Legacy05GT Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Last night my driver side window went down and did not come back up. Now I understood that there were issues with the “clunky” switch, and mine was no different, sometimes I would press and press and press and if I was lucky, it would respond. So, after reading BOXRPWR’s thread about the driver window switch, I went right in and pulled apart the door and studied the workings of the window mechanism. After 1 ½ hours, I found that the problems was NOT the switch, but rather the motor, or the communication from the switch to the motor. It was now midnight, so I decided the sleep on it and try this morning to manually pull the window up. Here are a few factors that made this suck. 1. I don’t have a garage 2. My window is down and Hurricane Ernesto will be here in a day 3. I have to go to work In the morning, after realizing that I can’t get the window up manually, I broke down and… WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP After 2 hours of waiting (late for work at this point) and $135.00 the dealer told me that the motor was bad (which I already knew), the part number and he also manually put up the window. So for now, I’m in the clear with weather. He went on to tell me that the replacement parts and labor would cost me $600.00. So I proceded to tell him to Eat Sh*t, give me my car, take my $135, I’ll do the work myself. The part number of the window motor that needs to be replaced is 61188A601A. Question is, where can I go besides the over-priced dealer for this part? Has anyone had any experience replacing the window motors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 This should be covered under warranty, WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wukindada Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 You out a warranty already? Toyota 6EATS .........SUCK!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 yea....warranty?? wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy05GT Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 41,552 miles. SHOULD i still be under warrenty???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 guess not. why didn't you get it looked at before it expired? yeah...same reason I'd avoid the dealer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy05GT Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 I didn't get it looked at because it was sporatic not really an issue and i hate the dealerships. Yeah, just called SOA, i'm not covered by warranty. So, looks like PremierSubaruParts.com has the part for $124. Looks like a weekend job. Pictures and procedures for Driver Side Window Motor replacement soon to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainmorgan Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Cheapest I can find a new one is $117 at SubaruGenuineParts.com (very good vendor). And you can probably find a used one at car-parts.com and have it shipped to you for under $100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillboy Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Hope you told them to leave the door opened up...save time & possibly broken parts getting back into the door. It'll be interesting to see time spent, inadvertent damage to car, extra tools needed, and medical expenses before this job is done. If it was easy, I can't see 4.5 hours of labor at the dealership ($600-$150 parts & $100/hr labor). Good luck and keep us posted. It is still ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 no way it takes that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillboy Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 It takes awhile to find the guy with the skinny little arms that can reach inside the door. It is still ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meier motor sports Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 its not that hard. once the door panel is off its like 3-4 bolts for the window motor. and if its the regualtor then u need to seperate the glass from the rgualtor and take everything out which can get tricky cause the regulator is a funky shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanger Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 i went to the dealership and got a new power window switch installed ○ ○ ○ Instagram: itshangertime :spin: ○ ○ ○ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainmorgan Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 replaced a passanger window in about 45 minutes by myself, can't see it being much more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy05GT Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 Ok, took 2 hours. I did the replacement, heres the instructions: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43295 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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