic is not ripping you. They have to order the whole window motor and assembly whole from the dealer, it is not sold separately. $300 sounds about right, if my memory serves me well.

[bigd6983]

did you check fuses?? i mean id assume the mechanic did but you never know........i dont know how everything is wired up but are both doors wired on the same fuse? or seperate? i think there is a built in relay in the door switch assembly, when you push the button can you hear the relay click over? if not your not getting power at the relay so start checking fuses........

any other questions just post em

[black99alero]

To my understanding there is one fuse wired to both doors and the drivers window works so we had ruled that one out...................Nothing happened when we had the new motor I had installed and I het the window up/down button..............no noise what so ever

[sound_xtreme]

check your switch.

[black99alero]

Had to end up taking my car to a mechanic and it wasnt the MOtor afterall...........it was the wiring harness to the window motor that had a short in it!! Cost me $100 out the door.......not too bad and I have a new window motor that I installed in it too:)

Thanks guys for all your suggestions

[cmsephiroth]

I wouldn't have doubted though that your motor would have went out though. I've had to replace my window regulator two times on the driver side and once on the passenger in the past five years on my 2000 alero.

[chevalero]

I got the same problem...

My passenger window works 1/20 times...
When I move the switch (from the passenger side or by the second switch on the driver side) the windows doesn't move, but the motor does eat electricity.
and sometimes, when it's a rainy day and when I open and shut the door several times, the windows works back...

How can I have a look to this motor and wires ?

chevalero :wacko:

[jackal2000]

the motor in drivers side door "broke" on me twice so far, all it was was a bad spot in the motor, just had to whack it real good and it started working again. you can do it with out taking the dor panel off but it want to, it just pops right off after you take the reflector out and unscrew the screw thats in there if i remember correctly.

[dbailey]

Ever figure out what the wiring shorted out on? :huh: