Window motor

mkelee · 04-17-2008, 06:01 PM

Hi, I have a bad driverside window motor. Nissan wants $268.00 for one.
Does anyone know of a aftermarket company that rebuilds them????
Thank you.

stnjohnson · 04-17-2008, 06:16 PM

Don't know of anywhere online off the top of my head, but anywhere that rebuilds electrical motors can rebuild on. Assuming that the electrical components are the problem. I would start at places that rebuild starters and other car related motors, then move on to commercial motor rebuilders.

Or fix it yourself. Does it do anything at all when you push the button? If not then your problem might not be the motor itself. It could just be the switch or a power supply problem. If you have a voltmeter this could be run down pretty quick.

mkelee · 04-17-2008, 06:58 PM

I pulled the master switch the pass switch works fine. There is no apparrent physical problem with the switch.

I have the door panel off. all wiring looks to be fine no problems I can see where the motor and see the three bolts holding it on . I cant figure out how to get it out.

The motor was going up all the way then down a little , then all the way down.?
I have a multimeter somewhere still looking. THX

**HudsonValleyTitan** · 04-17-2008, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkelee

Hi, I have a bad driverside window motor. Nissan wants $268.00 for one.
Does anyone know of a aftermarket company that rebuilds them????
Thank you.

Here's the OEM much cheaper. $205. Not cheap but better.

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...05&catalogid=2

mkelee · 04-17-2008, 09:31 PM

Thank you!

SOCALTITANKC4X4LE · 04-17-2008, 10:09 PM

I have the same problem with my Pathfinder. I thought it was a bad motor, until I applied 12 volts to one wire that makes the motor wind one direction for making the window move up and then applied 12 volts to the other wire that makes the motor wind the opposite direction to make the window move down. Both times the motor worked fine. The problem is the same no matter if I used the switch on the drivers arm rest or at the rear passenger door switch. So I think I might have a relay problem. But I don't have time to finish diagnosing the problem.
I hope this helps.

mkelee · 04-18-2008, 02:26 PM

Thanks. I gave the window motor a hard hit and now it works again but went up and came down 2 or 3" again so I am using it but not going all the way down or up.? !

PHOSS · 04-18-2008, 03:31 PM

Window motor needs to be reset. Will it roll all the way up without using the auto up function?

mkelee · 04-18-2008, 04:03 PM

I just went and tried it,yes it will roll all the way up when not in auto up function.
But now its doing fine in auto up function as well. I must have tried it 30 times in auto mode and it worked every time

I had it unplugged at one point yesterday. What gives?????

mkelee · 04-19-2008, 03:27 PM

It rolled all the way down this morning and it was three hours before it would go back up! How do you reset a window motor ???

Guiseppe · 04-19-2008, 04:15 PM

try Checker or Kragen, mine went bad about 8 months ago, picked one up for about $100.

mkelee · 04-19-2008, 11:16 PM

Thank you. It worked again tonight did not go all the up before going back down.?

Titan-ization · 04-20-2008, 12:21 AM

I had the same problem on my wifes Xterra. Ended up being not the motor, but the pulley assembley and window cable. One of the ends of the cable had a plastic peice that broke off, allowing too much play in the cable, this caused the cable to end up getting jammed up in the pulley and wind unit. It was beyond repair, bought a whole new pulley, cable, window slide and installed it myself, cost about $70.00 from a local junk yard. The motor was fine, just unplugged it and detached it from the pulley assembly and reused it. What was causing the motor to stop working (making me think it was the motor) was that when the cable got bound up in the pulley retract, it caused an overcurrent in the motor causing it to shut off, of course the relays reset themselves after a specified period of time, so it would work again, as long as the cable was not being bound in the pulley. Needless to say, the cable got so bound up that it eventully wouldn't move at all. Might want to look at your pulley assembly, cable, and window slide to be sure your problem isn't there first...these window motors don't usually go out that easily. It is all the hardware that fails (cheap plastic pieces). It is a bit of a pain in the butt to pull all of it out because you have to removed the window (should be two screws at the bottom of the window that hold it onto the slide assembly in between two lips. Best thing to do is roll the window down as far as possible, but alos aligning the screws in between the door supports so you can see and access them. Once the screws are out of the window, simply lift it out, but you may have to turn the side of the window upward first since it is a curved window, to clear the toip of the door, once the window is out, everything else is pretty easy and self explanatory.
Just a little info in case you decide to do a little more digging on your own before buying a new motor you may not need.

mkelee · 04-20-2008, 11:21 AM

Thanks , I checked out what you described. No dice thank you for your time though.

mkelee · 04-20-2008, 01:48 PM

O.K. guys. Now thit works as long as I do not roll it down all the way, or use the auto feature. I found one with a lifetime warr. at cheif for $95.00
but I am out of work. How do you reset motor or make sure it the problem component? Any help would be appreciated! THX