the window on my toyota is sliding down by itself - the automatic mechanism inside isn't holding it up ar able to move it. this just happened yesterday when i tried to put the window down, i heard a lot of loud clicks and then a snap of some sort and the window just slides up and down with a little force.

where can i go around here to get it fixed for cheap?

4/21/2006 4:48:59 PM

junkyard...get a new mechanism and replace it yourself.

4/21/2006 5:03:26 PM

not an option

i don't know how

4/21/2006 5:04:37 PM

go to advance or carquest and get a window regulator for it, and i'll put it in for $20

4/21/2006 5:28:45 PM

Cardone Tailgate Window Lift Motor: Reman.
Part Number: 471103
Window Lift Motor: Rear Left; Supplied With Gear


Our Price: $97.97
Core Charge: $35.00
Subtotal: $132.97

one of these?

4/21/2006 5:50:22 PM

Yepper. The 'yoters use a cable regulator assembly that frequently shits the bed. I replaced both of the front ones in a '94 Camry a couple of months ago.

Get brand new motor/regulator assemblies. Siemens is a huge supplier of these, and I can also get Dorman-boxed ones. Advance has them, and damn near everybody else too. They're not terribly hard to replace either.

4/21/2006 7:03:08 PM

you want to go to the dealer and get the regulator, toyota has improved the design

4/21/2006 11:36:03 PM

Fuck the dealer. They wanted WAAAYYYY too much money for them when I called.

The ones that I can get have metal gearcases and spools, whereas the original design factory ones were plastic (and pretty much flew apart).

4/22/2006 3:10:44 AM

the last one I got from toyota was $60, the one before that was maybe $90.

4/22/2006 7:20:22 AM

yeah, toyota is surprising cheap on those things, lower than most aftermarket regulators


btw, you need the whole assembly, with the cables and rails and everything, not just the motor

4/22/2006 10:58:17 AM

Quote :

"the last one I got from toyota was $60, the one before that was maybe $90."

Motor, regulator, and all?

None of the dealershits quoted me that low for the whole damn thing. Not even ANY of the online (yeah, we know how much of a bargain they REALLY are) sites had 'em very cheap.

4/22/2006 8:33:11 PM

in a camry you dont need to replace the motor on a failed regulator, you reuse it

4/24/2006 12:23:35 AM

i don't think it's the motor - i can still hear it whirring when i press the button.

i think the wire just came off something it needs to be on.

69 or one of you wanna take a look at it and see if i do need to go buy somethin tomorrow?

4/24/2006 3:05:26 AM

this happened in a friend of mine's camry, the cable just pulled through the motor. I just locked the window in place with a hose clamp because he didn't have the money to fix it. it's actually water tight

4/24/2006 6:08:38 AM

^ did he get that fixed recently? i put a passenger side regulator in a camry a couple weeks ago held up by hose clamp

Quote :

"Motor, regulator, and all?"

no, just the regulator

some shit is radomly cheap, i had to put a regulator in a 99 beetle, and it comes as a massive sheetmetal assembly that covers the whole inside of the door, and it was only $70, surprised the hell out of me

[Edited on April 24, 2006 at 7:43 AM. Reason : blah]

4/24/2006 7:41:30 AM