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Phstratton
08-20-2009, 04:02 PM
I'm driving down the road with the windows down, as usual, and as I'm pulling into McDonald's parking lot it starts raining. So I start rolling up the window and it goes halfway and stop...dubya tee eff? I pull through the drive thru (thank god the rain was coming from the passenger side so too much water didn't get in) and I try it again and it goes a little further and stops. After trying it three or four times it finally goes up. A couple minutes later the rain stops and I get to school. I roll the window down and it goes all the way, the first time, but when I try to roll it up it does the same thing as before. Is this the window motor going out, or some other problem?
SexyTransAm
08-20-2009, 04:37 PM
sounds like a motor to me. thats what mine did
hotrod96z28
08-20-2009, 05:35 PM
thats what happened when my motor went out
CamaroGirl
08-20-2009, 08:33 PM
thats what happened when my motor went out
not that bad of a fix
crows93z
08-20-2009, 10:18 PM
window motor. i've been living on the same dead motor for about 2 years now though... i just hold the button while pulling the window up. i just really don't feel like swapping them. lol. still works though.
chris
08-20-2009, 10:30 PM
window motor. i've been living on the same dead motor for about 2 years now though... i just hold the button while pulling the window up. i just really don't feel like swapping them. lol. still works though.

Methond worked for me for about a year :metal:
Tarheel'Z'
08-20-2009, 11:38 PM
same here,,,,my question is are you guys gonna replace it with one of those units i see on ebay for like 30bucks??
CamaroGirl
08-21-2009, 01:32 AM
i wouldnt use any motor off ebay on my car, i paid 40 for mine from work
Wooshie
08-21-2009, 10:25 AM
I took mine to a auto glass shop and they replaced both motors and the driver side track which was twisted from a previous motor replacement. It was about 130.00$.
Tarheel'Z'
08-21-2009, 12:54 PM
I took mine to a auto glass shop and they replaced both motors and the driver side track which was twisted from a previous motor replacement. It was about 130.00$.


holy shit that was pretty cheap,,im gonna look into that
Phstratton
08-21-2009, 03:20 PM
we're gonna buy the window motors and put them in ourselves.
barney1golf
08-22-2009, 12:26 PM
I just replaced mine about a month ago. Bought new motor at autozone 57.00 with a lifetime warranty. The change out wasn't too bad. I did a little research on this and found out that GM sends 10-11 volts to the driver side switch then splits that with the passenger switch. So when you roll both windows down at the same time there is only 4-5 volts running the motors and they are designed to run on 10. That is why they burn up. There are 3 rivots holding motor in place. Just locate where they are at and drill a 1/2 inch hole through the inner panel to get to them. Then drill the rivets out. Make sure you hold up the window with boards through the opening before drilling rivets. I took my speaker out and went through that opening to change motor.Its not bad once you get in there and see whats going on. Good luck.
Barney