2000 window cable

[nymorey]

the cable for my power window broke. I can;t see in the door panel well enought o figure out how it works. Anyone have any information on how to fix this?

[GTP Dad]

Actually the window works on a regulator. It is powered by a motor and moves up and down inside the door. This regulator is metal track and in order to get to the regulator you will need to remove the door panel. You will also need to have the proper tool to remove the door panel or you will damage it. Once the panel is off there is a piece of plastic sheet, weather seal, that you need to gently remove. You will be able to see the window regulator once you get this off.

[nymorey]

Originally Posted by GTP Dad

Actually the window works on a regulator. It is powered by a motor and moves up and down inside the door. This regulator is metal track and in order to get to the regulator you will need to remove the door panel. You will also need to have the proper tool to remove the door panel or you will damage it. Once the panel is off there is a piece of plastic sheet, weather seal, that you need to gently remove. You will be able to see the window regulator once you get this off.

I removed the door and the plastic sheet. I see the track (I've got the window being held up by vice grips attached to the track below the window). I see a cable that is attached to the window (regulator?) on the track. It runs over to the motor where it has snapped. I can't see enough inside the door panel to see how it should be routed and how to replace it. It looks like I will have remove the motor to get to the cable, or is it sold as a unit?

I think this is lookinglike a job for the dealer, eh?

[GTP Dad]

Go to a local wrecking yard and purchase one for you car. You will save about 75% on the cost. The motor is not hard to remove and you should be able to replace it fairly easily. The hard part is done, you already have the door panel off.

[nymorey]

Originally Posted by GTP Dad

Go to a local wrecking yard and purchase one for you car. You will save about 75% on the cost. The motor is not hard to remove and you should be able to replace it fairly easily. The hard part is done, you already have the door panel off.

I'm still not clear about how the cable is routed and how it attaches to the window and the motor

[GTP Dad]

Unfortunately, none of the books I currently have show the routing of the cable. Maybe someone else knows where it actually runs.

[nymorey]

Finally took it tothe dealer. Yikes, it was expensive. I guess the window motor and modulator comes as a unit.