Window Issues

[p1vanzan]

So in the last year three of my windows have broke. I believe its just a piece of plastic holding the wire. Has anyone had these problems and if so do you know where I can get parts to fix them? Thanks

[Vanfan]

Whats the year, make, and model?

[p1vanzan]

1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue GL

[LittleHoov]

What typically breaks is called the window regulator assembly, and your right its typically some of the cheap plastic stuff that breaks.


What I would do is take off the door panel(s) and do some basic electric troubleshooting to make sure its not a switch or window problem. With the panel off its easy to hear the motor still trying to work. It can be hard to hear with the panel still on.


The regulator assemblies are all over Ebay, most come with a new motor, but there are cheaper ones that use the old motor. The only ones I saw that didnt have motors were for the front windows.

I got the cheapest one I could find, it ended up being a Hollander brand I believe. I was not particularly impressed with i, because although it does work, there was some play in the whole assembly so I can actually move the window back and forth, even with the window rolled up. If my windows werent tinted I wouldve probably never noticed it, but it left like a half-inch strip of untinted window sticking out one day.

[p1vanzan]

Thanks, Have you done a write up on this?