Power Window Motor Replacement/clean

[180 wanabe]

Hi guys

My drivers side power window motor packed it in last week

Window was all the way up which I guess was good only bad thing is closing the door had to be done from outside the car as the glass is too high to close the door without it scraping the plastic trim

Anyhow I called up the local nissan dealer who wanted $600 RRP or $510 trade

I promptly went on ebay and bought a new motor for $179 + 23 postage

I had a look on google and found a good DIY guide on how to change the window motor at G35 driver here

Problem with buying stuff from the states is that it takes at least a week to get here

I decided to try the DIY guide and clean the motor with some brake cleaner and some cotton bud tips

After about 3 hours... "please note that im not mechanically minded, should take anyone with 1/2 an idea no more than 1 1/2 to 2" I had the motor out, cleaned up and everything back together working!

When the new motor comes from the states ill hold onto it until the cleaned up one gives up again

Edited January 11, 2011 by 180 wanabe

[jrm]

Wow, pricy. I think I only paid $250 or so for my R34 GTT one from the local Nissan dealer when mine went ..

[Chowda_boy]

argh....my driver side window starting to go too...got quoted around $550 for a motor, and around $270 for the regulator from Nissan in Darwin. Planning to order the motors from eBay as well, just unsure if I should do the regulators too? Might actually try to pull apart the door and clean the motor first....not confident though.

[180 wanabe]

argh....my driver side window starting to go too...got quoted around $550 for a motor, and around $270 for the regulator from Nissan in Darwin. Planning to order the motors from eBay as well, just unsure if I should do the regulators too? Might actually try to pull apart the door and clean the motor first....not confident though.

Its not all that hard, check out the step by step guide in the link that I posted

Im by no means savvy when it comes to pulling cars apart but if youv got an afternoon off, some cotton bud tips and some metho/brake cleaner youv got nothing to loose by cleaning the old motor. If your lucky it will come back to life for you. Iv still got the new motor coming as I dont know how much life a revived old one will have. In the meantime I can @ least drive my car without the hassel of having the window glass being too high to close the door unless someone helps from the outside.

I dont think you will need a regulator

Oh and BTW for anyone else reading. My window started to go on the fritz about 2 weeks before it completley died "as in would work sometimes and then other times not at all" so be ready if this is happening to you now

On a side note the revived motor now goes up and down faster than the live passanger side

Edited January 11, 2011 by 180 wanabe

[mosoto]

http://infinitihelp.com/diy/gcoupe/projects/infiniti_g35_window_motor_replacement_procedure.htm

this is a good instructional vid on window motor removal. As for cleaning I wouldn't bother given the poor success rate. I replaced and reset both window motors on the weekend

[180 wanabe]

As for cleaning I wouldn't bother given the poor success rate. I replaced and reset both window motors on the weekend

Guess im just that lucky, will b interesting to see how long it lasts. Got the new one on order anyway

[Ezy03]

i had to buy a new one yesterday, my window started playing up for a week or so now, its getting stuck sometimes and cant move it down - im not so confident doing it myself so does anyone know anyone or place i should go to that know how to replace it? and basically how much they would charge or how much id be looking at for labour?

btw window motor cost me 135usd posted.

Edited January 14, 2011 by ezy03

[Chowda_boy]

Thanks 180 wanabe and mosoto for the link to both the guide and the video. I agree that cleaning the motors might not be worth the effort, so best I order them first and taking it from there. Might be an obvoius question but should the window be down when i attempt this (haven't had a chance to look at the video yet)?

Ezy03 - would be great if you can advise where you got your motors from, most of the ones i've seen from ebay are around US$180 a piece and not including shipping (still much cheaper than getting it locally though). FYI - Nissan dealer here quoted me approx. $180 per door for replacing the motors.

[Ezy03]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320623571758&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:MOTORS:1123#ht_500wt_1183 thats the link there paid 135 usd, dailydealfinder is the ebay seller. not sure if they have more though - doesnt have any more listings but worth the try just asking them via msg i guess

ill try calling up nissan next to my place and some other ones for install prices thanks for the bench mark of 180 per door.

[Chris Rogers]

given its a two hour exercise to pull that door down and refit a motor - I'd call it fair myself.

[Ezy03]

So 180 is a good price? How much do I charge Chris?

[Chris Rogers]

per door - yes.

everyone seems to forget that these are not the easiest cars to work on at times. paying someone to do teh job usually involves an hourly fee of 90-110/hr. in my case it's 90.

[Warrio]

This post helped me to pull the button from the panel and fix it while I'm on the road with window down. Thanks a lot

[mosoto]

I agree with Chris, having replaced both I think $90p/h for a qualified person to do it is fair. Someone experienced with this car should take much less than an hour per door. Example of this is the Video I linked above, length 20m:10s

[Ezy03]

any one in syd that is exp'd other than nissan dealer?

[Chris Rogers]

I'll check with a mate of mine. he may be able to help.

shoot me your phone number and I'll pass it on.

[Creekie]

Can anyone tell me if I should worry. Sometimes when the passenger door is being closed it goes down about 100mm instead of going up the last bit. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a sign of things to come?

[mellowman]

2 hours really....maybe i have been lucky but i have taken off the door panels a number of times when my drivers side motor was having issues, to tap the motor while pressing the window up button.

by the time i got around to ordering the window motor the install only took me a timed 50mins to change out the window motor and get everything put back on correctly.

I reckon an hour for this job.

[VNS 24]

Can anyone tell me if I should worry. Sometimes when the passenger door is being closed it goes down about 100mm instead of going up the last bit. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a sign of things to come?

Yeah, it happened to me before the window motor failed.

Try holding "up" the window button until the window fully close. It worked for me, and I wouldn't dare to open the window until I got it fixed.

[mosoto]

2 hours really....maybe i have been lucky but i have taken off the door panels a number of times when my drivers side motor was having issues, to tap the motor while pressing the window up button.

by the time i got around to ordering the window motor the install only took me a timed 50mins to change out the window motor and get everything put back on correctly.

I reckon an hour for this job.

see post #14