djohnston

Sorry didn't know whether to post this in Under the Hood or not, it has to do with my girlfriend's '95 Camry. The passenger side window stopped working a few days ago, so I took apart the door panel, only to find something was definitely broken and/or burned out with the motor. So I reassembled the door and took it to the Toyota place her family swears by.

Two hours and $80 later, I'm told that it needs a new window motor/regulator assembly, which will cost $389!!! This in a car that's worth probably not more than 5 or 6 grand at this point (104,000 miles on the clock). So total cost of the repair would be upwards of $500, should we utilize that shop, don't think we will.

Does anybody have experience replacing power window motors in any cars? Is it something I could do, meaning I wouldn't require any specialized tools? I'm thinking buy a motor/regulator assembly from a Toyota parts place somewhere and just do the work myself.

Please anyone with advice chime in.

Thanks in advance-

RiceBurnerTX

Buy the Hayes or Chilton book for the car. It will tell you how to do it and is a good reference to have around anyways. Then go to an import junkyard in your area and grab one from a wrecked Camry. It's the best selling car in America or Second best, it should be easy to find replacement parts

Christople

Would that work for my Integra as well?

rallykid

I did one in A Nissan 240 that I bought used a few years back. Got it at a local salvage yard for $75, took about 45 minutes to replace (very easy job) and it worked perfectly up until the day that the door collided with a telephone pole at 45mph.